so i am lying in bed watching tv. just got back from the doctor and have been put on strict orders to stay in bed and veg out. not quite how i thought things would turn out but im rolling with it. its nice to be back in the states. im looking forward to some dinner dates and a little shopping before i go back and when i go back... well the adventures will follow.

i had one little adventure the weekendbefore i got sick. my roommate from the hostel and i decided to take the tattoo tour. despite the fact that i was starting to feel sick it was amazing. we met at about 8 in the morning and 18 of us boarded a haggis bus. haggis is a tour company not an actual type of bus. we had an amazing tour guide. and we started out heading north into sterling and learned the real legend of william wallace and on to doune castle. doune castle is a 13th century castle used in the movie monty python and the holy grail. it really was an amazing sight. it was once used as a hunting lodge for the stewarts i believe. after that we continued on to callander (i have to update about the highland games at some point) to meet hamish. hamish is a highland cow. he was the cutest thing. all fuzzy and very tame. when we were in callander for the highland games we had gone for a walk and passed some highland cows and they are very nasty animals. hamish was very sweet and you could buy hamish snacks. we then went to the village killan and the falls of dochart. the falls arent anything like niagra but they are really beautiful an we bought lunch and ate it on the rocks of the falls. we then went to loch tay which is one of the largest lochs and sat out by the water. watched some ducklings and their mother swim around. we then went to scotlands oldest wiskey distillery for a wee dram. glenturrett has been making wiskey since the 1700's and is one of the 50 wiskeys that is contributed to the famous grousse. which i tasted and burns like fire. im not a fan but i do now how it is made. we then took a drive through the highlands and saw the feilds covered in heather and back to edinburgh aka auld rekkie.

we then had a few hours before the show and i took a little rest before we went. the show was amazing. they started with a fan fare and tons of men in kilts came out playing drums and bagpipes. they had drums and fifes from the states. drumers from trinidad. motorcycle riders some as young as 6. a girls band from thailand and highland dancers to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the queen to the prince. at the end there was fire works and we all sang auld lang sine and helf hands. it really was a great show. and that is where the night ends. a great day even if it followed with my first trip to the hospital. but its all an adventure...

a lil tired. a lil sick. a lil doped up. i hope this makes sense...

so from where i last left off. i was in edinburgh sick. been to the hospital and on antibiotics. still sick and no one knew what i had. on wednesday my poor mom was feeling so helpless and worried she booked me a ticket home. getting home was a bit of an adventure. the plane was an hour and a half late. once the plane landed and we boarded i passed out when i woke up again as we were flying over albany and the pilot was announcing there was heavy traffic at newark airport and we were gonna flyover albany for a while. so we circled albany for about an hour and the pilot announced we were going to land in newburgh, new york to refuil. while we were only 15 min and 45 miles from the city we landed for saftey reasons. we werent allowed to leave the plane and took off about another hour later. landing in jersey and i waited an hour for my luggage to arrive. they emptied half our luggage andfor some reason the other half quite some time later. i hopped in a cab and came home. my poor mother though after going through the whole thing with my brother was worried about me when i hadnt shown up and the airport had said we landed 4 hours earlier... they left out the part about it being in newburgh new york. and so i have been home since friday. on my third antibitic and to the doctor here. i am really glad to be home because this is the best place to be when i am sick. its good to be around my family. its been good to talk to my friends on line or on the phone or to listen to them talk since i havent had much of a voice to talk . or the sign of a good relationship when you can both be there and neither one needs to say anything.

so i have spent the past 3 days in bed sleeping watching cheesy reruns and eating ice pops. much better than what i had in edinburgh. although i loved it there things were not what i would have wanted. but its late so i think im gonna crash. i will update later though about work, my living situation there, and a few weekend adventures. its an adventure...

heya.

libs is right its been a really long time since i wrote. spent the last week and half sick. went to the hospital twice. as well as a doctor. still dont know what i have. have been on antibitics but they screwed up my body so i am on another pill for that. slightly miserable and while i have great friends here really contemplating hopping on a plane and heading home. i just need to be around my family and a medical system that is hygenic and knows whats wrong with me.

been thinking about how good it would be to sleep in my own bed and eat my moms meals and have my parents near by while im sick. and how much i miss meeting up with my friends or spending hours on the phone while we just watch tv. or climbing into their beds and watching hours of degrassi or films and eating pizza and icecream. i didnt worry about growing apart from anyone special to me while i was here but i realize now how much i really need them by me.

cupa tea and a bun

i am in the process of learning all the european ways of saying my friends. last night i learned the german way which was well i cant type it cause it would be wrong but i know the french, german, and spanish ways now.

alright a lot has happened since i have last updated.

tuesday a group of friends and i were sitting around having dinner and it finally occured to us rather than finding other people to live with we should just live together. by friday we had found our place. it is beautiful georgian town house with a court yard and bay windows. possibly the largest kitchen i have ever seen and a fireplace in the living room. it is spectacular. i am moving in on tuesday with 3 other girls. agnes from berlin, caralyn from berlin, cara-lin from minnesota and then there is me. i seem to enjoy living with people who share the same name?

ok so that is the major thing going on. about a week from now i am going on a tour of dune castle where montypython was filmed and the tattoo. YAY. i am so excited. its also festival season so i am sitting in a pub with some friends waiting for the parade to start. hmmm. that might be all for now.

much love kiddos.

hiya!

its been a while since i have posted and so much has happened. ok where to begin...


i did end up getting my harry potter book and spent that whole weekend reading it. not on the mountain but in a cafe due to the rain. the cedildh was sold out so we will just have to catch the next one. we ended up joining in on the harry potter craziness instead. so many people were dressed up and there were old fashined type bands playing it was awesome.

this past weekend were the games in callander. we stayed at a lovely hostel that had dogs! climbed a mountain, did our own version of brave heart which can be seen on facebook much to embarressment. it was a lot of fun in callander watching men in kilts throw cabers and listening to the pipe bands. this place has really come to feel like home. a bunch of friends and i are looking for a flat. hopefully that will go well. we shall see. hmmm im sure there is more but i should go.

oh i have picked up the words brilliant. lovely. and im well on my way to adding the word aye and of course hiya.

peace out kiddos!