February blur

The last few weeks have flown by in a haze of too much work, too much stress, a bit of sunshine, some glimpses of great friend times, and and some evenings in front of the tv because we couldn't cope with anything else.

I've been picking up extra shifts at my second job, covering shifts at a young peoples homeless hostel, in an attempt to save for upcoming travels and such. This unfortunately came about the same time as a pretty stressful time at work so I've been feeling a bit drained. But look at these blue skies between hail and rainbows :) 

We did have a really lovely afternoon and evening with Bel and Ella just after valentines catching up, and a cozy valentines at home too! 

We also helped Siga welcome in her 30th year with a bit of a crazy night at her place. 

And went to the history museum to see the wildlife photography exhibition then sleepily headed back to Brighton.

I feel like I'm catching up a bit at work and have had my head in clouds planning our trip to NY for Katie's wedding (we booked our tickets!) and it's the weekend so things are looking up! 

We're looking forward to our first proper tea time tomorrow (a lovely bday gift!) and doing a bit of creative catching up. Have a great weekend! 

Dirty thirty birthday celebrations (a bit belated)

It's taken me awhile to get this post up because to be honest I found January to be a challenging month. I've now almost been 30 for a month! I had a pretty big roller coaster of emotions around leaving my 20s but having such amazing family and friends definitely helped :) I received so many lovely cards, gifts, and messages that I have to admit I was a bit tearful at times.

I was lucky enough to celebrate my birthday over most of the week with a day in London with dinner and drinks with our London Lithuanian friends :), drinks with my colleagues, dinner and drinks with Brighton friends, and a lazy Sunday with pancakes time on the beach. I've got plenty of pictures to remind me how wonderful it was!

Thanks to everyone for the lovely messages, cards, and gifts it definitely made entering my 30s infinitely easier :) Birthdays are good for reminding you how many great people you are surrounded with and how much you are loved <3 nbsp="" p="">

oh hey, I'm 30! (thanks for the card dear colleagues!)

a walk through Hyde park

venturing to our beloved Southbank

a lively and interesting dinner and drinks with dear friends! (Lina and Lukas)

(Paulius and Kaz ;) )

Dalia brought another of her beautiful cakes!

this picture is terrible quality but i LOVE the dance moves :) 

also loved the instant pics!

Our beautiful Brighton friends! really loved finally going to Pho

as ever, a beautifully decorated cake by Lina 

Tautvydas was also very excited by it :) 

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Happy Ana could join in but wish we could have chatted a bit more

a beautiful sunset on our Sunday walk

Thanks and Aciu!! <3 becky="" p="">

Northern Italy

Last week we spent time in Milan, Monza, and the Italian alps visiting our friends Urte, Linas, and their two little girls.

Unfortunately the weather wasn't too cooperative so it rained most of the days but we managed to get outside a bit 

We went to an indoor water park which was a nice change to have some warmth! We loved being in a warm pool in the cold outside and Urte and Lina online tipped over out of the slides once :) 

Lina, Urte, and the girls made homemade tortellini.

We spent a day driving up to the alps for some beautiful views and some small hikes.

We got a bit of time walking around a wet Milan. We got a big red umbrella for €2.65 which helped us both stay dry and improved our mood. Also fell in love with a bookshop in the beautiful shopping halls which had a sofa made of books :) 

And had pizza at the new local pizzeria.

And spent some time playing as well :) 

Thanks for the great trip guys!!!