People.

And I don't mean the magazine, though I would definitely enjoy having that to read on the trains. The house has been full of people this week and I've been seriously loving it. There was a couple here from Canada visiting but they left this morning and later this evening Kimberly's parents are coming from Canada to stay through the weekend. It was nice just to have a couple of other people around to talk to or even just be near. I like having people in the house.

The plumber was here on Tuesday and he fixed my shower so we're pretty much best friends now considering that my shower had been broken for a whole week!!! And there's a guy here all week painting the inside of the house. He's really good company and always stops to talk with me as he walks through the room and I can always hear him whistling or humming. A little bit ago it was Ode to Joy but just now when I could hear him washing out his brushes in the laundry room, I'm pretty sure he was humming Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas. Bit early for that, but I understand how it is when you get something in your head.

Yesterday I got to talk to so many of my favorite people from home. I talked to Steven. Twice. And then I talked to Lena and I had a nice surprise skype call from Hilde, which I was super excited about and I talked to Mom. Twice. All of the people interaction helps to make the time go by faster. I can't believe it's already Wednesday!!

Lauren is off school this week and next week so her friend Millie was staying her for four nights or something crazy like that. On Monday, I spent most the day hanging out with them, cooking for them, dying and cutting their hair and... well, clearly... doing face masks. Not that this is something you should photograph and put on your blog, but, why the heck not? (I chose the picture with the least of me in it -- Lauren's the one in the middle) I think next week Lauren and I are going to go into London together and go shopping. I'm excited about the potential hang out time.