another update from the other side of the pond…

visit is crazy – spending tons of time running around to try to see/appease everyone, and not being very successful at it. oh well. we had a pre-thanksgiving turkeyfest with siblings, significant others and various roaming chilluns’, which was delightful. dinners with both parents, and one genuine patriots game (which we sadly lost).

the big news of the day is that i *finally* (after another $140 [grand total: $600], and several phone calls from london) managed to renew my drivers license. freedom! after multiple visits to the ever-lovin’ dmv, the year-long saga is over. and vermont state police can bite me – i will not be darkening their doorstep again any time soon. but it’s sooo lovely to be able to drive again. j and i have done some leaf peeping drives and random mini road trips. also done a little bit of shopping for prescriptives concealer, “jack frost” scented yankee candles, snyders honey-mustard pretzles, and keen “newport” sandals for the trip (which I was really, really excited about! they’re cute, comfortable, and practical, and protect my toesies!) it’s the little things that make a girl happy.

other things: i miss access to maple-flavoured goodies, like the maple-flavoured latte i had today. maple stuff just doesn’t exist in the u.k. same with cranberries.

jonno is obsessed with the american yellow school bus. go figure.

fall leaves and proximity to trees and assorted patches of nature makes me so incredibly happy. i miss woods – almost everything in the u.k. is farmland or pastures. but there’s a state park down the street from my childhood house that’s just so peaceful. i grew up going for mountain hikes, canoeing, taking walks in the woods. the crisp smell of dry leaves on a cold morning is my favourite sensory memory. i desperately miss being in/near/around nature on a regular basis.

new england fall is good for my soul.

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