One Month

10-Feb, I have officially been in London for one month. Can you believe it? Can I believe it? I don't really know where the time has gone. I have had some high highs (moving into my own flat) and low lows (yard sale outside the office) and have met plenty of fantastic people. I don't think this is exactly the experience I had expected, but don't really know what I was expecting.

This week we had a huge deadline at work and I spend most of my time running around trying to exceed expectations of both the client and my boss. I did leave early on Wednesday night to attend my first "friendly" football match. This is an exhibition game between the countries to practice for major tournaments. I saw Denmark beat Australia by 3-1. Being at this stadium made me realize how many Aussies there are here in London. The stadium was 3/4 of the stadium was filled with Green and Yellow Aussies who would chat "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oy, Oy, Oy". I was highly entertained! I did purchase a football scarf that is half Australia, half Denmark in the loudest colors you could imagine. What a great souvenier.

Otherwise, I am STILL waiting for my stuff to arrive from the US. It should be sitting in customs now and delievered within the week, I hope. I am just glad it wasn't in one of the sinkinng cargo ships off the coast of England. That would totally be my luck!

We had two inches of snow one morning here. You should have seen the reaction. People were in a panic and the radio/newspaper coverage talked about the "adverse weather" and "blizzard like conditions" that devastated the UK. All I could do was laugh. I told a friend here that I had two feet of snow in my front yard when I left Denver, they wouldn't believe me until I revealed the pictures. Now they assume I lived in the depths of ice, snow and cold. Little do they know how gorgeous Denver really is!

Ah, Denver. I miss being at my house with all my own belongings. I miss talking with my friends and family on a moments notice. Thank God for email! I only have a couple more weeks until my broadband at home gets setup and I don't have to make the Starbucks run each weekend!

That's all I have for now. Keep on posting your comments; they make me smile!

B-