Well hello, avid readers. Hope this blog post finds you well. It’s been a while so time to catch you up with what I’ve been up to!
On Tuesday 28th mum and I braved the shops to pick up some bits and bobs I needed to get to update my wardrobe. Looking back through my wardrobe I literally still wear clothes I was wearing in sixth form about 7 years ago lol 😂 then after a thoroughly exhausting shopping trip off we went to the cinema to see Frozen 2 😊
Wednesday 29th I had a sorting day, cracking through my to do list that is always miles and miles long and never seems to get any shorter, regardless of where I am in the world. Then Ellie popped over for a walk and a natter and then we baked 😊 baking is something I really miss in Arg so need to make a concerted effort to keep getting my Mary Berry on whilst home.
Thursday 30th I had a physio appointment would you believe it! I’m fine, nothing’s happened and I have not twisted my ankle again (🥳), I’m just going to join mum on her Pilates class a few times before I go back to Arg and had to have a physio session first. Was really interesting and helpful actually! Plus the classes should help to strengthen my ankle which I twisted not once, but twice within the same week in Argentina. Then in the eve I met my Emmbrook school pals in the sedero lounge for dinner. Love sederos!! Was nice to catch up and get another full of sweet potato fries (they’re so much better here haha).
Friday 30th I headed into London to meet my pal Lauren who works in a church and, amazingly, has Fridays off! Which works very well for me. So she met me at the station (managed the tubes all by myself 💪 I think my sense of achievement at doing this is disproportionate to how hard it actually is but nevermind hahaha) and we went back to her place for a cuppa and a chat. Then we headed off out for lunch which was lovely! Made me reassess my vow to never have pizzas out (I always find the thin base disappointing) as it was really nice!
Once we’d rather stuffed our faces, we went off to a park and wandered around. I’d never before actually been to one of them parks in London where there are deer hanging around, but there were in this one! A whole load of them too. So that was cool 😊
Then I pootled off and made my way over to Adam and Emma’s place as they also live in London. We spent the evening catching up and Emma got us all fed and watered and then we headed to bed.
The next morning we slowly got up, some of us more than others (me and Adam), and soon Isabel (Adams sister and another good pal of mine) arrived, just in time for her to have her second breakfast of the day! The day can’t ever go wrong if you start it with a bacon sandwich. Soon it was time for lunch as well! And then once we’d scoffed that, we decided to head out to Alexander palace. We had a wander around, looking at the view of London, chatting nonstop the whole time before going inside and getting some more sustenance to keep us going.
Then headed back, watched some TV as we were all rather flagging at this point, had dinner and then I headed off to get my train back home. Such a lovely weekend! And really nice to catch up with old friends 😊
Sunday 1st I had quite a chilled day to recover! With church and a walk being the only things I actually did that required some minor degree of physical movement! Haha.
Monday 2nd I cracked on with that to do list of mine again, including practising some of the pilates moves (!) before my first class on Wednesday and then went out for dinner with Jade and her boyfriend Michael. After not being able to decide for ages on where to go, I made the executive decision to go to The Giggling Squid in Wokingham since I’d never been and have had a hankering for Thai food ever since Hannah and Ryan’s wedding! Was a really nice evening and I received some more birthday/Christmas presents! So if you fancy getting me anything, keep em coming! It’s rather fun getting presents at different points throughout the year 😂
Tuesday 3rd was a granny day. My favourite quote from this day was from the Grannykins herself. “ooh, you do look good! I’ve never seeeen you looking so good!” 😂 we went off to singing for the brain together where I was approximately the youngest by at least 40 years and got rather stared at, being a newbie and clearly a relative to my granny 😂 and then we went out for lunch before returning home and all watching Mary Poppins returns.
Then on Wednesday had my first pilates session. It was good! It’s surprisingly tiring for how little you move! Couldda done with a nice little nap afterwards! But no rest for me! Instead I headed into woko, had a wander round the shops with Ellie and then, no surprise, we ended up back in brown bag for a hot chocolate and a milk shake 😋
Thursday the 6th I just did some sorting bits and packing as we were heading off to Dartmouth that day. Stay tuned for my next blog post where I’ll cover Dartmouth!
An interesting reflection I’ve had. I realised this when I was at Adam & Emma’s house and I found myself singing a Spanish worship song. I think I was singing it because, subconciously, I want people to realise there’s another huge part of my life that is different from my life in England. Whilst I was in Argentina I was dreaming about my English wardrobe and the clothes that I have back home, but when I actually returned, I would often find myself wearing some bits from Argentina. I think it’s me wanting to show that there’s an other-ness to me, another side of my life. It’s the same when I’m in Argentina. It’s not to say that I’m not fully immersing myself in the culture, I am, but I will subconsciously do things to show my English background and my English world. It’s a funny thing. I think it could also be a response to people’s opinions on cultures. Often I get the impression, which may be wrong, from people that they think their culture is the right culture, and other ways to do things are just wrong. The thing I have really learnt, by living in two different worlds and between cultures, is that there’s not a case of right or wrong, it’s a case of things being different. Well anyways, there endeth my ponderings and my news for now. Ta ra!
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