Just takin' it easy

You can tell it's Spring over here! It's getting more touristy and crowded, and it's raining much less, and all the parks and gardens have pretty little flowers blooming! And all the wierdies are starting to come out. Like, yesterday I saw a lady that (for Ann, James, and Isaac,) was walking like TEN tiny fuzzball dogs and she reminded me SO much of Munch walking around with his fuzzles. They kept bumping into things because their hair covered their eyes. And I also saw a lady with three giant rainbow parrots on her shoulders. Taking the birds for a... walk?

Well, life after France is grand. I definitely needed to recuperate after that trip, so I've been taking it easy lately. On Saturday I went to Portabello Market (yes, I know, I go there every Saturday) and saw 5 billion things I wanted to buy, and I refrained because I'm tough like that.

Then we went to the Tate Britain, which was really perfect for that day. There was some club thing going on so there was music and activities for people. And it was fun looking at all the art in that environment. I'm not a huge fan of portraits, but I cound one that I REALLY loved for some reason. And it's my favorite portrait I've ever seen. It looks like this: (and it's a lot prettier in real life)












Then we went and got kebabs on our way home, and yeah, I'm pretty sure I am the best looking girl you have ever seen. (with a kebab).

Church was lovely, I'M SO SAD because next week is technically our last week in our wards :( WORST NEWS EVEERRRR! I don't know what to do with myself. Going back to a singles ward will be torture after this. I mean, I guess it'll be kinda nice not having to deal with Tico dropping the F-bomb in class, and spinning around really fast with his arms out with scriptures in his hands like a helicopter, taking out all the other kids. Especially when we have visitors. (Yes, that really did happen on Sunday.) But seriously.... I'm going to miss it SO much.

Yesterday after class we went to a lunchtime concert at Wigmore Hall. It was a violinist and a pianist, they played a Beethoven and a Bartok. The Beethoven was like, super dissonant and creepy and wierd... not my favorite. But I definitely appreciated how hard and technical it was, and she did a wonderful job even though I didn't like it. The Bartok on the other hand, was totally delightful and I loved listening to it. It was a nice little concert.

Then me and some ladies headed over to the Somerset house, which is just one of those big mansions that a rich person collected great art in and now it has a little museum. I LOVED it. There was lots of impressionistic art, and a whole display on Michaelangelo with some of his sketches and stuff. George Seurat is really fun to look at in real life, and always Renoir and Monet and Manet of course. I'm loving art more and more each day.

So, word on the street has it that Obama's health bill got passed. I'm anxious to see how that pans out for us all in the next few decades. It will be interesting. But for now, I'm in the UK, and it's a party, and that's all I really need to know for the next 4 weeks.

P.s.
I know how to play chess.
P.p.s.
I'd like to thank all my fans for supporting me and making this all possible. (aka, mom, Ann, and Denise. My three loyal blog followers, your comments are always so funny and good, and I miss you all.)