Sorry for my absence

So sorry I haven't let you know how I have been doing for the past .... few ... weeks / months.  A great many things have been going on and I have a lot to write about.  So where to start?

On March 12th I went with my good friends Anne and Catriona to a Ladies Talk, where little old ladies meet together for a talk on all sorts of interesting subjects.  This time it was on a bawdy house in Glasgow.  One of the oldest surviving music hall in Britain.  It was a fascinating talk and the one giving the talk was such a performer that she made the whole house and its story come alive.  Such fun, so in the end we ended up sort of signing up to more of these Ladies talks. Ooooooohhhhooo!

On March 14th, Catriona, Sandra and I went to Edinburgh and that was a trip worth taking I tell you.  We had so much fun, but dear me we walked so much we could have ended up in Glasgow again when we stopped.  We went to the National Museum of Scotland which is also the Royal Museum of Scotland (handy that) and spent the day there going over all sorts of stones with inscriptions on them and other ornaments, so much fun.  There were all sorts of interesting ornaments and things at the museum we found so interesting.  We are such nerds and so loving it. Me and Catriona went all the way up to the 7th floor of the Museum where we could go outside and take a good look over Edinburgh from a viewpoint seldom seen.  We were also very lucky that it was a wonderful day so it wasn't as breezy as it sometimes can be in Edinburgh. When we had combed through the Museum we headed up to the Castle, yes we walked.  It's not far but there were two lame ducks in this journey so it could have been worse, but at that time it hadn't gone that bad yet.  That was yet to come.  When we came to the Castle we joined up with Historic Scotland who are the caretakers of many of the national treasures that are open to the public in Scotland.  So now after paying a minimum of fee we can go to all of them for free, which will save us a lot of money in the long run.  So since we were on a mission on finding the last missing stone with inscription we kind of ran through the Castle grounds looking for it while taking in the sights as well.  We didn't find the stone at the Castle but thought it might be in the garden below.  So down we walked and now we were starting to be very very tired.  We ended up at the lowest point possible in Edinburgh in relation to the highest point being the Castle and we walked through the entire garden almost killing ourselves in the process. We barely made it up to Princess street again and at that point we just wanted someplace to sit down on, didn't matter if had been a mattress of pikes everything would have been preferable to more walking.  We ended up in Hard Rock Café where we had a nice enough supper, could have been nicer.  Bad thing is that they don't really cater to Vegetarians so the poor girls only had bowls of chips, while I had a proper meal.  Then we took the train back home and were back in Glasgow around nine in the evening.  Eleven hours in Edinburgh and probably nine of them spent walking about. Eeeeks.

Then came Sunday 16th of March and I went home.  Oh my I had been looking forward to going home for sooo long it was wonderful to be finally on my way.  And much sooner than expected as well.  Because I originally wasn't going home until the 20th, but unexpectedly I was able to go home sooner, so I phoned my mom as soon as I knew and asked her to change my flight, as I was still at Uni and I didn't want to wait until the next day to work things through.

The next three days I was babysitting my niece.  We didn't tell her I was coming home early so she had a bit of a shock when she saw my asleep in my bed when she came on Monday morning.  I don't think she still know how her grandmother managed to wave her magic wand for me to appear at home, but she was very pleased.  I managed to get some work done on Tuesday and on Thursday as well and hopefully most of my essay is finished.

Hopefully soon I will get a chance to see some of my friends, I have been completely cut off from anyone since coming home, because I have been so busy studying and taking care of my niece.  Also my brother invited us for dinner on Good Friday. 

I hope it won't be long before the next blog entry appears but you never know with such a busy lady as I am!