Random Facts.

1. My ipod is currently on shuffle but so much of what's on my ipod right now is Harry Potter that every other song or so I have to skip through 4 tracks of Harry Potter before it goes back to real music.

2. I keep seeing signs in the neighborhoods that say "To Let." I know it means "for rent" but I keep thinking they say "toilet."

3. Yesterday, while out walking, I was picturing a map of the world in my head. I pictured the country you're in and the country I'm in and almost got dizzy thinking how very far away they are. I don't know about you but I have a hard time fully grasping the concept of distance in that magnitude. The greatest distance I really understand and have physically experienced would be driving from Seattle to LA.

4. I haven't gone a day without eating some kind of chocolate since I got here. I tried not to have any yesterday but that only lasted until about noon. While I can practically hear Hilde cheering right now... I think it's something I need to cut back on. That said, I have decided not to take my m & m's to London with me this weekend.

5. I feel like I stand out here. Like everyone who looks at me automatically knows that I'm American. I guess I didn't expect to feel like I look so very different from people here.

6. This neighborhood sounds like Country Village. Probably not all that many of you have been to Country Village (smallish cute shopping center in Bothell) but I know Mom and the girls know what I'm talking about. I think it must be all of the wood-pigeons and their "coo"ing. There are other birds here too that remind me of Country Village.

7. People here don't ask "how are you?" or "how's it going?" when they run into you they ask "you alright?" I always think I must look terrible like I'm sick or very tired or something. It's as if they're assuming that I'm not alright or something. I know they don't mean it like that. I think.

8. When my camera is in my back pocket, sometimes I think I feel it vibrating... that's where my cell phone used to live.

That's all for now. I just had those thoughts and needed to share them but they didn't fit nicely into a proper post.