Home is Only a Month Away

Yes, it's hard to believe, but I'll be coming home in less than a month (27 days to be exact). It will be difficult to leave London for reasons that should be obvious, but in many ways it will be nice to come home. Every time I travel I realise just how much I love Kentucky. For some strange reason I'm just attached to the hills, knobby plains, horse farms and smiling helpful people. London has been my surrogate home now for about 6 weeks and it has been a good one. I can easily see myself living here for a time at some point in my life, but in the end I'll always come home.

As for goings on here in London there have been a couple of adventures. Last week a couple of us went and saw Chicago. It was a great performance and our second-row centre seats were splendid. My only real complaint was the woman they cast as Mama Morton. For those you familiar with Centre, try to picture this. It was as if Dean Fabritius was playing a busty crooked jail warden. I've never heard Stephanie sing, but this actress was awful. Otherwise, everything else was top-notch. I was highly impressed by the level of control the dancers had, and they didn't look too bad either. ;-)

Last weekend was spent mostly writing my History of London paper and this weekend will be spent catching up on other homework and writing my HIS 110 paper. Yes, it is that time.

Wednesday we went to Southall, the most South Asian neighborhood in London. The neighborhood is 90% Hindu, Sikh or Muslim. It was a splendid neighborhood. There was so much cheap Indian cuisine I was absolutely stuffed by the time I left. Also, there was a very large Gurdwara with a golden dome that was gorgeous.

Finally, I had sushi for the first time yesterday. Can I just say it was amazing. I hadn't been having the best of weeks so I decided to treat myself to something new. A group of us went to the little Yo! Sushi Bar. I had different rolls with tuna, eel, octopus, salmon, prawns and vegetarian options. All told it cost me almost $40 but it was totally worth it.

Cheers!!

Todays Lovestruck: "To the girl in Asda in Battersea on Sunday afternoon. I wanted to chat, but got tongue-tied in the cheese section. You were lovely." -Stuart