a girl in the world

Dancing is probably one of my favorite things to do. It makes me feel happy and alive. It’s actually a wonder why I haven’t gone and taken lessons but I guess I’m not really into the more technical aspects of dancing – quite the opposite actually: I really love the free spiritedness of moving my body, feeling the beat and just letting go of all inhibitions. Despite this, I’ve really enjoyed watching ballroom dance shows like Dancing with the Stars! And THIS video made my jaw drop! I NEED to learn the samba and shake it like this! I’m so inspired and excited!

So my year long transfer to London has been approved. I will be moving in July and over the past week or so, I’ve gone through a roller coaster of emotions regarding the change. On the one hand, I’m extremely excited to see Europe, to learn from my team mates in the London office and to live out a life that I’ve always dreamed of having since I was young. On the other hand, just as things start to settle down here at home with my family and with Andrew, I’m off shaking things up again. =) I’m scared, excited, scared, excited, back and forth every minute of each day. I know that it’s something that I have to do, that I’ll regret NOT doing but at the same time, it’s so easy to get used to the norm and become comfortable in the routines of daily life.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my apartment, I love living in SF, I LOVE California and the main reason I’m taking this London assignment on is the assurance that I’ll be able to come back to this life when a year is up. =)

It’s nice having 3 months lead time to prepare for such a move. It’s interesting how much quality time I’ve been able to spend with those I love knowing that it’ll be a while until we’ll have casual spontaneous dinners again. I want to resolve to live my life like this everyday – always counting each weekend, each day, each minute. It’s a wonderful way to look at the world and the people that make it such a happy place to be.

I’ve been having a blast playing with my new prime lens and wow, does it take some wonderful pics! Tonight we went out for dinner at the California Cafe in Los Gatos. It’s been a while since we’ve sat down and chatted as a family and it was wonderful. Below are pics from the night plus a bonus one of Bear. Isn’t she gorgeous?!