Here I am

I'm back, finally, looked forward so long and now I am on my working holiday. Sipping my second glass of wine this week (=week started on Monday!) and thinking about life (mainly mine). It has been great to see everyone again, got so much warmer a welcome than I had expected, they organized an evening in Hartford for me and a lot of people were there. And B (dog) recognized me, and L was pleased to see me. And now I am juggling my strong desire to work (it's like a virus, it's all I want to do) with being sociable. L wants to see a lot of me, and I do to, but it means waking up before her at the weekend (=7.30) to get enough work done before she gets up, and I do the same once she goes to bed in the evenings. I have this really strong drive to get as much as possible done here so I can finish my dissertation quickly. Ok, I'm getting boring again. I'm actually pretty tired after getting up early (yes, indeed, to work) and then going for a long hike, not used to all those hills.
Yesterday we made a stone wall, was quite fun, L needed to finish one off in her garden. Then we went on walk to lake, actually to have a go in J's kayak but he just left as we came walking down - L tried waving to him but someone asked us directions just as she wanted to do that - so no kayaking for us. I probably go Tuesday morning. Just, I'm supposed to work then. Great being flexible in your work but not when you don't have the flexibility to carry on in the evenings, or to work weekends. We'll see, I'm not sure I can resist kayaking across Coventry lake with the beautiful autumn foliage, especially given that you can't see the lake from the road, it's built up.
I wish I could stay here a bit longer....