Nesting

I have always balked at any suggestion of 'settling down' or even admitting I would rather stay in my current location than go somewhere exotic or just plain different - but I officially crossed over the line this week. I put up curtains in my flat, which coordinate with my duvet, and hung the mirror on the wall, bought flowers and placed them in two vases in the room, got the keyboard I ordered all set up, fixed the internet so I can sit here in my room and type before going to sleep...and I'm really freakin' happy with it all. :) Maybe there is something to that theory that people (esp. women) have that urge to 'nest' and create the sense of 'home'...I do pretty well at running from that notion, but it's kinda nice to let my guard down a little. I haven't felt this connected to the place where I'm living and the life I have there since 2001-3, the years after college in Columbia, SC, when I had my first apartment, my piano studio, and worked as the organist at a church. The part about this that scares me is that when I did leave, I knew it wasn't quite the right time, but did it anyway, and it resulted in 2 horrible years...financially, emotionally, and career-wise. So I'm really hoping I can avoid a repeat!

Last night I went out for drinks and then dinner at a Spanish restaurant with some friends - I was feeling so continental! Not just because we ate at 9:30pm, but it was an Italian girl, French girl, and Spanish guy, so I was surrounded. And that is yet another reason I love London. People here ask me all the time why I like living here and if it's for the city, wouldn't I prefer New York or something? My answer to that is that not only am I more likely to have last night's dinner scenario here than in NYC, but it's a heck of a lot easier for me to GO to Italy, France and Spain from London! Along that train of thought, I'm trying to plan a trip to Germany for December to visit a couple friends, and see the Christmas markets :)