I'm here still in London. Life has really settled down in to routine here and scarily, i feel like an adult. I'm paying rent, budgeting for groceries (although i just found out i will get some money for it) and working almost 5 days a week. I feel so grown up and proud of myself. Its wierd. My summer is so different in many respects than had i stayed at home in NJ. I'd be at the beach more and probably going out more, although admitedly it might be a good things that i 'm not going out more as going out more = spending more. So thats it. Beyond that, Londons London-- rainy and cool. Working in about an hour. Was kinda bummed to miss the grand prix race cars that drove around the city yesterday (they actually shut down all of like shaftesbury ave and piccadilly and regent st and had then drive around-- how video-game cool). I was sad not to be able to see it, but work is work.

Mark Helmsing, a friend from IU, spent the weekend chez moi and i even had a 4th of July cookout. Unfortuantly i was sick with a nasty cold (and still am), but thats the way these things seem to go. It was fun tho and people actually showed up this time...sort of. Beyond that not much is new. Chelsea and Emily and i did dinner last night and finally got to see their East End Apartment. I have to say it feels wierd not living in New Cross any more. I actually miss it an the excitment of the res halls and living on a busy motor way. Tho a backyard now rocks.

Part of me feels wierd. Like i'm in some new click of foriegn twenty-somethings who are living, working and traveling abroad. And part of me doesn't quite want to leave that behind. I toiled with the idea of putting off my last year of university, but i'm not sure thats the best way to go.

Stina and i are planning our trip to Sweden and are going to acactually stop over in Copenhagen as well it seems. I want to go somewhere warm as well, although its not clear yet as to whether or not i have A) the time or b) the money to do that, but a weekend in the french riveria sounds nice. I had my heart set on going to Croatia but thats looking unlikely due to costs, so you take what you can get.