my goodness, has it been awhile?

why, yes it has! it feels like it was just yesterday that i was packing up and heading home from school. now three months later i find myself doing quite the reverse...packing up to head back down to school. i had probably one of the most busiest summers ever this year. the last two weeks in may were occupied by the trip of a lifetime to england. oh man, i want to go back so bad, words cannot even describe! we did so much yet there was still so much more to do. looking back on our jaunt i wish i wasn't sick because when i am sick i am pissed and i feel like my phlem was a ominous cloud constantly hanging over our holiday. ew. so next time, i vow to not get sick because it's england....and the motherland deserves the best! next time i hop the pond i want to go during christmas time...and have myself an authentic english christmas in the countryside! i have yet to explore the west and the north so maybe those will be in my future itinerary. i really could talk about our trip for hours although i do believe that my family is getting sick of me saying "remember when we did this? i want to go again next time. i realllllllyyyyy want to go to england again!" upside of this obsession...my percentage of day dreaming jaunts daily has significantly increased. don't want to think of how this will affect me in school just yet. so between then and now i have been keeping myself busy at home. i took a nanny job for two kids, 6 and 7 who were classmates of my nephew kyle. man am i burnt out now. i will try not to speak ill of them but they do not listen and they do not care. i have seen some nasty kiddos but these take the cake. i've tried and nothing seems to work so i guess what i have taken out of this job is that it's ok to throw your hands up and say "oh well!" back to school is around the corner for them as well as the nieces and nephews. i've made them little goodie bags for their first day of school, being one of my favorite holidays....if it really is a holiday. i'm excited for fall even though southern california's version of fall is the dropping of temperatures to what? five degrees cooler than in the summer? i really miss northern california falls when i'm at school. maybe i'll just have to fly up and visit :) as a final sendoff to some of the school-goers in our family, we took a wee trip up to tahoe for a very long weekend. we arrived last thursday night mum, dad, carrie, alicia, adam, myself, and my brand spanking new mac book (which i love, like a lot!). we did archery, horseback riding, swims, walks, hikes, bbq, smores, and one of the most memorable bits was church on sunday. we've always seen a sign for this episcopalian church but have never stopped by until this past sunday. the service was very unique, complete with kilt-clad women, goodies in the forest, and porcupines in the front pew, no joke. made my day, heck well even my year! it's been awhile since we've spent this long up there, especially in the summer so it was a real treat. i would love to post some pictures but i can't figure out how to upload pictures on this iphoto thing. will soon though, promise. been reading a lot this summer too. finished a hefty portion of books some great some not so great. i just hope i can keep this up during the school year. ok my fingers hurt and i have british things to google. until next time, redcoats....cheers :)