04.29.06
Tired in a good way
I’m tired in a good way – I feel like I’ve been packing a lot in rather than just frittering away time. It’s been a full day – I had yoga this morning and then this afternoon Natalie and I went skating in Battersea Park. It was beautiful – the sun was shining and the park was filled with white and pink blossom trees set against emerald green lawns. We skated for two hours or so without really noticing the time pass and then treated ourselves to an ice cream before heading off.
I went out last night in Hammersmith for birthday drinks for Steven, a guy I know from home. (I’ve known him literally since he was a baby and he’s been a flatmate to both my cousin Kim and my cousin Elianor). He was celebrating his twenty-third birthday at the Old Fire Station pub, which was pretty funky. Twenty-three! Now I feel old – that feels like a long time ago! I turned twenty-three in Canada, after working for Youth Challenge International in Guyana and working at summer camp in upstate New York. I returned to Australia a few months later at the height of the dotcom boom and got a job in technology journalism (with one year’s journalism experience at a local paper under my belt but no real knowledge of technology). Twenty-three is also the age that I got together with my boyfriend.
Steven is actually heading back to Australia in July so we’ll have to catch up a couple more times before then. It feels like everyone’s leaving! Kimberley left today, which is very sad because she didn’t really want to go, it was just because her visa ran out. Cameron is leaving soon as well. This is the problem with being friends with other expats! Must make some English friends soon!
Steven was meant to be coming to see the Chilli Peppers in July. He’s now leaving six days before the concert so if anyone wants to buy his ticket and join me, please let me know.
