so many people to see, things to do ...

this has been a whirlwind week already!
i think i'm going to need a holiday when i get back. it's been nonstop action since i arrived. but it's SO lovely to see everyone and catch up on all the minutae that i miss across the pond.

i went back to bavent road on monday night to sort through the mail i've been receiving and pick up a few things. it's so strange because when i'm in boston, i don't miss my things. and my feeling of late has been 'well, if i haven't used it in a year, i must not need it that much.' which of course is true, logically and practically speaking. but going through the bags i've got under my bed; going through the things i packed away last september thinking i'd see them again in december; looking at the books and cds on my shelves - i've uncovered things i'd forgotten were mine. things that i loved, or once loved, and it was hard not to fill an entire suitcase with these memories.

a bit like finding letters from an old lover. you don't want to throw them away, but what to do with them in the meantime?

perhaps england will always be a bit like an old lover to me.