April Blog
It’s finally here – my last week in London that I’ve dreaded for so long. I am trying to squeeze every drop of joy out of my last precious moments, yet find it increasingly bittersweet when each flutter of happiness is stalked by a sense of urgency to “REALLY enjoy the moment”. A second of pure happiness is now rapidly punctured by my own irritating thoughts: ‘This is the last time I’ll get the tube to Oxford Circus so I can see if they have crazy new hats at Top Shop,’ ‘… the last time I can buy that addictive coconut yoghurt from Waitrose,’ ‘… the last time I’ll stroll home through Green Park with this stupid grin on my face because I’m simply that happy to be here, and so on.
I truly feel so content in this city. I can really picture myself living here on a more permanent basis, and am keeping my fingers crossed that this is on the cards sometime in the near future.But for now, with no more castings to attend, I’m cramming my remaining time with a final dinner with friends at Maddox, one last boogie to Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris’ Dance Wiv Me at my favourite club Paper, a farewell barbecue with some pals on the roof terrace of my current digs, and lots (and lots and lots) of shopping (we don’t have H&M or TopShop in Australia, so it’s imperative that I stock up when I can and make everyone back home super jealous!).
So, if you see a pair of legs struggling under the weight of 1000 shopping bags as they totter about Oxford Street, be sure to shout out and offer to share the load… Or at least help me mail some of my hot new threads back to Sydney; excess baggage fee, here I come!
April Rose xx
