Trafalgar Square
As afraid as I was to have my sister come visit when Jocko had no job, we had no place to live, and the weather was still cold – things seem to be working out! While I’m sat quite contentedly at the Premiere Inn Hotel in Potters Bar (the very north of London) on my beautiful Mac Notebook, my gorgeous boyfriend is interviewing for the 3rd time this month, and he has 3 interviews to follow this week.
Sis comes in town tomorrow after a fairly relaxed 6 hour plane ride from Baltimore with her 4 year old son Brayden at the completely reasonable hour of 7AM. Maybe that hour would be reasonable to someone who hadn’t been sleeping in until 11am every morning for the past 2 months, but to us, it’s killer. Not to mention waking up this morning already at 6am. We were lucky enough to get a ride from Jock’s pops who was heading, unfortunately, to London for a funeral. On the way, we picked up his great Aunt who is 86 years old. What a clever lady.
Just at the moment when you think you have everyone nailed down, this spritely 86 year old striking lady with a slight hunch back but a pep in her step sits down next to you in a 2 hour car ride. Jock and I both rolled our eyes when we realized she would be sitting next to us in the back meaning we would have to come up with some conversation. I think Jock’s size got to him being crunched in the back, but she and I chatted about everything from Obama to traveling through Kenya and Australia. She spoke about the social implications of overbuilding too quickly with not much though in the process, about youths with knives, and I hear Al Green in the background crooning away to “Love and Happiness.” I look out the window and see a small castle pass me by one second, and 2 dozen cows the next. I’m beginning to love England, it’s old people and taking off my shoes when I enter a home.
They drop us off at the prestigious hotel 3 hours before Jock’s called in to interview, and I begin editing my website, editing photos, and creating a movie with all the small videos I have uploaded from my Canon Powershot SD500 Digital Elph. I have had that camera for over 3 years now (10 years in camera time), and it is still going strong and taking gorgeous photos. I don’t care what anyone says about the size of it – it’s staying until it dies. It is so dirty, dinked and you can barely see anything through the viewscreen, but it works god damn it! And that’s all that matters.
Tonight we got a great deal at the Crowne Plaza Hotel! So we will be relaxing in style ALONE! This will be the first night where we won’t be staying with someone else, worrying about messing up anything or being quiet after a certain hour in almost 3 months! I feel like I’m a teenager again who just got given freedom and is about to use it to the utmost of her ability. You nasty responsibility ridden adults better watch out because here comes Jocko and MAL in the Crowne Plaza!
Looking forward to seeing my family tomorrow. Keep updated for Barcelona news!
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