I know, I know

I'm sorry I haven't updated in awhile, but the amount of time I spend in my house is rather insane. I'm usually not here in the evening since I usually work or have class. Everything is good.

After Superbowl, I was in a really good mood for like two weeks afterwards. Just the thought of Superbowl brought a smile to my life. Not a lot really happened in the time before my parents arrived. I did break it off with Adrian since well (Jenny insert your rant here since I know now you read this) my pros and cons list told me to. I did one at work and it wasn't good. It was fun and now it's over.

To my parents since that is a little more exciting. They arrived on Friday and I met them at Gatwick. That week was the last one where I went to bed every night at 3am and slept until noon. Boo. But I was at Gatwick before them which I was proud of myself for. I'm usually so late when I meet someone at the airport. I held up a little sign that said FEENEY... I know, I'm a fast thinker. So they arrived and we made our way up to their hotel in Camden. I know, Camden. I love Camden with the markets and the food (those donuts are amazing), but I couldn't see my parents in Camden. But then I don't think they ventured into the markets and the chaos that is Camden. We had breakfast in The Elephant Head which Noel an Julian used for Sweet. I was in heaven.

The first day was rather low key mostly because of jet lag. We took the Big Original Bus Tour around London. Good tour but the thing moves so quickly that one second you are by The Eye and the next Tower of London. But that's London traffic for you...it stops for no one. I saw some parts of London that I haven't seen before. It was sweet. It was nice to see le parents. Mom and MK were pretty comfortable here, but Dad was out of his comfort zone. Haha. He said that London was faster than NY or Boston. Not sure about NY, he has never been in NY with Monica. She runs around that city.

On Saturday, we went to Greenwich. I told this to Chris at the pub on Thursday and he started talking about it like I would if I was going to Plymouth Plantation. He didn't mention that he was forced to go there as a child every year, but he said it was a horrible place and dirty. It wasn't much to write home about basically. I did warn Dad about this, but upon getting there I took back my words. Greenwich is so beautiful. I texted Chris and asked why he was so against this beautiful place and he admitted being forced to go there every year when he was in school. Dad wanted to go here because, of course, it's where Zulu time begins. I stood in both the East and the West. Of course, to get up to Royal Observatory we had to climb up a hill that resembled the hill going up to William Wallace memorial. It was worth going up there though. I need to go back and explore more. Our time there was cut short because I had to go to work. They went to the Churchill Cabinet War Rooms and I left London.




Sunday we went to Ely. That was a pain in the butt. They were doing work on the rails from Kings Cross to Cambridge so we had to go Liverpool Street and take the commuter rail to Cambridge (it stopped like 15 times) and then a train to Ely. It took about a half an hour-45 minutes longer than it usually would have. It was good to see Jenn, her Mom, Jager, and Sophie though. Sophie was so cute; she was having lunch when we came in and she just stared at us wondering what was going on and who was in her kitchen. She smiled at me but stared at everyone else. Haha. Jager was so excited to have new friends to play with. We went into the living room and again I had to divide my attention between Sophie and Jager. Jager, of course, had to stay in the hall, but I still threw him his cat and Sophie would come over, demand to be picked up and we would play with Jager together. She also got a few cookies out of me...um. She just gives that look... the, 'you're eating that cookie in front of me and not giving me a single piece of it???' and I caved. We also went out to lunch while Sophie had her nap and then got a tour of Ely. Ely was more of Dad's pace since it was a Sunday and no one was out. We toured the Cathedral as well. It was a nice relaxing day. As a side note, it was the last time I saw Mr. Jager who just died. Poor little guy. He was the best. Sophie has been carrying around her Jager doll since he got sick. Cute but sad.

Monday we went to the Imperial War Museum. I understand where I get my love of death and destruction from. Dad was all over it. I've been to the Imperial War Museum before but just to the Holocaust Exhibition. We spent the morning there and then got lunch nearby. We went to St. Pauls which was awesome. We saw Nelson's tomb, Wellington's tomb, and of course the Cathedral was so beautiful. Time for me was cut short since (again) I had to go to work.

I'm going to end this post on my job. I got one at the Surbiton Racket and Fitness Club. I basically serve beer to people who just worked out or played squash/tennis. it's fun. I've met some cool people and I like my co-workers. I always get so distracted when Ed is there because he's a Capitals fan. I guess he was on a cruise like a year ago and met some kids who were from D.C. They talked hockey with him and a hockey fan is born. So he likes the Capitals and we talk hockey all the time. He's silly, he thinks the East is better than the West. Sorry, it's not. In the West, right now the Avs are second in their conference and might not make the playoffs. They are three points from the 8th spot. That's how tight the West is. The East is much easier. My favorite co-worker is Liz who I've been out partying with. Oh she's fun! I've been watching a lot more rugby and football since I started working there and it's cool. I like the time I spend at work.

Part 2 will be coming soon.