I'm almost embarrassed to come back and write here. It's been so long since I wrote at all, yet alone regularly. April was the last time I stopped by for a visit. Four months. Ooops.
Well, what's new? Mick and I have moved to a new apartment in a city not at all far from where we were living called Maidstone. We'd basically had enough of our old landlord, so when the lease was up, we high-tailed it out of there. We're still settling in to the new place, things aren't getting done as soon as they did at the last place.
Mick is doing really well. His business continues to grow and he works so hard. I'm still at the pub, though now that we have moved to a bigger town I'm hoping there will be more variety and maybe something a bit closer to home. We shall see. I tried really hard to get a teaching job for the coming school year, but my transfer of qualifications didn't come through until most of the positions had closed. I think a lot of the schools were hesitant to hire me because the transfer hadn't come through yet. Bad timing, I suppose. Could mean I'm meant to do something else. What do you think?
I feel like writing in here is such a labour. I have no idea what to talk about. Maybe I was gone too long? Odd.
What else? Oh! Back in early July my mom came to visit for a week. It was wonderful to see her but the time went too too fast! We went to London for two days and showed her some sights and walked miles around Harrods as well as Fortnum & Mason. It looks like we will definitely be going to America for Christmas though. We can't wait.
The day after she left, I found myself feeling very sad and homesick. I did something I haven't done in years. I splurged, big time. I bought myself a Canon 550D. It's beautiful and I love it. My every thought has been of things to take pictures of. I find myself slowly rediscovering my creativity. When Mick and I drive through the country roads, I'll look out the windows and see the orange setting sun obstructed by bright green branches in the woods and my heart leaps. And I remember I don't have my camera, then my heart sinks. I just want to take pictures, and I'm wanting to find a way to take a few courses. Some of my happiest time were when I lived in Yuma and took a Digital Photography course at the local community college. I'd like to try and find a way to do it again.
My birthday is next week. 26. I don't want to talk about it. The week after is our one year wedding anniversary. Wow! Where has the time gone? And then another two weeks and it's Mick's birthday.
I know this probably wasn't the most exciting update, but I'll make more of an effort to come and write more often. I lost my creativity for a while there! Hopefully it's coming back, whatwith my camera and all that jazz.
