londres

folks, i am leaving for london in less than 48 hours. my house is a complete disaster. okay, it's a one bedroom apartment, there can only be so much mess, but it is a bit over the top. the plan is to fly into london, hop on a bus out to hereford and meet up with pete and his family for a week of visiting / touring / adventuring. then pete and i have a couple of days to ourselves in london, which is the part of the trip i am really most excited for. i'll also (i hope! i'm not sure if it's all set up or not) get to see pete row in cambridge, which is unbelievably cool.

i've never been to england before. i spent 10 glorious days in greece when i was 16, but that's as much of europe as i've seen. i'm excited to visit the natural history museum, see the changing of the guards, and eat lots and lots of curries. hopefully we'll get to see a show, get shittered with my friend jamie, and and spend hours just wandering through london and all the places that we visit with pete's family. there is also supposed to be a trip to wales squished in at some point, but i don't want to get my hopes up so i'm not counting on it. but that would be very cool!

so that's the news. lots of work, lots of running, a little bit of the 30 day shred (this will be tackled in its entirety during the month of august), and a lot of baking. i love baking. i want to learn to love cooking, i'll work on it, but baking is just so great. it's so easy to have the right ingredients on hand (flour? check. eggs? check. butter? check. sugar? check.) i've found what i believe is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe. period. i've made crumbles and pies and muffins and cakes.. and i haven't even gained a pound! okay, so the real reason i've decided to run this stupid half marathon is so that i can run off all these extra calories. haha.

summer goals, i just love them. i realize i haven't crossed a single goal off of my summer to do list from an earlier entry, but there is still a month and a half of this summer left. i have a time.