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Tim and I are moving in together. <3 <3

We went to see a house this morning and liked it so much, we gave in our cheque on the spot.

(I forgot to inform people I wasn't going to lab meeting because I was house viewing- whoops!)

I think it was the 4th house we saw and we were meant to see another 2 more today and Monday, but I won't say I'm not relieved to be done the search!

Anyway, it is AMAZING. big, modern, furnished,... it has a garage AND off street parking, a cute back garden, a CONSERVATORY, and even better- it is in Chesterton. in a quiet neighborhood just off the high street. Perfection.
I can start doing my 4 and 5 mile morning runs again! =D =D

I am SO wicked excited. Im dancing around my office (in between episodes of Gossip Girl. Hello Addiction)

ps no progress recently on my phd. must work on that. FUCK.

pps tomorrow is stephanie's birthday. I've had her presents for over a week but have not put them in the mail yet. does this make me a bad best friend? at this rate, they won't arrive until 1-2 weeks past. =/ ugh in part because I left the wrapping paper at Tim's AGAIN. crap. I wonder if the stuff I have in my office will work...

I have too many thoughts running around my head. I seriously need to stop thinking so much. like, tell my brain to take a chill pill.

how does one do this? I used to do yoga regularly, but lately it has become more habit and chore than anything else.

hmm

2 weeks. I want to go 2 weeks. slowly. mindfully.

me.


just. me.


bite the bullet. because I am worth it.

ahhh

I'm running my first half marathon this Sunday!

and my second on the 26th!

as if cycling up a mountain wasn't crazy enough...

excepting the overly dramatic (and not very much appreciated) finish,

best weekend in ages.

went for a run,
had a lazy cycle,
spent several hours barefoot in the grass,
napped on a riverbank with a book in my lap,
bbq'd with friends,
got thrown into the Cam,
saw one of my best friends for the first time in over a year and made cupcakes with rainbow chip frosting


we'll just pretend the bratty behavior and food poisoning didn't happen...

so, some of you may know that our balance used to be in the freezer lab. This was GREAT because it meant that I could belt out whatever music I was listening to as I weighed without worrying that anyone could hear me but the -80 freezer. okay, to be fair, there was a running joke about it because invariably *someone* from the lab would wander in and naturally my music would be too loud for me to notice the door opening... and cue humiliation.
right, so you can imagine what a tragedy it was when the balance was removed to the COMPUTER LAB, a public, and obviously far more frequently used, space.

'Xcept I forgot this morning...

Mark tapped on my shoulder to say hello and that he knew I was here because he could hear me singing in the back corner. ha whoops. (oh god- quick, what was I listening to?? oh yeah, JIMMY EAT WORLD, OF ALL THINGS)

hm I suppose it could've been worse. I could've been singing Mariah Carey or something. How embarrassing would that have been?! (then I would've had to admit that not only do I have MC on my ipod, but that I actually know lyrics to her songs. shocking, I know)

I miss my rock on the beach

but I found a new place where I can clear my head. I don't know why I didn't go there sooner...

I have six treatments left after today, which makes me really happy.

but I gotta say, this week is hitting me really hard. I'm shattered. I just want to crawl into bed.

I had to leave my SPSS course early because I was falling asleep and really couldn't absorb anything anymore. It was awful. I was embarrassed.

On the plus side, before I left the class I learned how to calculate my exact age. I'm 25.99. haha so close!

Went to Trinity BA dinner last night with my friend Jo- it was so much fun!!! I saw Yagmur and Rafael and had a nice catchup. Plus ran into this lovely SA girl I met at their engagement party. Emma et al were there too but I didn't see them really. =( sad because I wanted to ask Abby if she wants to have coffee with me next week after one of my treatment sessions. now I have to remember to text her. oh well. I suppose I have 5 more weeks to remember to do that! haha

I decided to move out of my house early. My friend Sarah (we sing together in Trinity Singers) and I are going to live together. We sent in applications on a house. *fingers crossed* we'll move in 4 May. Now I just need to find a subletter for my current room. Hopefully the guy coming by to check it out tomorrow will be good. Anyway, I like the house we found. It has 3 bedrooms (we're going to convert the smallest to an office), full bathroom, a bigger kitchen than my current one (rock on), a massive living/dining room, a back garden, and it is by the river and Stourbridge Common. =D First thing I'm doing after I move in (okay, after I do a jig and create my first new running route) is find the Leper Chapel. teehee

I gave a presentation in my department last Thursday. A surprise important person from the department I work with in Japan showed up. shock! If I'd known he was coming, I would have pulled a few all-nighters to make the presentation better. Of course, it should've been that good ANYWAY. *sighs* Tamsin gave me some good pointers anyway.

had cheese and wine with my book (The Sword of Shannara- yes I am that much of a geek) in the very warm and sunny botanic gardens this afternoon. yay

going to meet Liv for drinks in the Castle now and then on to meet Claude and Jo later. bummer than I'm missing their photoshoot in the Cam.

haha (did I tell you I swam in the Cam? see the photos I put on facebook. It was COLD, but AWESOME)

(Also side story: Apparently Queen Victoria came for a visit and was like, what are all those bits of white paper floating in the river? and someone told her: errr... notices to tell people not to swim) <-- I was upriver from there

Imogen Heap is playing at the Junction on February 12th. I'll be on THE PLANE.
oh for crissake. I've missed Bat For Lashes, Vampire Weekend (that one is this weekend- I totally tried to change my flight so I could go. lol it didn't work), and god knows how many other concerts that I would've liked to go to. and are there any coming up after my return that are of interest? of course not.

actually that is not entirely true.

I'm going to see Dave Matthews Band with Ashley in March in London. we have awesome seats. =D yay

still.


I just booked a ticket for the Jewish Society Ball. I'm not entirely sure why. It was cheap as balls go and is the first weekend I'm back. ahh that means I need to pray my dress stops falling off me before then. ha fat (err thin?) chance. I'm not thinking about the fact that I'm clearly going date and friend less.

Also, I'm going to a Charity Wine Tasting. aagain by myself.

I seriously have no idea why I signed myself up for these things.
no backing out now I suppose (though I haven't paid for the ball ticket yet).

I want to go to a really nice Ball this year. I've only ever been to Darwin. Maybe I can get Suzie to take me to St. Johns. not that I have £150 for the ticket or a dress to wear *sighs* but once, eh? oo I can revive my prom dress again. like I did for the last forget-me-not formal. haha yeah... or better yet,
Robyn- can I borrow your gorgeous green silk dress? *flutters eyelashes* pretty please...