at last.

I am here, truly! Just finally coming up for air.

Since returning from our trip to England, I've spent the last few weeks moping about the house, missing England and feeling rather homesick - which always is an awkward, misplaced sort of feeling that I have and have always had, every since I was little and started spending my summers abroad. It's sort of strange to feel at home in two places; a little unsure of where you truly belong.

That sounds dreadfully morose! But truly, I really have finally recovered from my doldrums. It did not help to arrive back in Saint Louis in the midst of that horrible heat wave - with the heat index hovering around 110. I almost wept when we stepped out of the airport - it felt like we had walked straight into an oven. I truly didn't think I was going to make it through this summer - I was so unprepared for the heat which makes me absolutely miserable. It was such a relief when the heat broke - not much, but enough to make a difference!

I'm settling into summer in the city - enjoying everything Saint Louis has to offer - sitting on our back porch, enjoying our little garden - escaping to the cool of a movie theater and stopping for ice cream on the way home. It really has been a lovely summer so far -- although, I fully admit to having officially launched "Operation Convince Husband To Move Abroad" ;o)

As for our trip - I uploaded all of our vacation pictures right away - but I've had them marked private while I named and tagged each and every one ... it took AGES, but I think I've finally managed it.

Here's one of my favorites - snapped on our last day, on our walk back to my grandparents' house after dinner at the local pub:

{Sunset in Silverdale}

More pictures and posts to come - I promise!

Comments

[Lynn]

Um, if that's how beautiful your vacation was, I'd be homesick too. Heck, I feel homesick looking at those pictures, and I've never even been there. (Now where is my passport?)

[N.]

Gorgeous photo! No wonder it was hard to adjust back to this life! Can't wait to see more...