has it..?

..already been almost two months?

As I look back on this trip, it feels like I just stepped off the plane and arrived here. It was on my walk to work this morning that I started to feel melancholy, and realized that I'm not going to be able to do every little thing before I go. I feel home sick for my family and friends, but I know I would've been happy if I stayed here longer. I feel like I've had a taste of this new place and I'm hungry for more. (Cheesy, but true). I can try to express everything I've learned about myself and the world around me this summer, but it probably won't come out right. It's more of a feeling and sense of self rather than something I could verbally express.

What I will say, however, is that I've completely lucked out with a fabulous internship and I couldn't have asked for nicer and more helpful colleagues. I will really miss all my co-workers who made me laugh every day! I feel much more confident in my skills that don't relate to singing or theatre. :)

I know this trip would've been completely different had I not been working 40+ hours per week, and I didn't have as much time as I wanted to explore. But it was such an amazing experience to be able to immerse myself so fully in such a new place. I wouldn't have traded this experience for the world. Thanks parents for supporting me and enabling me to go! :)

For now, I will try to get back to my last day of work and try not to miss the California sun so much!. :)

Fate?!?!

As luck would have it, my last weekend in Scotland marks the beginning of Edinburgh's Jazz Festival. I'm so excited! Sally and Anna will both be gone come Saturday :(, but I just found out there are a bunch of big bands playing near me so I will definitely keep myself busy.

I can't wait!

:)

mom?

Mom, remember the time when you went to mexico and downed a bunch of tequila, passed out in the hotel, and woke up to find susan dancing on the dancefloor with a one legged man??

well, the next day, did your LIVER throb on the left side?

Love
Annabo

hahaha

so 1 pound at the tron turned into overcharging us beer, sweaty nasty boys, and pouring rain...sally and i felt GREAT :) here are some snapshots of sally and i in the rain. hah.





it actually turned out to be a fun night, as usual!

...

i miss california produce...

SO MUCH.

scotland updates!

Hello,
I realize I haven't written in awhile. I can't believe I've been in this country over a month. And I can't believe I come home in nearly 18 days! Things have been steady, fun, sometimes difficult, and refreshing. I am really pleased with my internship, am blessed with amazing colleagues. We are all getting along swimmingly and it's nice to learn more about each individual I encounter. I was so ready to go on this trip back in May and now I'm not ready to leave. I felt really trapped/too comfortable in California and not motivated. It was so refreshing to get out of that comfort zone and just go somewhere completely different and foreign to me. I took the bus home from work through the whole city and was just thinking about how being here has been so good for my state of mind! I feel like I can conquer the world, and I feel so much more confident in my skills. Before I left, everyone was saying things like, "WOW anna, aren't you going to be so homesick? I can't believe you are going for two whole months!" And in my mind I knew this would be an easy experience for me. It seemed that I knew I had this strength that others never saw in me and desire to be on my own and I just needed an opportunity like this to prove it.

Some of the best moments I've had have been really simple, and maybe unimportant to some. I haven't really "DONE" anything wild or amazing, I haven't filled my weekends with fantastic or lavish events. Just walking to work in the morning has been so lovely. Just making time to read a good book in a new place means something more. The funny old drunk people that I see in pubs make each experience rich? I know that's really weird. Maybe everything is enhanced and more special because it is new to me. But Scotland is fantastic, I would come back here in a heartbeat. It's my kinda town, baby.

Okay, that may have been too deep for a traveler's blog. :) I'm not going to lie, I really miss my family. They are my best friends! I can't wait to visit my families in santa cruz and see the babies and how much they've grown. I am excited to come home and see my best friend Ercilia and lay out to tan with her and visit the good ole Blue Chalk Cafe in Palo Alto. I can't wait to catch up with Aaron, Ben, Krystin, Becca, Shelby, Melissa, Greg, Tracy, V-Ron, and hear all the funny things that happen in the theatre world.

For now, I'm going to The Tron pub because it's a pound per drink Wednesday!

Hope everyone is well! :)