{ things that suffered in London: my feet. }

Jesus. I have so much on right now.

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Work on Friday suddenly blew up, and I was beyond busy. We're working to hit a particular deadline, so coworker and I split the workload, and I started on it as soon as I got in. I actually got in at 8a, for once because Nice Neighbour was around and gave me a lift to the station.

It's not that we didn't have enough time so much as I am off all this week, so we needed to get as much of the fiddly stuff done as possible before I went. Like Thursday, I worked through lunch, and then finally called it quits at 5pm. As I was packing up, I got a text from fizzawrites who is currently in London. Would I like to meet? Hell. Yes.

So I marched down to Embankment, took the tube up to St James' Park, and then fizzawrites and I spent a really long time walking around. The weather held up really well, too. All in all, very pleasant. We wandered down to Buckingham Palace, across to Regent Street, and then all the way back to Hyde Park. For the record: tourist shops are still hilarious.

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On Saturday I headed back into the city at lunch, and we met up at Leicester Square before heading for Trafalgar. It started to pour with rain, but we were rescued by a Pret. Thank goodness for cafe chains.

The reason we were at Trafalgar was to see Top Girls which I have been excited to see for a while, but knew very, very little about. There is no gap between the seating and the stage, and each of the actresses played double roles. It's three acts in total, set in the 80s, and, the more I think about it, the more I liked it. I enjoyed it at the time, whist being bewildered for some of it, but I keep coming back to it, and I think it linked together much better than I initially thought.

( lollygagging around London )

Train lights are very, very bright, by the way. I was going to doze on the way home, but just couldn't.

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I overslept massively on Sunday, finished Glorious 39, spent a little time with my gran, and then, before I knew it, it was time to go to sleep again.

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Today I have already managed to do a fair few things. I had a hair appointment at 9, and whilst the girl did a nice job, she poured product into my hair, so I'm going to have to wash and style it tomorrow. Afterwards I traipsed around town for a couple of dresses. I wanted to buy jeans but I can't find any that I like, so I just didn't bother. I clambered across to the train station, wept whilst renewing my train ticket, came home, and filled out an application for an additional bank account so that I can put money specifically aside for my commute. I don't really need another account for that, but it will help massively with budgeting.

This afternoon I have a nail appointment which is not something I would usually go for more than twice a year but because I had these odd UV-light-fixed ones done last time, I have to have them undone the same way. After that I might go to see Baby Cousin, and then, at some point, I have to pack.

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Tomorrow I'm heading to London at lunch, which is when The (Ex-)Flatmate should arrive at St Pancras. ( the rest of the week )

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Femgen update: half-written! I hate it, but I always do.