Wednesday, 8 July 2009

Carnival Town

That is the name of a song I'm listening to right now and it seems quite fitting as I haven't written in a while, there are lists I'm sure of thing I've done, places I've been, things I've seen but in the end all those lists add up to the memories that I will now try to share with you.
First of all for those who don't know- I am STILL in london- yup that's right still here, still kicking or screaming- sometimes both! I've decided after a long overdue conversation with the man that I will be moving to AD in October. It is for the best and it gives me the chance to enjoy a true London summer. As I am never one to plan I believe my time here was a true test to that virtue which I believe I hold pretty well- patience. Sometimes we tend to get so bogged down with the next step, the next move, or the next something that we forget to look at the present moment we are living in, we forget to take that breath we so desparetly need amongst the busy e-mails, the blackberrys, the meetings, and the bullshit ( sorry to put it so bluntly) but we all know its out there. We're all victims of the sad fact that life seems to evade our fingertips from the grasp of just living. This is what I'm focusing on. This and being happy- life's too short and so is the summer in London! Speaking of the past few weeks have been an uneven exchange of extreme heat and extreme wetness in London the sun shines brightly one day and the rain strikes hard the next.. so gotta enjoy those sunny days and have a good book to read, or some good writing for those rainy nights.
So a little of what I've been up to lately... took the much anticipated trip to Greece, thessaloniki with Natassa stayed with her family and enjoyed every second of an authentic Greek getaway.. it's nice to be able to see and enjoy the rest of this world. If you haven't taken a trip recently, or if you don't have one planned in the next couple of months I would highly recommend it, you owe it to yourself!
Speaking of next trips... I have now planned mine- to Sweden! That's right, going to be visiting my dear friend Marianne in Stockholm for a long weekend in August. A long overdue visit which I am finally able to take. I've been running around the possibilities of doing some more writing, working on the script and working on myself. I've been trying to make more trips to the gym at a lesser interval in between and attempting to get back on track as far as my health. This again is something I have always held as a possibility but never really forced myself to follow through with, so hopefully will now stay on track and go at least 5 times a week whilst still enjoying free time in between... stay tuned