Tuesday, 18 October 2011

October Trip to the USA - The Good, the Bad,and the Ugly.

The Good

  • Spending time with friends and family
  • My godfather's spectacular wedding to a girl we are pumped to welcome into our family
  • Winning $100 at Keeneland horse races
  • Taking my husband to his first public sporting event EVER, yay Bengals!
  • Absolutely perfect weather... sunshine I missed you!
  • My first hot yoga class with my sister 
  • Food, food and more food.  My mom's home cooking really deserves a shout out. And I'm sorry British folks, but you're food sucks compared to American food.
  • Outlet mall shopping.  Hell yeah.
  • Nick feels a renewed sense of America's awesomeness.  Hopefully that means we will move back sooner rather than later.

The Bad

  • 10 days is not long enough
  • Accidentally leaving my digital SLR on the train platform at Sheffield Station on our way to the airport. (Although the good thing is it has been recovered!)
  • Watching the $100 we won dwindle away to $2... but at least we still came out on top!
  • I probably gained 10 pounds.
  • It's raining a lot in England now.

The Ugly

  • Listening to the advice of the lady on the train to get off the train and go back and get my camera.  A train NEVER came going the other way, we almost missed our flight, and this resulted in a lot of gesticulating and a few choice words between the husband and myself.  
  • Drinking too much wine at aforementioned wedding and thinking it was hilarious to tell a woman that her kids were "mediocre at best." even if she knew I was joking - lets just say other ladies did not...
  • Man in front of me doing a downward dog in boxers at hot yoga class, dudes should be required to wear briefs for these occasions... talk about an eye full. 
  • Getting in a dispute with the 20-something high on herself snooty snooterson at UK border control who told me I had to go to the back of the foreigners line because I went through the British ppl's line because I was with Nick.  Apparently we are supposed to split up to go through different lines because all the other people with foreign passports are going to be mad at me for cutting in line even though I have indefinite leave to remain in England and a british husband.  Are you following?  Anyways, she sucked.

4 comments:

  1. Kelly! i am so glad u got a dose of America but sad that i didnt get to see you. Besides the full on ballsack did u like hot yoga? Ive been thinking about trying it.
    love, sarah

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  2. Kelly ,
    Thank you so much for the shout out! I never seem to get those anymore! Also it has been nasty and raining since you left!
    I miss you ,
    Mom

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  3. Hey Kelly, Thanks for another blog! Sorry i missed you after the wedding weekend. I thought you were leaving on Tuesday? hence the no phone goodbye! Try to enjoy your time in rainy old England...it will be a blip on your radar screen of life soon enough. cheers to Nickster!

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  4. yay for refreshing visits home! Sounds like you crammed tons into 10 days. Nicely played, lady.

    Hope there are some bright spots in your transition back to English life.

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