Week 1 is behind me now and I am already 1 day into Week 2.... I have experienced so much in just 8 days it is amazing!  Today was by far the best day of sight seeing and I never went very far from the apt.  I just explored the east and north side of downtown today.  Lunch was nice and the day was full of walking and picture taking.  I even helped a few "tourist" take pictures so they could have group shots.  I love group shots!!  I love people being together.. having fun.. laughing.. and enjoying life.  I feel sad that I don't have my friends with me but I know that there is a reason I am here and I will just enjoy the time alone the best I can.  I cried less today than yesterday and that is a good thing.  I have realized that I am okay by myself.. I just choose not to be alone... but .. I can make it.

Some of the things I love about downtown London or Central London as they call it .. is that there a little shops, pubs, and places to eat everywhere... l love the carts that have food sitting out.. not covered in plastic wrap.  I love the pastries.. the mulled wine and the mulled apple cider.. I love the chimes I hear every day.  I love the old buildings that seem to wind into each other.. like they are all melted together to form one but yet they are all individual. I love the streets that are made out of brick and stones.. and the fact that I am right next to the Thames river which is massive and busy.  So with all of the sadness I feel in my heart missing my loved ones.. I do feel happy that I am getting to see things I would have never been able to see without this job oppportunity.  I just am really looking forward to the hugs from my crew and my family and for them to come over here and share this great place with me. 

Bunhill Fields Burial Grounds

On London Bridge...

My first week in London..
    Well I finaly got to take off from Houston on Saturday the 11th of Feb at 8:40 p.m...I had the best send off ever.. thank you Gus, Alyssa, Camille, Larry, Frances, Sarah, Missy, Byron, Allie and Becca from coming to see me off...then arriving in London on Sunday.  I was so thankful to be greeted by Pete.. my driver.. who was a perfect gentleman and helped me from start to finish.. thank you Pete.  I cried all day and most of the night but finally got to sleep ..with help.. around 3 am... only to get up for work just a few hours later.  Work has been awesome.. or as awesome a first week at a new job can go.  I have a great boss - Ron - and nice co-workers.. Richard, Neville, Tracey, Paul, Simon and another Richard.  They all have the most perfect London accents. So.. my first week's experiences are..learning my new job.. learning about the new money.. getting lost.. finding my way back home.. walking a mile to work with tons of busy people.. got to see the St. Paul's Cathedral.... Tower Bridge.. London Bridge..a cool cemetary.. Liverpool Street Train Station...I have been to more meetings in the past week than I have in 10 years.. and I was not nervous at one of them!!!  I talked to the traders at work without being nervous.. met tons of new people at work.. without being nervous and had dinner by myself at a cute little Italian place on a Friday night.. wow.. this is crazy stuff for me.. I also .. missed my family and friends and Elvis more than I ever could have imagined...