By Luck Yet Again

Most of you who have me on Facebook or are a close family member of mine already know this but for those that do not I would like to tell you about my weekend and how another chance of fate happened once again for me.

On Saturday I was met with another Canadian Au Pair for the day, we made a plan of going to the King's Cross Journey which was a festival that celebrated the Victorian times in England. They had dancing, sing-a-longs, games and food there for everyone to enjoy and best part was that it was all for free. Her and I spent a good portion of the afternoon there and then headed to Tower Hill and walked along the Thames all the way up to the Houses of Parliament. It was a good hour walk or so because of how busy London is on the weekends but we found neat little shops and different displays and street performers.

Before all of this happened though I had to meet her at King's Cross Station, it's about an hour ride on the tube and only about twenty minutes for her since she lives closer to it than I do. She got there first so I texted her and said that she should get her picture taken at Platform 9 & 3/4 while she waited for me. Once I finally got there I met her as she was still in line. It was quite busy in the station as well, me thinking because it was the weekend but in fact it was due to the fact that an actor from the Harry Potter films was there. Mr. Warwick Davis, he played Professor Flitwick and Griphook in the films, was taking pictures with people at Platform 9 & 3/4 (he is in London performing in "Spamalot" on West End.) I tagged along with my new friend and just before it was our turn they said that he had to leave. We were bummed out that we didn't get a chance to get a picture with him but still got our pictures taken anyways, this time for me in my true house scarf Hufflepuff :)


Her and I went into the store so she could purchase her picture and it turned out that Warwick was going to stick around for autographs and quite pictures! We caught him on the way out and I got my camera case signed and a photo with him as well. Apparently there was an announcement somewhere that he was going to be there that day because a lot of people came dressed up and had the Harry Potter books for him to sign as well.


So far on my journey here I have been very, VERY lucky to have such great opportunities and experiences. I am so blessed that I could even come to England to work and to travel as a bonus. My month of October is pretty packed with musicals, going to other au pairs home towns, traveling outside of London and exploring some of the most historic places in Europe. I am very thankful for all the love and support from my family and friends as I embark on this adventure and grow a little more each day from all that I have accomplished to get here. Yes I know this last paragraph is sappy but it has to be said, thank you everyone :)

Times Flies!

Crazy to say but I have been here for a month and 2 days already! It honestly still feels like it should be August and I should just be starting this job! It's insane!

Weather wise now a days it is cool and rainy, a mix of Spring and Fall all wrapped into one. I don't mind it being cool, my favourite season is Fall, but all the rain (it's not A LOT but it's more than what I'm use to I guess) makes the days kind of gloomy so I've been keeping myself busy with different little things.

I started using my Travel Card for Curves last week and have been going there every single day since then. It's good until tomorrow and depending on how much the membership is I am thinking of joining it for at least three months (once the girls go on their school holidays I won't have time to go in because of the times they are opened and the hours I will be working.) It feels good to do a full body exercise after three weeks of not going to Curves every single day for the past three months or so. Also I will take this time to do a shout out to all my Forest Curves friends :) Hello ladies! Hope all is well at Curves and that everyone is having a great time.

Overall during my stay my transition into the family has been pretty easy going, the girls are still getting use to me (which is expected of them) and I am still getting use to them. The family I am with is very friendly and have welcomed me in as one of there own (now I sound like I'm joining a wolf pack or something.) The only thing I still have not gotten use to yet is that my family and friends are five hours behind me. So when I go to FaceTime or Skype or even iMessage someone it's either really early for them or it'll be getting late for me. That feeling may never change though but will be working on it. I am enjoying myself though and finding different things to keep me busy, just finished reading "Divergent" the other day and am starting the second one today:), walking around Uxbridge and as I said before working out.

This weekend in Canada is the Forest Fair, the first time I will not being going to one in about twenty-two years :(, and in Uxbridge is the Autumn show on Saturday. I'm not 100% sure what will be at this Autumn show but will report back after attending. I hope to next week to go into London during the week to find "The Maple Leaf" pub, an all Canadian pub near Leicester Square.

TTFN :)

Fate at it's best

Today was a normal Saturday type of day. I got up, got dressed and had some breakfast. My plan was to go into London today to go and see "The Lone Ranger" (yes it's still in theatre's here) and walk around Leicester Square. I got on the tube, read more of the book my best friend Stef got me before leaving (finished it on the way back, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children", AMAZING book go read it) and snacked on the way so I wouldn't have to buy lunch.

I got off at the Piccadilly Circus stop and walked to Leicester Square, a 5-minute walk at most. On the way to Leicester Square I passed by the Prince of Wales Theatre and was stopped by one of the workers there. He asked if I wanted to enter into a Lottery Draw to win a pair of tickets to the musical that was on at the moment. I told him that I was by myself so I could enter in for one, he then directed me to another lady who was also by herself and said that we could pair up, so that if either of us won we would have an extra ticket for the other. We got to talking and she told me that she has been a flight attendant for the past 25 years and comes to London at least 3 times a month almost! Her friend told her about this Lottery Draw (he had won the previous week before) and told her to go see it the next time she was in London.

We waited for 12:30pm for them to announce the winners, they called 3 peoples names before I heard them read the ladies name that I was with, we had just won FRONT ROW tickets for THE BOOK OF MORMON for only £20! We both looked at each other and screamed with excitement! We went in and paid for our tickets and agreed to meet back at 2:00pm when the doors opened.

As soon as I found WiFi access I iMessage my sister and asked if we could FaceTime quickly, not realizing that it wasn't even 8:00am back in Canada yet. I knew she'd be excited for me because we had tried to get tickets when it was playing in Toronto.

The play was AMAZING! It was super funny and very entertaining. You could tell that the creators of South Park made it for sure! The humour was crude but hilarious! Today turned out better than expected :)