Boy friend and boyfriend

Friend Rob met Boyfriend Pete (that's officially how I refer to them now) finally met tonite - good times! We went out for Indian food, and look how much these skinny men in my life can eat. Annoying. Good thing they're cute.

More a ride than a mode of transportation

The Lewisham DLR station
Since I started dating Pete, I frequent the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) much more regularly than I did before. The DLR is this kind of monorail-type train thing, and while it's by far my most direct route to get to Pete's, it's almost laughable. I always say it's "more a ride than a mode of transportation". It feels like being at an amusement park, and like you should only be on it for 4 minutes to get from Pirate's Lagoon to Snoopy's Doghouse or something. I always expect to hear Merry-go-Round music when I'm on it.




























For you cartographiles, here's a map of my route from Lewisham to Woodford, where Pete lives (the thick blue line). It's about an hour door to door, 30 minutes of which is on the DLR. It famously takes about an hour to get just about anywhere in London.
Click on the map to make it larger.

My friend Rob

Dear old Rob deserves his own blog entry by now. He actually hired me at NHS Direct as a temp, which is where I now have a permanent job. Rob was my manager while we both worked there and then when he left at Christmas (breaking my heart), I took over a couple pieces of what his job was - big shoes to fill! Since then especially Rob's become one of my best mates and it's been great getting to know him better.



Last night I went over his flat and he cooked me this beautiful thai curry.















Someone please, guess this man's age. It's my favorite game.










Rob and me at our Christmas party in December.

Back to my Scottish roots

I spent 12 years at Gordon College as "a Fighting Scot", whatever that ever meant to this Italian-American. But I got back to the homeland over the weekend, visiting my friend Sarah who's been home near Edinburgh since early December. Sarah unfortunately has been really sick for over 2 months.

Sarah couldn't come to the airport but made me this great sign!
















We had this AMAZING homemade banoffee pie, which I need to introduce in the United States (banana toffee).



I had such a nice visit and was treated like a (the) queen. When Sarah's better she and I will go back up to Edinburgh so we can explore more.