Could things bee any more pathetic?

And so it goes.

I've been in London now for five days and Adam has been gone for the same.

It's been an interesting experience. Being in a fairly 'new' city. Alone. Without a job. It's pushing the limits for me. I can assure you that. The evenings are the worst. I'm thinking about coming home, depending on how the next few days go.

On a lighter note, I currently have the worlds dumbest wasp stuck in my bathroom a. My attempts to 'free' it were something out of an I Love Lucy episode:

I decided to make a makeshift 'Bee Protection Costume': Barbour Jacket on, zipped up to my neck and hood on, stuck my hands into really thick present bags (since we don't have oven gloves), put my sun glasses on for protection, and attempted to open the window further. No such luck. Finally, after standing there for a few minutes, hoping said wasp would figure out that the window opened at the BOTTOM and not at the top, I decided to brave the elements. Turned on the taps to the shower. Got in for a few minutes. And then...all hell broke loose. Some shadow from the outside 'pissed off' this very unfortunate wasp (one I'm sure that was nothing more than the village idiot in its home hive. There's no way this thing had any lineage to the queen or anyone with brains) and it started for the shower. I yelped, jumped out of the shower as fast as I could (unfortunately without a towel. The hallway carpet is mildly damp now), and made a run for it, leaving the shower head on the floor of the tub sticking up. Realising this only seconds after fleeing the bathroom, I (screaming at this point) turned the taps off, only to find that the wasp had resumed its normal position by the window and water was now dripping from the ceiling. What a way to start my day. Sometimes I can empathise with Alexander from 'Alexander and The Horrible No Good Very Bad Day'. Maybe I should have stayed in bed.

'I hear you're counting sheep again, Mary Jane...'

*Two weeks until I'm officially finished at Walton High. I still stand by what I said: I'm going to miss my students and the staff. I have made a few really great friends and taught some phenomenal students (ones I'll always remember).

*I've decided to take part in תיקון עולם (tikkun olam--Hebrew for 'repairing the world'). Over the summer I'll be volunteering at the Baytree Centre for women and girls. While the Young People's Activities (Ages 14-19) run for four weeks, I'm taking part in two; one week for Photography and one for Journalism. Though my search for jobs will probably be ongoing, I'm really excited to be doing something good for the community. I miss social action. I've been away from it for far too long. Adam and I both agreed, earlier this year, that we needed to get back into social action; this is my opportunity to do just that. If you're interested in finding out more about this programme, you can go to http://www.baytreecentre.org/index.html

* On a lighter note, tickets for the Royal Albert Hall came the other day. We'll be seeing Lord of The Rings performed by the London Symphony Orchestra on my birthday (what an awesome birthday gift, eh?). And no, I don't know how many holes it takes to fill The Royal Albert Hall (that statement is primarily targeted towards my father who never fails to ask me that question :)).

*Finishing the year teaching The Gothic to my year 12/13s has rekindled my love for Gothic novels. I think over the summer I'm going to sink my teeth into Mysteries of Udolpho and The Monk. Come to think of it, I have tons of books I need to read this summer. And I can. Because I will not have anything else to plan. I'll be plan-free for the first time in three years (counting my student teaching). Wow, that feels so odd.

*Must be off. My summer plans also include updating this thing far more often than I have in the past few months (and running more, and taking more photography, and writing more poetry...)