Adventures in London: Issue 9

Is that right...is it really issue 9!!! Remember writing Issue 1 like it was yesterday

I should mention that I have decided to move the date of the updates from Sunday to Monday. Once I get my internet sorted out, I will switch the back to Sunday. It is much easier to type on a keyboard than on a BlackBerry - plus I can send the photo of the week this way.

So back to the update. This week has been an adventure!!!

The week started in NYC with all my family and friends (It just dawned upon me that it was only a week ago that I was home. Feels like I came back ages ago. Guess a lot truly has happened this week). On Tuesday morning (very early morning) I flew back to London town only to get on a train Wednesday morning for a day trip to Manchester for a client meeting.

Thursday was supposed to be a low-key night of cleaning and unpacking, but it turned into a night of partying and dancing. Every Thursday before pay day is free bar at the Mindshare bar. I had every intention of going home early to get some rest, but the group I was chatting with were going out dancing and we all know that I cannot pass up a chance to dancing. I went along, figuring it would be a good way to meet new people and boy was it. I met some lovely people from my floor that evening and am now known on the floor for my fabulous dance moves - and I didn't even have postcards on my trousers.

Friday afterwork I went to Brighton to meet up with a friend of mine and his wife for wine tasting. It was a lovely and educational night of wine exploration through the regions of France. I truly learned a lot that night about the different regions of wines, how to taste them and what makes each wine different. I am going to try to find a place in Clapham that does wine tasting. I spent the night there on Friday. Saturday morning I went for a run with my friend's wife and then we all went to Chili Fest where we tasted the world's hottest curry. Boy that stuff was that insane - it was something out of a cartoon...fire gushing out of our mouths and smoke pouring from our ears. There were some interesting dishes there - chili chocolate, chocolate covered chilis, chili jam, chili beer ..you name it and it had chilis in it. From there is was off to a dear friend's 30th birthday, which was a night of laughter, dancing and karaoke! Who doesn't love a night of karaoke?!?! Met some lovely folks at the shin-dig - even another Shania fan. Who would have thought that I would have found a mate here that knows the Shania facts as much as i do...he even knew facts that I didn't know.

I am hoping that this week is NOT as adventerous as this past one. This coming week I need to focus on training for the 2009 NYC Marathon. Have over a year, but I reckon I am going to require all the time I can get. Given that this is my first marathon, I need to make sure that I do not injure myself, cause we all know how easy it is for me. I also need to do plenty of cleaning and unpacking as I will have my first visitor!!! My roomate from university is coming on Friday for the weekend all the way from Germany. Funny what I am about to say, but I believe that we will see more of each other on this side of the pond than we did when she was in NJ and I was in NYC.

Well that is all for me. I hope you all look forward to these updates as much as I do. I just wish that these conversations could be in person over an ice cream or a coffee or something. As a reminder, if you would like to be removed from this list, please let me know. If not, please look forward to Issue 10 :-)

I got this quote from my uncle this week and it got me thinking.

"There is a cost for action and there is a cost for inaction. You decide what is more expensive"
- Donald Trump

You never know what life is going to throw your way and rathter than being the person that sits back, I am going to get involved. Find something that you can get involved in. If I may suggest a cause...try doing something for the National MS Society (http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/index.aspx). They hold a number of bike rides throughout the US. This cause has just recently become one very close to my heart. If you know anyone biking for MS then sponsor them or better yet do the event yourself (http://www.bikems.org/)!!!

Best of wishes to you all! Miss you and love you dearly!

xoxo
T

PS: the picture that I have attached is from Tuesday morning while my plane was flying over NYC. Hard to tell, but the land mass below me is manhathan.