Damaged Yet Delightful

The Big News

So I totally haven’t been blogging…after a good start it sort of became a chore and I started forgetting and that was it. This is probably going to be the last one for at least a few weeks, too XD Sorry.

Anyway, if you’re reading this you probably know already, but I’m flying to America at the weekend. I have an ‘exchange visitor’ visa and I’m going to spend the summer working and then travel around for a bit before flying home to my loving family. This means that I’ll be gone from literally this weekend through mid September!

I’m pretty excited because I get to stay with Danielle for 9 weeks. She lives in IL, but technically I’ll be working in St Louis, MO, and I’m thrilled to be going back there and seeing all of St Louis Area Wizards (SLAW) again, especially my name-buddy Lauren. And then I’ll be travelling, and the idea right now is: West Virginia (to see Trinity and possibly go go-karting XD); Virginia (to see Sarah and probably hand-feed giraffes), maybe a road trip up to DC with Sarah, then to Ohio for “Hogwarts Class of ‘84″ which is going to be an 80s themed gig and then dance party, 80s costume encouraged, and after which I’m going to be rooming with Danielle, Michelle from SLAW, Carrie (who my BFF Jess knows but I don’t really, but is apparently lovely :-D) and the awesome Susie. After THAT it’s looking like it’ll be New York (if not before Ohio, actually, that’s not really sorted out yet, Ohio was a last minute addition to the itinerary after Danielle told me about the show) where new and lovely friend Jenni has offered to show me around, and then hopefully to Washington State if I can swing it (I know, it’s a REALLY far place to get to from NY) to see Washington Jenn and Rebekah, my first ever fandom friend who is confusingly ALSO named Jenn XD and Hannah who might tattoo me. Then back to MO and then home XD

So it’s shaping up to be a freaking exciting summer. Not least because I’ll actually be in the same state as Maggie, too, so we could possibly meet at some point (even though she’s Kansas City, not St Louis) and HCo84 means I might meet Allie and Vago since they’re in Ohio, and y’know, the general awesomeness of OMG I’LL BE IN AMERICA!

So yeah I’m going to try and keep this blog updated sometimes but I might not have net access very often. You can follow my adventures on Twitter though, by clicking here.

Here’s to a really great summer and lots of pictures and video when I get home!!