My Last Blog from England :-(

While packing I came across my journal that I brought. I made one entry in it before I realized that my blog could be my journal. But I thought I would use this post to share it with you.

"This spring break I was presented with the wonderful opportunity to travel to England this summer and work as a personal assistant for one of the owners of Sing Live UK, Linda Metcalfe.

Not only is this my first trip across 'the pond', but I'm doing it alone! I have had a lot of different emotions in preparation for my trip.

The first was disbelief that I was actually going to get to do this. This happened at such a perfect time, when Carson and I were going to be apart anyway.

The next emotion I experienced was being overwhelmed! Learning about customs and all the things that are different in England and what I was going to need for eight weeks! The overwhelming amount of things to think about turned into stress about whether I had everything and if it was going to all fit into my suitcase.

Now, as I sit on the plane to Manchester, it is pure excitement!! I fly all night to be picked up in the morning and taken straight to the office to work. Nothing like fighting jet-lag. Time to sleep, more experiences to come."


I was sharing with John that I experience so much every day and then when I sit down to write my blog there is no way to remember everything, much less find ways to express it in words. This has truly been an amazing experience, one that words can't do justice but will just have to live in my head. I hope that what I have been able to capture on this blog has given you a glimpse into the culture, language and things that there is to do here. I am so fortunate to have had this opportunity.

This will be my last blog from England but check back next week as I will be doing some reflection on my trip over here. It seems like too much to take in at the moment. I went out for drinks with the girls tonight and we had a wonderful time. They gave me a little gift of a picture of one of the streets that I had been to in York. I think it was then for the first time that I realized how much I am going to miss it over here. The places that I have seen and the people that I have met. This has become more than just a place to tick of my list and say that I have been. It is a place that has come to mean something special and a place that I will want to return to in the future. . . to my new family here.