Time goes by so quickly, before I knew it - I had run out of time to write up a proper update before I was due to take the flight to Houston and had landed in Lafayette in Louisiana after a 4-hour drive east, watching the sunrise.
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I did spend a lot of my last week at work catching up with people, and a few had asked 'did you have a choice?' 'what made you take the leap?' after all, it has almost been 3 years since I have started my life at Spring gardens. A place to nuture, and I have had lots of opportunities, and now, Spring has turned into Summer - it is time to move on.
Glad to made some good friends and hope to keep in touch with a lot of you.
and some do say 'you'll be back here sooner than you know it!'
Hmmm, never say never, but I'll say not under the current setup, as I've learnt my lesson...
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The weather had stayed warm in the early part of the week when I was still in the UK, my schedule had been full to the brim with various catchups, home entertaining, accupuncture appointments (ouch!) and a good chance to walk around Richmond and Windsor, lovely Thameside towns, as well as of course, Staines. The highlight was probably the twilight cycle with hubby around the river, to Chertsey and back. The speed of the bike (compared to Boris's London variety) and being able to enjoy long and warm days in the English summer has been really nice. One of my wishes earlier on in the year was to get acquainted with my bike more and more over the summer, I wonder whether this will still happen?
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Meanwhile, its very warm here in Lafayette - the sun is shining and wearing anything longer than knee length is suffocating. Walks to the end of the strip mall (of course there seems like theres no end) - even if 15 minutes away - is a struggle. Good to have finally sought refuge on my first day at Barnes and Noble, a home away from home, with free wifi internet, and myriads of books to keep my mind well fed...flipping through the Royal Wedding special edition of People magazine, and wondering why people here like to read books about the Irish...I've now ordered a few books to get started on my grand Project Summer to launch next week.
It's a nice and relaxed start to my sabbatical by choice, to be close to the ones that I love, and to spring clean in summer a few things in life, for when the weather gets cooler again....
For now, I'm looking forward to jumping into the pool! :)
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