Back to the Good Old Waffle

Last updated June 24? Well, where have I been all this time?

In Devon.

And then a week ago back to London. Not particularly happy about that one. Hopefully the next time we go to Devon a removal van will be following in our wake. Yes, that's right, just to clarify things we have sold the house & are awaiting upon exchange. The plan is to leave London put everything into storage & then live in the cottage until we find somewhere bigger to buy . . . but things never go to plan, do they?

Over the next few weeks I've decided to become a tourist in my own city. Ok not one to visit Buckingham Palace or Madame Tussuad's - I'd rather stay in bed - I just feel like wandering the streets of town, window shopping, soaking in the atmosphere & taking loads of photos of things that I wouldn't usually take a picture of - like shop fronts, architecture, rubbish bins, pigeons . . . you get my idea? And then I want to have some days out in Kent & Sussex - I want to go to Canterbury & say goodbye properly but then I will be back one day.

We went to Bluewater a few days back. I was just about to buy a green t-shirt in Dorothy Perkins for a fiver when the fire alarms went off & an announcement came over 'Attention Attention, could you please evacuate the building immediately' there was a bit of panic as everyone rushed to various exits - my dad was already outside by the lakes so I didn't need to worry about him - my mum on the other hand was somewhere in the centre -bluewater is the largest shopping centre in Europe, when you approach it it looks like the Emerald city but in silver & if you were to walk the entire upper & lower mall you would clock up a 2 mile distance! So finding anyone is like looking for a needle in a haystack so thank god for mobile phones! So I called my Mum who wasn't far away & she said she smelt burning, so there was a fire. At last when all 3 of us had reunited I heard the sirens of the fire engines. They only cordoned off a small area & people where still shopping in John Lewis oblivious of the drama unfolding a few hundred yards away. We left then, we were going to have some food there, but we decided against it. Bluewater unfortunately, like most places in Britain, is a sitting duck for Terrorist attacks & after the recent affairs in London & Glasgow that's what everyone thought when we were all evacuated. I hate this world.

Smoking ban - yep - here we go - although since the ban I've made a lot of friends outside pubs, people I wouldn't normally chat to inside - & it's alright now as it's warm but when Winter comes & it's cold, windy & wet I'm hoping to have given up by then. Some hopes.

I've really missed this, just waffling on about nothing for 10 minutes. I shall waffle on some more perhaps later as off up to town in 20 mins to go to a Mass at Westminster (haven't been to a Mass in yonks) & then go to the recently revamped Royal Festival Hall & hope to catch some live after noon jazz. :)

Em xxx