January 2004 archive

Well there really isn’t much new to report here for you. I’m in my daily routine of going to work and doing my internship. I want to use this e-mail as a reminder that I encourage anyone to feel free to comment to any of my posts by clicking on ‘comments’ below the post. Look for the: Posted by websteth at 10:36 AM | Comments (0) and you’ll find it. You can add your comments and even insights there should you want. Also, for a daily journal of my internship, please visit my NASN Internship Journal. From there you can see what I do every day and even download some of my projects. Pretty cool eh?

Hello from sunny and clear London. Today it is very mild and the sun is shinning in my office window. Today was another quiet day here at the NASN London office with Heidi, my supervisor out sick again. I have now started a new task in my internship which now covers the IT role in the office. I have been setting up printers on the network, taking care of viruses and setting up new internet connections. Certainly a new role to my internship. All settled in here in London but the warmth of sunny Florida and Disney World are in the back of my mind constantly as there are adverts all over the place for both here in London.

Today I am back at the office of NASN while Peter and Pam settle back in at Badminton Mews. Really chilling and wet today. The wind is very gusty and the rain is heavy. I’m getting settled in to a routine of waking up at 7.15 followed by getting a shower and getting ready for the day and breakfast before I head out for my commute at about 8.15. I walk a block or two from Peter and Pam’s to the bus stop where I then catch a bus (69 or 474) to Canning Town station where I get on the Jubilee Line for the London Underground. I stay on the Jubilee Line until I arrive at Green Park where I then have a long hike across the station to the Picadilly Line and then proceed eastbound to Picadilly Circus. From there, it is a 2 block walk to my office. This whole commute takes roughly 35 to 40 minutes depending on the day. Once at the office, I usually get settled in and work for the day answering phones or typing releases/scripts. Then around 17.30, I reverse the trek and head back to the Docklands arriving home around 18.30. From there, it is a light dinner and then I usually settle in for a little television before calling it a night. So there is a my daily routine roughly. Not much exciting and new to report and the London updates may start to dwindle until something significant happens.

Hello once again from London. This weekend was a nice relaxing one for me. Yesterday I slept in for a bit and then went over to ExCel to see the London Boat Show before venturing off to Canary Wharf and the supermarket later on in the day. Some interesting old boats that you could walk around on and a Royal Navy frigit was also on hand. Sorry no pictures due to security reasons. It was also fun as there were a group of sailors practicing for a regatta righti n the river in front of ExCel and Peter and Pam’s flat. Simply briliant to watch I think.

Today was another day of sleeping in. I then awoke and got ready for the day and helped Peter and Pam get unpacked and settled back in here in London after their visit to the US of A for the last month. Went out shopping again with Peter to get some more groceries as well. Work tomorrow so it will be an early night. One thing I found intersting tonight was that the BBC airs a show every sunday called ‘Songs of Praise’ which most Brits watcha nd sing to. It goes thorugh most of the popular religious songs. Tonights show ened with a combination of Shine Jesus Shine and Thine is the Glory. Sort of internesting and something you don’t see on Prime Time televiswion in the US of A.

It is now the weekend and I am looking forward to some time off already. I have been enjoying my internship the last couple of days but the chance to sleep in tomorrow is looking very nice. Nothing big planned for this weekend. I may or may not see my friends in the ‘Eckerd Bubble’ tomorrow as things are still up in the air on what they will be doing. Peter and Pam are back on Sunday so I think tomorrow I will get some groceries for them and clean up so it is all sparkling clean for them when they arrive on Sunday. Sorry not much else to report. Since I am not going to a new museum each day like last year, my updates will probably slow down a little. Feel free to shoot me an e-mail though if you want to chat as I have my e-mail up all day at work.