Update from London

It has been a while since I have had had the time to sit down and write a blog. I have been so busy since I returned from the US. My time here with my Mom and Joanne was absolutely amazing. We had so much fun together. They kept me very busy! I needed to take a vacation from their vacation! So this weekend I didn't do much of anything. =) I can't explain how much it meant to me to have them come out here to visit. To see the excitement on my Mom's face is something that I will never forget. It was such a special week for me. I feel so lucky to have such an amazing Mom...and even luckier to have such a close friendship with her. Mom I love you so much....and I miss you tons!

I have been really busy with work as well. It is actually really nice, and I am enjoying all of the projects that I am working on. But it has been long days and will continue to be that way until the Christmas break. Cisco is shutting down all of their offices globally for 2 weeks and forcing us to take PTO. So everyone is trying to get their last minute projects completed...which means the studio is completely booked from now until Dec 18th. I am looking forward to my time off...especially because that will be when Michael is here...10 more days!!! It will be nice for us to have a full 2 weeks together without work.

I am really looking forward to our trip to Paris, but it still seems weird that I will not be home for Christmas. Yesterday was a hard day for me, because it was the first day, since I have been back, that I really didn't have much to do....so I had time to feel lonely =( Plus it was the day that my Family, Jessica and Terry got together to make our Christmas cookies. These are the times that I miss home the most. But on the bright side of things....I will be home in less then 8 weeks.

Today I went out with my friend Anna for the last time. She is moving back to Finland next Saturday =( We were trying to get tickets to go to a football match here, but we couldn't find any games locally that were cheap. Apparently the only local teams are in the Premier league (which is the top league) and tickets to their games are hard to get and very expensive. So we decided to go to a pub and watch a game there instead. It was fun, and we saw a really good match. She has been a great friend and I'm sure that we will keep in touch, but I am really sad that she is leaving.

So that's about it....I miss you all so much.

XOXOXO