Things that are fabulous about Edinburgh;
- Mom and Dad's 12-night vacation with me
- over 17h of daylight
- moving into my own - spacious - flat
- finding the perfect piece of (modestly priced) furniture to finally complete the living room organization
- ordering the ideal (somewhat modestly priced) bistro set for the balcony
- a view of the water
- orange roses from the market (an universal truth)
- Paris within a 90 minute flight
- meeting the very lovely (Seattle) Sara and family for three nights in Paris
- increased responsibility at work ... also sometimes less than fabulous
- whisky (I think we can all agree...)
- business trips to work with the London team
- birthday parties on a boat docked on the Thames
- skype, social networking, etc.
- streaming video (how terrific is The Good Wife? Cougar Town? Friday Night Lights?)
- a terrific hair salon (no comparison to Simone at Wild Root in Seattle, of course!)
- new friends
- golf. in Scotland.
- more company 'reserved' for later this month
- an August holiday scheduled at Craigrownie Castle
- the Royal Wedding
- a new baby on the way for dear friends
- Meghan and Tim's wedding in the fall
- May's average high temperature of 13c (55.4f)
- gale force winds off the North Sea
- an 8 hour time difference to the west coast
- 55-60 hour work weeks (only a few weeks each quarter, thankfully)
- interviews. seriously, so tedious...can't the perfect candidate just walk through our door?
- cleaning my own spacious flat (yes, I've been spoiled for 5 months)
- my golf swing (not exclusive to leaving here, clearly)
- hard to find items: peppermint patties (apparently not here at all), good coffee, maple syrup, chocolate chips in cookie-baking volumes
- what is InBru anyway?
- Haggis? tbd.
