hot hot heat

oh my goodness, these past few days have been like high summer days. 

bright sunny and pretty darn hot

I love it

(tho do I miss my ceiling fans...)

AND

sushi for lunch and ice cream in the afternoon!

and it is actually warm enough in the office that there are a couple fans running

incredible :)

AND Italian music playing in the office!

good day.
good.
day.

!!

friday + sunny 78 degree weather + dance party tonight = happy Bethany!

ummmmm

so this morning I woke up not remembering if it was wednesday or thursday (it's wednesday), and accidentily washed hair twice in the shower.

on the upside, my hair is really soft now.

ain't it always the way...

when your projects are slow and you have some free time at work, there is nothing else going on

but when something wicked awesome does pop up you are already swamped with 2 huge projects and sneaking away to do the wicked awesome thing becomes the act of a ninja.

que sera sera.

Scotland? London? who knows...

so there is a one in three chance that Ben and I will be in Scotland come August/September.

the actual prospect of the Highlands/Edinburgh doesn't really phase me, but I think we were kinda hoping to hang around London for a bit longer. Plus, everybody else will still be down here (cept maybe for Bethania, who may be headed Winchester-ways).  I would feel left out and out of the loop if everybody is going to parties, pubs and hangin out in London, and I am 8 hours away...

But then again, firm wise it may be the better alternative (not sure, we have interviews in two weeks). So then it is better firm or preferred location? Course, dunno if it is worth speculating, as I am pretty sure it is almost entirely out of our hands at this point.

All I know is it is a very strange position to be in.

why?

why would the IRS send to my address in the UK a tax refund check in dollars?

why?

and when I gave them my direct deposit details so this wouldn't happen?

why?

sigh...

quick observations

In the States ice cream trucks play an exceedingly annoying version of "Do Your Ears Hang Low" as they drive around.
Here, they play "Greensleeves".
Even the ice cream trucks are more sophisticated in England.


Ben had never had a proper jacket potato (baked potato with all the fixins) pre-London. He has found his new favorite food. (and I still can't believe he had never had a jacket potato before...)

on what plane of existance does this make sense?

a one way plane ticket costs twice (and sometimes more) as much as a round trip ticket

why? nobody seems to know....

you know you have been in England too long when...

...you draw a street section at a workshop and without thinking about it you draw the vehicles driving on the British sides of the road.

yup.

a little blog math for ya

friends visiting over the course of a month + two day workshop + recovering from friends visiting over the course of a month + week long workshop + nasty cold = Bethany is apparently not good at keeping her blog up to date