In my life I love you more....
october 1st -
i've been home for a full six weeks now. while i was in london, i said to several people that my homesickness would be completely gone if i could just go home for 2 weeks. well, with the drama of finding a job and finishing the DMB summer tour, the 2 weeks was extended to 6, but i'm offically over being home.
that is, i'm ready to go back to london. *sigh*
i got 1 of my final 3 rolls of film developed (finally) from london. the black and white rolls are taking longer because apparently it's UK film which a lot of places here cannot develop. so i've added my share to the lake district pictures, and will have my birthday/going away party pics up as soon as i can. as always, visit: http://photos.yahoo.com/kourtanay for all the excitement.
for those who don't know, i've gotten a job via my friend kasey at a restaurant in mclean, and am substitute teaching during the daytime. i'm in a kind of holding period right now, trying not to get tied down while i attempt to figure out where my life is headed next... literally. i'm considering philly, chicago, or LA.... and of course i'm most anxious to head back to london. sometimes i *truly* wish i could be one of those twenty-somethings that picks a city, gets a job, buys some property, and starts hunting for a husband, kids, and the dream of retirement, but i doubt that that will be happening for me anytime in the near future.
since coming back to DC, i spent a week with my grandparents, catching up with friends and family around virginia. :) perfect late-summer-time weather, very much enjoyed it. from there i started working, went on a labor day camping trip with new friends from work, good times! flew to denver for 4 night of DMB excitement... caught up with alllllllllll my WONDERFUL nancies-friends, got 4 GREAT shows!!! got to meet mr. matthews himself, and in classic courtney fashion, tried to run away from him only to have him seek me out and force me to shake his hand. ahhhh the horror. ;) there are plenty of pictures of the denver/red rocks/dmb trip up on my yahoo page, although the pictures will ever capture how truly beautiful the red rocks venue really is. came home for four days before flying out to chicago to see mr. matthews perform solo at the farm aid 20th anniversairy concert. (see www.farmaid.org for more information) it was great! got to see a little of downtown chicago on a wild saturday night. hopefully pictures of that will be up soon as well. now i'm settling into the last part of 2005 here in DC. no more "big" trips planned til december and the winter DMB tour. :) went to see coldplay last night (as a volunteer for MTF, www.maketradefair.org ... get involved, people!) have a great rufus/halloween show coming up, as well as liz phair, david gray, james blunt (!! in the US!! woo hoo!!), ben folds with an *orchestra!*.... so i'm keeping busy! ;)
anyway, this is my long winded way of saying this will be my last post on the courtneyinlondon blog. i realized that it's already starting to become a courtneybackindcblog and that really takes away from the whole purpose of having it. so, i'm going to resume writing in my old blog. if you know the address, please enjoy. :) if you don't and would like to read it, just ask... i'm happy to share!
well, what can i say? i've already said goodbye a thousand times, but it's hard to say it and mean it. i'd give nearly anything to be back at melrose place drinking some white wine, gossiping with brian, watching tomasz be hot, chatting with gitta about our life ambitions, getting advice from michael, laughing at nearly everything with phil and raj, drinking with sharelle and nicola, going to a show with helen, enjoying notting hill with rebecca, watching louie and murphy play, watching the crowds at trafalagar sqare, carnaby street, regent street, oxford street, etc etc etc...
i have dreams about london nearly every single night. the six months i spent there were more than i ever expected them to be, better than i could have every hoped for, harder than i ever imagined... unbelievable.
it's probably very cheesy to end this blog on a beatles note, but that's what i'm going to do. i miss everyone, so much. what a fantastic experience.
~courtney
"There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends
I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all
But of all these friends and lovers
there is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more..."
~lennon/mccartney
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