The last couple weeks have been a bit stressful and very full! I was working a lot and was doing things that make me nervous such as workshops and presentations. Work was extra busy because I'm going away today! I was also doing shifts at my second job to make some extra cash for the trip. Amongst all the work craziness I managed to get to spend a three day weekend with my cousin and friends!
My cousin, Joelle, has been working in Ireland for the past year and we finally got to meet up! It was the start of the Brighton festival so there was a lot of free and interesting things going on in town!
Our friends, Siga and Kazimieras, also came down from London so we had a group of us. We wandered the city lots and checked out the antique shops. We went to a street party and got to introduce Joelle to some of our Brighton friends.
There were a many free interactive art exhibitions such as the ribbon art below :)
Lina thought the plate spinning would be easy.... But needed some help!
We found some dancing pandas...
And I got to show Joelle our Brighton home!
We had the first BBQ of the year on the beach.
It was a bit smoky to start with but we figured it out, had lots of nice food, amd plenty if chatting.
Here's another exhibition of hundreds of pendulums which you walk through without touching.
On the last day we visited Lewes, a nearby small old English town. We explored the ruins, sat in the sun, and had a pub lunch. (The last two pictures are stolen from Joelle!)
It was really nice to have family here! Joelle's a really lovely positive person and she was just what I needed amongst all the crazy stress of work!
I definitely missed some bits such as good chats with Brighton friends, sad goodbyes with a close colleague, sunny days in Brighton, scrabble, and the cinema as well!
Amongst the craziness we've also been preparing for our vacation to New York. My sister, Katie, is getting married! We are going in a cruise to Bermuda, a road trip to niagra falls, and get to spend a bit of time in NYC. We're on the train to the airport now! I won't have much internet but will definitely have plenty of pictures to come!
I also got to do some drawings to sell to my sister and someone back home. It pushed me to be creative and think of new ideas which was also well needed!
I'll post a couple pics of those later as well. Have a great couple weeks!!
XBecky
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