Panic on the streets of London

So, I left London-town yesterday, and one missed flight, too many hours in the airport, FIVE wailing infants, and a smelly-drunk-belligerent-Bulgarian seatmate later, I have returned. Oh, and I'm now several hundred dollars in debt to my mother, who is probably now several hundred dollars in debt to her bank. Fun times!

The trip was fun though. And seeing Ariane was most excellent! Mostly, we just did a lot of walking and eating and drinking, and when Panzertort was in class I did some more walking and eating and drinking, because that is apparently all I do. It was nice to see my buddies from my last trip to Edinburgh, too, although perhaps not so nice for my liver. Oh well, that jerk can man up and get over it. Stupid organ. (Just kidding, liver, I appreciate everything you do. Keep it up!)

London was really exciting for me, if only because it's nice to know that at least one of my friends has seen all the places that were such a big part of my life for a brief period. Ariane and I went up to my old dorm and met up with a few of my old housemates. (It's Spring Break for them, too, so most of them had gone home.) We went out a little later, but it was some sketchy bar full of people who can only be described as British frat boys, and the live band playing was so bad it was painful. So, not really a good sample of London nightlife, but I had some fun nonetheless.

On Sunday, the weather was delightful so we meandered through Camden Market and then went to my old neighborhood cemetery (the one where Karl Marx is buried) and made friends with Karl's neglected neighboring tombstone.

The night Ariane left I went out to a bar with Michael. It was actually really nice, and I think it was a good idea. Before seeing him, I had technically moved on but things just still felt weird. I guess to use a relationship cliche, at the risk of sounding like a Sex and the City voice over, I felt like I needed closure. So now I basically have that. That's pretty much the gist of it.

Now I'm home and have a mountain of work to do, but I'm generally feeling good about the next few weeks or so. Woohoo positivity!