Shameful really but it's nearly been a month

Summer has sort of come and gone and then popped back in again... I guess the key is that if you don't stop working you don't notice as much? It's strange but true but i've nearly seen more (or perhaps the same amount )of Autumn, Chiara and Siobhan than any of my friends here. It's logical really because of course it's not only my life that has changed since I last lived here... it's a case of resolving the differences I suppose and re-positioning my perspective and figure out how it all should be now.

I met two totally separate and equally lovely neighbours last week. The first was a lady in her 40's who stopped and talked to us after work one day on our way home from our walk with Lilli in the park. She said she had bought a flat in the neighbourhood 12 years ago and all her friends thought they were mad... she said she was happy to see that nice families where starting to move to the area... aww bless! Then she invited us to tea at her place which was so sweet of her. The other lady we met was a few days later during one of our early morning walks in the park... she was walking her dog with her little guy in her arms who was just about a year and a half old. She lives in one of the nice houses that face the park... again mentioned how their friends though them nuts to buy here but how happy they are here. We exchanged numbers and she kindly offered help with lilli if i ever needed it! So sweet. wow and who says london is a cold place (in temperature yes but in people not so much)

Mum arrives next week yet again to save the day. There was a delay in the big project I'm working on and it was looking less and less likely that the timing would work for me to take sienna to canada so she could spend some time with the family. So mum agreed to come and collect her. I'm gutted that i'm not going as i'm desparate for a break. It's been since last may that I've had any down time. *okay there were those few days in nyc* ... and after all the craziness that spun through at the end of the summer and moving twice and starting new job and blah blah blah. Yea, I need a break. I think two weeks on a beach in the caribean would do the trick... i'm saving up for that in my mind... ahh i guess when i finally do get a rest it will be so fabulous, it won't matter where I am.