So if one hasn't gathered from the title and the location of this post, I'm in California. just kidding I'm in ILKLEY!
Spending my last days with my cousins and aunt.

It was nice talking to Jessica's boyfriend Danny about soccer/football as the entire rest of the world calls it haha, It's weird for me to talk to people who know more about soccer than I do, it's really nice hahaha.

Then I headed to Ilkley and walked up the mile long hill in the rain which I kind of enjoyed, I accidentally went a really long way but it's okay exercise is good, I'm thinking my blood is starting to turn into chocolate lol.

Had some nice chats with Aunt Ruth while watching Wimbledon, it's cool we were saying how we were never able to actually watch the games in the main sports tournaments since usually working, but look at us now B) haha.

Then Robin came and we ate at a pub, my first pub meal i think?? i can't remember if my mom and i went for a pub meal or not. But it was really nice and I had some really nice conversations with Robin about traveling since he worked in Australia for a year and now he's recently bought a house so he's in the timeline that I'm hoping to be in as well. So it's insightful to see his attitude of being calm and not stressing out/accepting things.

That's something I really need to work on hahaha, because then I feel it's easier to have a good time and help others have a good time, if you aren't stressing so much about them having a good time hahah. vicious cycle,

so hopefully I can use some of that wisdom/positive perspective while I travel and not sweat things so much. Since there's alwayas two perspectives to look at something with.

Like right now I have a huge bag unnecessarily but I worked with it, and because of it I was able to stay with friends since I didn't want to travel with it hahahah. And so I've been more hunkered down and relying on connecting to people so even though I felt dumb and limited for bringing it I'm grateful lol.

So yeahI have one more day before heading to oxford and london to see some of my friends which I'm excited for. Hopefully I finish a decent amount of logistics for thailand and new zealand tomorrow as well!
but if not it's okay ;)

also i hit a life low and tried to play runescape with ken instead of sleeping tonight LOL but it's changed so much it sucks. hahahaha which is for the best...sometimes ken says things and i just do them even if it's really not a good idea LOL i need to question his ideas more. was a great experience though no regrets.