Returning home

4 years of my life are currently sat against my bedroom wall, waiting to be packed away. Meanwhile, today is father's day and I wish nothing more than that I'd done this 2 weeks ago. My dad opened his card and prezzie today and I let him know the last part was on its way when I come home in 2 weeks (an awesome addition which I will mention again when I give it to him lol). He texted back that his best prezzie was coming home in 2 weeks anyway. How much is that the best dad in the whole world?!  I cannot ... Read Full Story

So after 4 years living in New York city and some of the stupidest, wildest, most fun, scariest experiences of my life, and I'm moving back home. I came to do what I set out to do: I made an amazing set of friends and got an honors degree from a top US university. I will never forget these years and they have made me ridiculously and overly strong and determined.  But alas, I miss home. I miss Heinz spaghetti bol, I miss calling umbrellas brollies and alleyways ginnels. I miss tea whenever anything goes wrong (oh, you're dying. I'll get you a cuppa ... Read Full Story

There's a weird nostalgia for me connected to Britain that I can't describe very well to anyone who doesn't understand growing up in England and living in the US. Though the language is the same in the countries, the culture is undeniably different.  It's not big things and not the things you'd assume: though I miss certain food items it's not nostalgic and though I get homesick for family, there are still phones. I guess it's the simplicity. The feeling of peace while we used to drive to my Nana's house every Sunday morning. Lazy Sundays driving around with my mum and dad. Salad ... Read Full Story

3 more bags of my apt now live in the trash can and I'm slowly eliminating all the clutter in my life over here. I threw out shoes today. Shoes. No joke. One of my closets is entirely empty and I'm not taking any prisoners with trashing stuff at this stage. Hannah visits Staten Island tomorrow so have a minor break in the trashing things routine then back to work.  Its a surprisingly nice feeling getting rid of stuff. And thanks to my awesome Britain friends I'm even more excited to go home.  Read Full Story

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