Today was kind of magical.
First of all, it was absolutely stunning outside. Maude and I took a long walk around Walthamstow and you could tell the warm weather was exciting her too-she ran the entire time. People literally stop in the street to smile or wave at her because she's just too cute. She looked up at me all confused when a young guy literally turned around to say hello to her as he passed us on the street ("Andra, why is he waving?").
Ava wore her "funky leggings" to Epping Forest today (she went on a "nature walk" with her friend and their family...how adorable is that?) The thing about Ava is that she really is just funky and can pull off any combo she comes up with (yesterday it was bright blue flowered leggings paired with a white and red flowered top and pink socks). It's "half term" here (like our March Break) but Ava has been waking up much to early in the mornings. Yesterday she hopped into my bed wayyy to early for my eyes to even think of opening, laid there for a minute and then asked, "why aren't you tickling my back?" I somehow found the energy to start rubbing her back, but couldn't seem to find the energy to actually speak. This prompted the question, "why aren't you saying anything?" (I get asked this question frequently in the mornings).
I'm getting off track- more about today. This morning I got so angry at myself when I walked passed the perfect picture without my camera on hand. There was a young girl standing at one of the fruit stalls on the high street. She was wearing a huge straw sun hat and sneakily eating a kiwi from the stall. There was something so striking about the whole scene, one of those rare moments where the imagery will stick with me for a while. Why don't I carry my camera with me everywhere? Who really knows. I've learnt my lesson though.
I met a friend for coffee today. I had casually glanced in the direction of the staircase near where we were sitting only to see a familiar face! Walking up the steps was a girl I went to high school with! Seeing her gave me the most bizarre feeling in the world. In a blog entry I wrote a while ago, I had wondered what it would be like to see a friend from Canada. Seeing a familiar face from Toronto today provoked exactly the mixture of feelings I thought it would. At first, this overwhelming feeling of relief rushed over me and, although we are really just acquaintances, I felt a sense of comfort. It was so strange, almost as if the bubble I have been living in had been popped. We both didn't know what to say at first until we both just blurted, "WHAT are you doing here??!!"
My decision to not wear a jacket out today proved to be a bit too optimistic (it got very cold when the sun went down-thank goodness for borrowed oversized woolly sweaters...and tea).
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