My life has been very busy lately. Lately, of course, being ambiguously relevant to the ever fluctuating path my life seems to be taking - busy day, busy week, busy summer, busy year. I don’t mean busy in any negative sense. I think maybe a better term would be ‘full’. My life has been very full lately, full of various common and wonderful things. And when my life gets full my blog seems to become empty.
I tend to want to apologize when I feel like I’ve abandoned my blog for too long, but then I rethink it...and decide not to. Don’t get me wrong; I love this blog. I love what it does for me and what it occasionally seems to do for others, but everything has it’s time and place and I don’t think anyone should ever have to apologize for spending less time sitting at a computer. Especially when it’s summer and life is full of sunshine and adventure.
So, I’m not going to apologize for not posting over these last few months because, well, there were just too many other things that ranked much higher on the priority list. And, while I do appreciate loyal and vocal readers and encourage them to stay tuned, I hope you were also so busy living yourselves that you didn’t notice the absence of my online rambling too much.
It has been a while though, and so I believe you are entitled to a summative update. I was tempted to torture you with a more comprehensive one – detailed postings of all the things I’d wanted to share over the last few months – but lack of consistent internet access and a natural affinity for simplicity (not to mention the overwhelming backlog of work associated with accomplishing such a task) has caused me to defer to an easier method….Collages.
My summer in brief:
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| Summertime in the City |
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| Gardening: City and Country |
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| Leaving Boston Packing up and saying goodbye to a newly painted, reconstructed, refurnished, much worked and much loved home. |
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| Cross-Country Train Ride |
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| Summer Skies: Rain and Rainbows (I saw rainbows every day in different parts of the country for 10 consecutive days. Many sans camera.) |
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| Sanpete County Fair and Rodeo |
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| Homemade Ice Cream with the Preeces |
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| Little Ones |
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| Family |
Now that I’ve caught you all up, for those who may have missed it, I’m now living in London. The Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames to be precise. I’ve been here for two weeks and am studying for an MSc in Hazards (aka Emergency) and Disaster Management. Stay tuned for more detailed future updates on my new adventure.
Here’s a sneak preview of my next post about life in London so far:
*The title comes from the one line explanation I gave to everyone that commented about the rather monstrous amount of luggage I had to pack around the country - well, the world - for over a month. Basically, the last half of summer consisted of being a homeless nomad carrying around "my life in four suitcases" - a reply that Jennie so wonderfully pointed out would make a good book title. Seeing as I haven't enough time (or content) with which to write my memoirs just yet, this blog post will have to suffice. :)
