everybody was kung foo fighting

okay, i was just writing a mass emails about london. something is f'ing up with gmail. weird. anyway, currently there will be no mass emailing. there will however be this gem of a blog.

last friday gerry and i went to see the foo fighters in london. other than a slight panic attack with the whole flying thing (i have no idea how i managed to get to ireland) things went well.

friday night we got to london and basically went to bed.

saturday we went to portobello (yeah, believe it) market and shop shop shopped. we also went to oxford circus, hamley's (a giant toy store where gerry could barely control himself, and there was a cool Narnia staircase) and then went to the foo fighters concert. if i had known the foo were playing in such a big stadium, i wouldn't have booked the tickets in the summer, but it ended up being better than other stadium concerts, so it was fun. it's weird to think of where i am now and where i was in the summer when trying to decide if i should even get the tickets because who knows what'll have happened at this point. our feet were sooooo brutally killing us at this point. well... my feet were, and i think gerry's legs might have been. don't ask.

sunday (lower extremities still killing) we did more shopping and even saw the science museum (and an imax film, walking on the moon) and went on the london eye. i also bought a toque and arm warmers (they are knitted and crocheted, and have fleece lining so they don't itch) because it was so f'ing freezing there i was almost crying. anyway, it was lovely. we then went to the airport and got home (despite me thinking we were going to die while landing).

today i did not feel like doing my last role-playing test for work. i totally f'd up, but swindled a pretty good mark. i have no idea how. seriously. anyway, one more written test and training will be mostly done. there are a couple of spots that have opened up in a more admin position, and i'm thinking of applying for them. usually you need to be there a min. of 6 months before, but they're opening it up to the training class too. so there's less money involved, but the hours are way better (m-f nothing later than 6 i think).

oh! we're doing secret snowflake at work, and i found this adorable little over the shoulder bag made out of red vinyl in london. the max was €5 but i spent £5. but i found a loop hole. everyone calls euros and pounds quid. so basically, i spent 5 quid! it was way too cute to resist. i think i'm going to introduce the stewart gift steal to my class. i think they'll like it.

i'm sort of resisting it feeling like christmas, i kind of want it to, but it kinda makes me sad at the same time. goals include: holding it together at the gainford house, getting through the season, and having some fun with it too. wish me luck.