La Vie En Rose for 2002 December 12

- Well, yes, I'm back and safe. The airport strike was called off, but future ones are still at stake (I may be swimming home). Laura and I had an awesome time in Nice, I'll tell more about it when I have the time and inclination (never... so if youre really interested, look for details in my book to be published sometime in the distant future).

Bits of good news: I am no longer homeless (except for that one day in London, but I'm working on that) and my roommates sounds like loads of fun (talked to them on the phone)and it feels great to look forward to an apartment instead of worrying because I don't have one! Also, my history professor says I have a 'sensitive intelligence' which is the nicest thing anyone's said about me in a while, and all I have is 1 more class, 1 essay and 2 finals and then I'm DONE with school until winter quarter! Yipeee!

I'm really looking forward to warm (comparativley- its the arctic chill here in London, when we landed in Luton it was one degree celsius. one. ONE!!) weather, wearing flip flops, driving to the grocery store, cheetos, catching up with old friends, gretel, new kitten, christmas, new apartment, new classes, new school, getting back to work, new friends, etc etc.

I'm really going to miss wearing scarves, going to Camden Market, hearing British accents, Sainsbury's, Boot's, walking in London, writing London in my return address, shopping on Oxford Street, being able to casually drop in to see famous works of art on my lunch break or plan a mini holiday to Europe with relative ease and little expense, the suprised look on people's faces when they realize they've asked an American for directions, the Harry Potter posters on the number 38 bus (although they took the billboard on Tottenham Court Road down, now its something Christmasy) and probably most of all my London friends, even though actually they're all from California so I'll be able to see them all the time!