hmmm its tuesday afternoon and sadly I am bored....... new job is sort of ok.... getting busier mostly but but but (and my god is there always a but !!!) can't really motivate myself to go looking for stuff to do as it's all fairly inconsequential

oh well...... life is trundling along, getting used to some stuff but have this underlying feeling that I want to go home. I have had a bit of fun but now I want it to return to normality and hide away with my own things, in my own place... the only way to describe the feeling is by saying I want to go home. Trouble is I left home and am supposedly building a new one here but its not emminently comfortable yet, it's not utterly familiar, so I feel a little like a spare part yet to discover my niche.

London is a good place to be though, I am not miserable and wallowing in despair here far from it. life is fun, dynamic and very sociable!! with lots of accompanying exclamation marks. god I sound like a true whinger! I want a bit of normality, of familiarity. though I suppose when it comes when this place does feel like home I will start looking elsewhere..... endless striving is particularly pointless -as is endless waffling. so I will go now and find something useful to do

Walked home from work Tuesday night. and it was thoroughly pleasant! Hadn't intended to walk quite so far. Originally planned to walk to London Bridge but discovered The Thames Path, so enjoyed a little stroll along by the river. Then realised that to get to London Bridge I would have to back track quite a bit..... as Tower Bridge was in sight I decided to head for that so had to walk around the Tower which was very pleasant if a little touristy!! The walk after Tower Bridge was mostly continuing along the Thames Path, it was sunny and most enjoyable, a vast improvement from the walk home in Cambridge which included mostly council estates!

Where to start??

Have now been living in London for a week and a half and already it is becoming more familiar. Feel more relaxed about stuff now, the job seems ok.... maybe not utterly dynamic but pleasant enough which at the moment is as much as I need!! There are still worries about the boys in Cambridge as Jake is still off work and Josh hasn't got a job yet but I am trying not to focus too much on that and to concentrate on stuff that is happening here.

Four days left here....... difficult to fully absorb the enormity of finally leaving Cambridgeshire! Maybe London isn't too far away but it's a whole new world to explore and experience

The weekend has been utterly lovely, with Friday night starting off at the shop in Bermondsey, not so many people turned up but it was decided at some point around 11 to head to Chelsea Bridge. Now, in my naivity, I just assumed that the half dozen or so of us would go to this bridge maybe one or two of them would try the wheelie thing and that would be it. Well, we did all ride down there together, though Pete decided to go on the Quad bike which was hilarious. He led for most of the trip -people were being very polite and not just racing past him. It was really quite odd to be part of a group of 'bikers'..... very buzzy! So we arrived at Chelsea Bridge and it was a full, heaving mass of bikers!! They ranged from grey beardy blokes on big Harleys to teenagers on scooters. The lads on scooters spent most of their time wheelying across the bridge ... there was a strange smell of burning rubber and the buzz of a large gathering! Very odd, and it happens every friday night!
We then, as a team, headed into Soho and found coffee at 'Bar Italia', sat on a doorstep and watched the world go past at 2 am

Congratulations to Neela and Sacha for the arrival of..... a new person

How about Nezzah! Ok so maybe I have used the last bit of Nebuccanezzah! but I think it looks like a proper name!!!


and I have managed to get a job, starting on the 14th of April!!!! working ....... don't laugh! .........for a fashion company! Well maybe not at the height of fashion as they make silk ties and cashmere scarves but its better than reproductive biology!!!! Its in the grubby part of London that hides in the shadow of the Barbican which actually isn't too difficult to get to from Rotherhithe..... so that's the job thing sorted now we just have to fix up the boat!