day thirty: one month peeps!

that's right chicago folk (as you all were the last to see me on the continent, aside from those canadians in toronto), I left the u-s-of-a one month ago. crazy, no? in some respects it definitely feels like I've been here for a month, as I've had so much to do in these last four weeks: finding a place to live, opening a bank account (in progress), getting my loans (still in progress), buying a mobile, starting classes, et cetera et cetera. but the process of living here, learning more (both academically and otherwise), making friends, familiarizing myself with different parts of the city, that will continue...this first month has just been intense. in all of those other respects, it's hard to believe that it's ONLY been a month. I do hope that when I get back to the states that you all will still want to associate with me and that you'll still like me. (not that I doubt you all, but people change, that's all I'm saying.)

now, after digesting all of that, let's move on to the more mundane: I did absolutely no work this weekend (reading 10 pages of bataille doesn't count as I didn't finish the assigned chapter and I had no idea that nietzche so heavily influnced his writing, so it still must be (re)processed), spent some time hanging out with a random assortment of canadiens and americans (who were either bankers or students/alums of lse), made a *kickass* chocolate cake from scratch with em for kate's birthday, had an off day on sunday, and had dinner & cake with the birthday girl and select people from her dorm. no cleaning, no grocerying, no new markets explored, but I guess it is okay to have some down time every once and awhile. had a marvelous run this afternoon (it was actually sunshiney in london!!!) and am trying to mentally pump myself up for the marathon. wowzers...how am I going to feel a week from now? hopefully, not much, with a couple of guinesses in my belly. hey, something to take the edge off all of that pounding on my body...and it is ireland, after all.

so that's that. as I think about the last month, I can't imagine what these next months might bring, but hopefully it tests me as much as possible. what's life without a good challenge knocking on your door? hope that everyone is well, bundled up, and making some fun plans for their halloween. (and jct, that means no dressing up as a premature housewife, like we did during our first year of living together.) please, represent people, as I'm going to do my darndest to make some sort of american halloween happen on this bloody island. (and you know that that means pink wig is going to make its debut...watch out londres!)

love to all.