Why hello there, Ahmurica. Happy bday.

(Originally posted on Tumblr on July 4, 2011.)

So the last few weeks, as predicted, were a big fat failure in terms of blogging. But really, they were too awesome to stop what I was doing and sit around on the computer for longer than it took to check my email and make sure there weren't any deadlines I was missing. (Housing for next year: boom. Sorted.)

I'm not in Edinburgh anymore. I flew away on a big fat jet plane yesterday afternoon and forgot that sleeping on said big fat jet plane might help negate the worst of jetlag. At this precise moment in time it's seven AM, Eastern time, and I've been up for almost two hours. Goodness gracious me-oh-my, I'm going to be exhausted by the time the fireworks start tonight.

(And a happy fourth of July to all the rest of the Ahmurica. Hope yours won't be as rainy as the one I'll be having.)

Getting through customs was a nightmare compared to every other trip through customs I've taken in the past year. (Even Heathrow, which you always hear horror stories about.) It's weird being around only one kind of accent. I kept using the wrong words in conversation last night. (My uncle had to ask what a "flat" is--an apartment.) I found the $25 USD my mother handed me last September to be used when I finally left Edinburgh, but I can't find my American sim card. I know it's around somewhere, but I remember putting it somewhere "safe" while I was packing for move-out (you remember, that night I didn't sleep?) and we all know how well that always turns out.

And... that's probably the extent of what you'll be hearing about my return-culture-shock, because to be honest it's completely unsettling and I'm not sure how to put everything into words. I do have internet access, though, and it looks like I'll be having plenty of quiet time to myself in the mornings. So there'll be anecdotes about traveling with Melbourne and her mother through England, wandering through Budapest, getting caught in the rain in Prague, and visiting Skye to see an (ex) flatmate. And I'll be going into NYC tomorrow and the day after, so... yeah. Be mentioning that as well, more'n likely.

It's all going to be all right. I could use some quiet time to myself, probably. And I've got plenty of new books to read. :)