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18 February 2006

It wasn't what I planned. It wasn't what I really wanted but here I am, back in CA. I left London on Thursday after a whirlwind week of being sick with stomach flu and visiting nearly everyone I could before I collapsed. Leaving London has been one of the hardest things I've done in a long time but at the same time, part of me needed to be closer to my family. Being independent is great but sometimes, I just want to be near my mom.

I am forever changed by my experience in England and I know I will return. I don't know when or how but I will. I'm restless already and I've been home for 2 days. My parents are away and I'm bored. I'll find my feet again. It will just take some time.

So here are some things that annoy me already:

ALL. THE. ADS. ON. TV. How the heck do people get into a show when it's interrupted every 5 minutes? It took me some time to get used to fewer ads in the UK but now, TV here just bugs the crap out of me. And speaking of TV, there is no good world news here. I find myself watching BBC news on PBS because the news doesn't mention anything beyond the lower 48.

People talk. Like, ALL THE TIME. There is constant noise. It's sensory overload.

The weather is NOT A TOP STORY on the news. UGH. It's rain, not toxic waste falling from Mars.

No, I don't have an accent. Stop asking me to say something. I really don't have anything to say in an English accent because I am not English. Yes, I miss my friends and my life in London and at the moment, I'm not ready to talk about it.

Oh how I miss English newspapers... even the tabloids. Sigh.

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