Seasons Change, Plans Change

I'll start with the good news first. The weather here in London has been amazing this last week. It is officially summertime. The temps are in the high 70's people are out and about in their flip flops and shorts. I spent this weekend getting my short sleeved shirts, skirts, and open toe shoes out of storage and swapping them with my sweaters, scarfs, and turtlenecks that have been in my closet for the last 9 months. I never realized how much I missed seeing color in my wardrobe! London is like an entirely different city in the summertime. If only it could be like this more often. I have definitely been taking advantage of the weather by enjoying all the beautiful parks and walking alongside the river. I used to take gorgeous weather like this for granted when I lived in California, but now that they're so far and few in between it's amazing how you make the most of it. Speaking of making the most of my days.. can you guess what time this photo was taken?

6 you say. Try 9:30 pm.!! The days lasting so long has got to be one of the oddest things I've experienced since arriving here. The sun comes up at 4:00am and it doesn't get dark until 10:30pm. The great thing is, I come home from work and it feels like I have all the time in world to go do things. The down side is, I am wide awake come 6:00 am because the sun is shining as bright as can be into my room. I'm thinking I might to need invest in some curtains, the sunshine cutting into my beauty sleep isn't going to fly.

Now the bad news, or maybe I should say challenging news. My friend Sima who I've referenced many a time in this blog as my future roomie is no longer going to be filling that position. She unfortunately has to return back to California to help out with her family business. She came back to London last week on her way to Italy for a 2 week tour, and dropped the news. Needless to say I was super bummed. We had all these grand plans to travel all of Europe together, take London by storm as two single girls on the prowl, explore other parts of the city, etc.. I was also really looking forward to living with someone. One of the things I've realized is that I prefer living with roommates instead of living alone. So now I'm debating whether I should to try and find someone else to live with or continue to live alone. There's advantages and disadvantages to both situations. If I do choose to live with someone else it would probably end up being a stranger since I would use the Internet to find them or send a note to friends at work who can pass along the message. I keep going back and forth.. on the one hand living with someone who I don't know very well could be a great way to make a new friend and meet their friends, hence creating a social network for myself. On the other hand, living with someone I don't know could end up being a nightmare because they turn out to be a freak. I'm not sure what to do??? Luckily, I don't have to make up my mind immediately. I'm going to give it some more thought this weekend and see how I feel on Monday.