Two

- I'm happier now than when I arrived here.

- I daydream about where I am going to go the next day.

- The Bansky works around Bristol never ever get old.

- Homesickness isn't something I have experienced too much because I keep busy. Days like this I feel it a little bit. August 5th always comes with sunshine but even after 13 years I still wish I could have a whiskery kiss from my papa.

- Brenna is the greatest.

- After being in Wolfville for 6 years I find it hard going out around 11:30-12 and staying out until 4am... Last time we went out the sun was coming out. I really go out so I can have the chips and curry sauce from that amazing chip wagon.

- My pen pal skills have been improving because I don't have internet at my flat yet. Although when I need a fix I buy it for 5 pounds and I get it for 24 hours!

- It's so green here and very, very beautiful.

- I have yet to meet some friends but I am sure that will come soon enough.

- I find that I laugh to myself when I remember that I am in England... I'm in England.

- Prague, I'm coming for you.

- Mom and Dad are coming to visit next week. I'm super excited. There might be a Italy trip in the near future with them! Rome. Even though I am on shaky grounds with the Vatican I have wanted to go since... forever? Yes, sounds about right. Oh the Vatican. Who's getting the nicest pair of rosary beads ever? Me.

- There is a balloon festival next week! 150 hot air balloons in the air. I'm down with that.

- I can barely stay up past 11pm cause I'm a grandma.

Happy two months England!

I went to Korea a few years ago and I went to see the tallest Buddha in the world. To get there you had to walk up a steep road and then climb up 100s of stairs. It was tiring and really hot out. My cousins were behind me and stopped to take a lot of pictures so I walked up on my own, sometimes I prefer that honestly. You can’t see anything while you are walking up the stairs until you arrive at the top. Once you get there and you see what is there you forget that your legs burns, that you a sweaty and tired. It was the most peaceful place I have ever been in my life and I know I shared that emotion with some of the people around me, I could see it on their faces. That’s how I felt in Glastonbury, at peace and happy. The amount of history there is simply amazing! It also had some of the best scenes my eyes have had the pleasure of seeing. I want to take you all there! The Abbey was great and seeing the ruins of what was left was eerie and and very cool.

It's almost two weeks that I haven't worked. I might have to break down and go to the temp agency but I would rather not. I am thinking about going on a day trip to Wales and it's supposed to be sunny tomorrow so maybe I will take advantage of the weather and my free time!

Tomorrow it will be my 2 month anniversary with England. Very healthy relationship and I think it's getting serious.

Anyway the library is closing soon and I need to return to the o.c. It's such a pleasant walk down memory lane, the fights, the break ups, clever Seth Cohen... oh the days when I loved him, how things have changed. Never the less I find it entertaining and it gives me satisfaction to know that there is more drama in a 45 minute episode of the o.c. than in my 24 years of being me. Never fear readers I am not only watching crap! When I get the opportunity I watch the United States of Tara. If you haven't seen or heard of it I highly suggest it!!

http://www.sho.com/site/tara/home.do

Screw money... i'm going to Wells and Glastonbury tomorrow!!!

In a year... I'll kick myself for not going rather than the few pounds I'll save.

Good choice, Coombs

My sense were confused yet happy.

If I closed my eyes I could smell and hear the sounds of home. My vacation to Newquay was needed and I loved every minute of it. Let's back up though and explain how important it was for me to go to the sea.

Last week of term: If I am doing supply next year I will not be working that week or I will be doing something better than the shit plan that was left for me. My smallest class was 28, it was the warmest room I have ever, ever been in, and the kids were rude, gross, and not interested in me: their SIXTH music teach in 4 months. Eff. Some threw guitars, some cursed at me, some tried to steal headphones... it was awful. I cut my leg on a trunk that they left in the middle of the room... in this trunk there as paint that ended up on chairs. No, I was not in a preschool because I wouldn't expect this from 5 year olds. I was with grades 7-9. I asked not to be sent to that school again as the support wasn't there from the staff and the kids were beyond horrible. (You should get control over your future Bristol...)

So needless to say I booked a trip to Newquay the "California of the United Kingdom". I arrived and had a pasty! Then I dropped off my stuff and found some supper! I went for some decent mexican food and read the thorn birds while I was surrounded by people on dates and attending large group birthday parties. Did I miss my friends? Always. Was I bothered I was on my own? Not at all. The Taratime was needed.

After supper I walked down the main street scoping out places to eat for tomorrow! I passed 3 beaches and decided to perch on the hill to watch the sunset over the ocean. I was so excited that I told this random lady that I was excited to watch the sunset and that I was from right across the ocean! She smiled at me and nodded. Turns out she was from Dresden and couldn't understand me. She understood Canada and hello. :) It was nice to stand there with her and watch it.By the time the sunset I was ready to head back to my little room. There was a tv and it was so nice to watch it!! I saw the end of A Perfect Storm and quickly fell asleep.

I forgot what it felt like to eat a proper breakfast. Oh my goodness... from now on I am making sure I eat well every morning. It fuels you up for a long day!! It was wonderful and I was stuffed until 1:30!!! I hopped on a little train that takes you around town and I went to the zoo for 2 hrs. It was a nice way to start the day and I got to hear a lion roar!! Worth the charge of getting in the zoo alone. Then I hopped on the train again and made my way to Fistal Beach. It is the big surfing beach of Newquay and I had lunch over looking the ocean! Excellent view and sandwich! Then I walked along the storefronts where I bought some handmade bracelets and postcards for loved ones.

I must have watched the surfers for 45 minutes trying to grab a picture or two of them! I got a few good ones and had to drag myself from them to explore the rest of the beach. I walked all the way up the hill and around the cliffs! I also found my self timer on my camera and played with that! I must say the beach did wonders for my hair! haha.

Once I made it back to the town centre I was pretty hunger and sleepy. I went for Indian food and it was fantastic!! Then the rain came down and I decided to go back and rest in my room and I watched tv!

The next morning greeted me with another amazing breakfast and I checked out of my room to catch my bus! I was ready to return home to Brenna and my fluffy pillows! On the way home I sat by a really nice Welsh man who now lives in Kenya! We exchanged info and hopefully I will hear from him again some day!

I also received good news from home! Papa had his surgery to remove one of his kidneys and it went very well! He will be in for about a week and then he can go home so fingers crossed for a full recovery.

I miss you all!!

xoxox

Coombs

This is a post for my followers... the 3 of you? haha

I miss you, I love you!

I'm happier than I was yesterday and I assume that will only continue.

Much love. xo

Your,

Coombs

Hold me to this thing, darling.

Sorry, I'm alive... and semi well. I have had a bad cold for a week and I have been off work and no play so there wasn't much to blog about. I didn't even blog about my adventures to London! Here I go:

Things are going well! I am making enough money to survive which is always a plus. I worry for August but I have to tell myself that this is my life and I am meant to enjoy it! So I will!

London: first time. It was great! I loved it! I think I would love it even more if I wasn't starting to feel sick so I am going to have my official first visit another time. I saw Big Ben and Westminster Abbey! Of course we spent most of our day at the Canada Day party which was on of the BEST celebrations of my country I have ever had. I ate a Boston Cream doughnut which was AMAZING. Drank (a bit too much) cider, ate poutine, danced around, met a man on the stairs from England, a wife and daughter from Africa and we started to have a chat with him! We told him we were from Canada then Nova Scotia. And he said "how funny! I lived in NS, in a small town called WOLFVILLE." No jokes. We talked about my lovely Wolfville for a bit and the rest of the Valley. I bonded with his young daughter and decided to give her one of my maple leaf pins that Papa gave me before I left. I had two so I thought it was best to pass on the love. She enjoyed it and I would like to think in 10 years she will come across it and wonder what ever happened to that young Canadian girl who gave her the maple leaf pin.

Then came Sarah Harmer time. I was right up front where I told Brenna days before even getting there that I would stand right up there by the stage and sing my heart out. I sang and then all of a sudden I started to cry. I think it was overwhelming to have my favorite Sarah Harmer there, Morgan by my side, Brenna by my side and on top of it all I was in London. That's enough to make a girl cry.

So now I am sick and trying to get better. I think I will be better by Monday and maybe get a full week of work! (Here's hoping). Not only am I sick-sick but I am campsick. I won't talk about it much because it breaks my heart. Mainly Concert Band camp which is next week. In all honesty I want them to miss me. Is that silly? I just want to feel like I contributed something to them. Silly.

Hope all is well!! Send me letters!!

PS: Julie! I finished the Book of Awesome this morning. It was awesome like you.