Diaries from the United Kingdom

DAY 1














wierdest night ever, we followed the sun, the sun was "setting" for like 3 hours and then it was daytime... 2 days later than when we left... what the hell happened to the 24th of June?! stupid time difference!

The flight to london was awful... worst flight ever, no sleep... though I must say, i am grateful to get here safe and alive! I was also glad to have discovered world weekly news (perhaps its weekly world news... cant remember!) its a mock-newspaper which prints false and hilarious articles... just brilliant... I was that idiot on the plane laughing... you know te one that eveyone is looking at saying "what the heck is she laughing at... shes crazy" yep that was me




















I love this city, It combines the retro and very cool tastes and styles of san francisco with the very relaxed culture and sttitude of perth... and its a lot flatter... and yes flatness is important to me knowing that I have to walk everywhere here!
















we ate dinner at a greek restaurant... tasty

Lesson of the day: dont ever take THAT flight again!
Souvenier of the day: a funky little giraffe we got from this cool little restaurant where we ate lunch, strangely enough, it was called Giraffe!

DAY 2
Oh my gosh I LOVE LONDON... I swear i was born in the wrong place... I used to think I could want for nothing... I was wrong, I want to live here, and a few million quid to make living here remotely possible!
















I walked from my place to oxford street, and discovered the famous top shop... I was not prepared for the breathtaking experience... I got lost... not that I cared, I was a girl lost in a world of clothes... and very cool clothes at that... as far as I could tell there were three levels, I exited a completely different door to the one I entered into, and not on purpose! It was insane... I loved it... I needed sustainance after an hour of walking, so went to a restaurant by myself and ate... the food took forever so I watched... I watched and realized that London is where every bad fashion statement that exists comes to prolong its life and become cool. I saw so many trends it wasnt funny... I was in heaven... This is the place where you where anything you want. There arent clothe only for the teeny-boppers (no offense) but for all types of people... and all sizes. I brought a pair of pants that fit perfectly and are too long... I was so excited... You get the most quirky artsy stuff here, its great!




















sorry for the ranting and raving... I was just so wowed...



This is me, trying on some fishermans pants, with a wierd waistabnd (which unfortunately the camera doesnt pick up the wierd-ness) very london... gotta love it!














Lesson of the day:Dont go to a London pub if they have just lost the world cup
Souvenier of the day: Plastic bag from United colours of Bennetton... I have a wierd collection of bags from special stores, and this has to be one of them... orrigh?

So you think you have a space problem??

Check out where I have to keep EVERYTHING that I brough from Australia... That is, everything except the boxes of things I keep under my bed to try and solve the space problem...










































Also... No surprises that a month after doing my hair I got it done all over again... except this time I got such a good deal... I walk in and the lady takes one look at my hair and goes "we need to fix this colour" and I was like "but me, a wee little nanny cant afford me a new hair colour" and shes like "thats ok, dont worry about it" and Im like ... SHIBBY!!! so se does my hair and for the first time since I came to california, I actually like it...
Heres some snaps of me camera-whoring... I only get the spot light every so often... so what if I 'Kodak' the moment

Halfway...almost

so I've been thinking, and do you know what? I have been here for 5 months. Me. In California. I used to dream of coming here. And I usually doubted it would really ever happen. But here I am. and years earlier than what even I could've hoped for. I live in America.

I remember when I first found out about this job. Right before Christmas. Things were scary, but it was an adventure just thinking of the possibilty that I might leave it all to come here. I still remember Jordan refusing to believe I'd be gone all year. When I left he kept saying he'd see me in July. I'll admit, in recent times I would have given anything to come home. The comfort of having the ready made friendships with enough people to keep me constantly busy was tempting. But we all know the God's plan is usually better than my own, so I know you will all be sad to hear this for certain (you better be sad... at least all my aussie friends had better be sad!) I will be staying here indefinately. I am guaranteed to come home in December, but as far as I can see, God wants me to stay here for a while longer than any of us had planned. This is a great thing, coming to California has really pressed me into God, and stretched me in so many ways... I feel tougher, physically emotionaly, and spiritually.

Anyway, all my rambling has gone on, but the point of this blog is not to look at the future, but to look back on the five months that has been... here goes for a few very decent memories
Please note that there is no specific order to this list of "done things"

11 trips over the golden gate bridge by car,
2 joyrides in a light aircraft
2 times over the golden gate bridge whilst in that aircraft
One fabulous night in a hotel with dianne in the city
One fabulous day with Dianne in Sonoma
3 pictures taken with a cow made of Wine corks
Wineries Visited... not enough...less than ten
hours spent at the gym... too many...
1 spontaneous snow hunt
1 planned snow trip
2 snowmen
2 snowfights
0 snow angels (saving it for next time)
2 trips to bed bath and beyond (wow, now i feel really sad)
Midnight trips to 24 hour stores... one
Marriage Proposals... one
2 attempts to make myself like beer
1 sore tummy from half a glass of beer
I see squirrels all the time now
And one the nature subject, there were three deer in our front yard one night
Roadkill over here is squirrels, as opposed to cats, birds and kangaroos
Number of guns i've seen... 1
I think i heard my first gunshot last night... for real... I was in the ghetto baby
number of carousel rides... well we paid for one, but rode for a lot longer!
Units of chocolate consumed... oh thousands
I still find myself saying "only in America" on a regular basis
I havent watched enough happy tree friends
I am sad to have only just discovered the censored sex & the city... im in love!
Proud to be an aussie when I watched the world cup australia vs italy... just brilliant
Beer? In a bottle? Brilliant!!
Driving on the wrong side of the road... I had another incident only a few days ago... this one wasnt my fault... I swear
Hunting for a cross on a hill and discovering its really just grass painted white
Saturday morning bagels... the closest thing to our very own sex & the city crew
dressing up like a princess
seeing my parents
wishing my brother could be here too
being rasberried and tickled by two crazy kids every single day
being forced to face my fear of feet

so some of it is really pathetic. I know. but I have had such an amazing time so far and with a lot of big events on the horizon I know its an exciting journey ahead
I just wish you could be here with me too!
Love ya

Come...

I wrote a song yesterday,something I used to do all the time but have been unable to find the right words recently. Its deep and personal, but reflects some past emotions, so dont worry this is not written with my current self in mind, more for my old self. I dunno, i have been working on my book a bit, so i have to dig up a lot of old things, and with that in mind I wrote this song... No music yet (calling all those who could put some music to this... I would love to hear from you)

Your eyes betray the smile
That rests upon your face
They tell me that you long to find
A stronger, better place

Do I dare to say you lie?
I see the pain that breaks your heart.
On the surface I am perfect,
Yet inside, torn apart

Come lets put our masks on
Lets show them who has won
Take them gently by the hand
string them all along

And when the time is right
we force our happy eyes
we try to keep our smiles on
hoping tears are dry

I see im not alone
My mastery is shared
I see you faking nonchalance
pretending not to care

Come lets put our maks on
lets show them who has won
take them gently by the hand
string them all along

Do you see
The way I see you
And know that you lie
just as much as I?

Do you see
the way I see you
And know that You lie
As much, even more, than I?

Day by day our smiles fade
One day they all will see
That I am not so satisfied
And you are just like me

Soon the lie will disappear
And all deceptions fade
You and I left to unweave
The web that we have made

Come lets put our masks away
and show them who has won
They'll take us gently by the hand
On a new life we've to run