I Get Lots of Good Sleep.

Sigh. Deep sigh.

I've had two days to chill out. The weather's been much cooler and a littler damper and the skies have been a bit grayer. Monday I went dancing and I danced until I was bleary with joy and aching feet and a stupid smile. I went to bed that night with the same feeling I had when I got home from dancing in seventh and eighth grade.

Tuesday my friend Andy Hirst and I met up at Green Park station at about 1:30. He's from South London and was about town getting his Visa for Japan. He left today and will be there until the day I fly back to the States. We walked basically non stop from the time we met until about 6:30. We went to Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, Houses of Parliament (Big Ben!), South Bank, the covered market, St. Paul's Cathedral, Drury Lane, The Opera House, um, some movie place, and elsewhere. We had a chocoate muffin and cups of coffee. Then we had chocoate cake and more cups of coffee. Then about 6 or so we found a pub with wireless internet and he had a pint of something and I had a half pint of strongbow cider.

Then I went dancing again. Again I danced myself bleary. There are so many excellent swing dancers in London. Not just good in the fact that they know a lot of moves, but in the fact that they know how to simply move. They leave so much room for personality and they have so much personality of their own.

I went to bed about 2 a.m. that night and got up around noon. Competely knackered. Totally useless. I'd exerted so much energy on Monday and Tuesday walking around with my backpack all day then dancing all night that my body simply refused to do anything. I didn't do anything intelligent. I didn't do anything exerting. I watched Come Dine With Me and the British Apprentice with Maddy. We aslo went for a little dip in the hot tub. We cooked dinner. And drank lots of tea.

I keep telling myself that I need to be a bit more conservative with my dancing energy but I just can't. I cannot go dancing and take it easy. I broke my leg senior year in high school and I went dancing anyway. I looked pretty stupid with a big knee high cast on my right leg but I managed to lug it along in time. It might be the only thing I can't help but put all my potential energy into.

So yesterday was a total recoup day. Today I got a lot done on my honors project. While sitting in bed in my pajamas drinking cup of tea after cup of tea. Delightful. Tomorrow will actually be colder and rainier but I think I'll be ready for another day out and about.

So I should put up some proper touristy photos! Cuz I did the proper touristy thing in London!