Royal Weddings and updates :)

Though I was very excited about the wedding I wasnt too keen on going into London and dealing with the masses and probably not seeing much when I could watch it in the comfort of my home/pub and see everything. The closer the wedding got the more I wanted to be in London and to be one of the masses and maybe see a horses ear as they passed by. Well then now I was convinced but I still had the matter of convincing the boy... he wasnt thrilled at the thought and even more so when he heard the 5:30 start time...even more so because he had a boys night with Ben and Chaz and some guy name Giles.... but realizing that I would be moping around all day if he didnt agree to go and seeing an opportunity to score some major points he said "ugggh ok". And that was that and I was on the computer trying to decide where we should try to go and the best way to get there. YIPPEEE. All of this was decided upon at about 1:30 am...and I was too excited to sleep :)

sleepy boy

We got up...well I was awake at least he slept walked to the station...got ready and off we went...expecting to fight to get on tubes and what not...but...it was the easist time getting into London that we have ever had...no crowds and everyone was just as excited as me...face painted and all...I would have but I thought buying face paint before i convinced him to go was a but presumptuous. But as soon as we got out St. James station we were greeted by thousands of people...but still it wasnt too hard to get around...but finding a spot to see anything (including a horses ear) was near impossible...but we found a spot behind a camera tower that we could see bother directions just not in front of us...met some nice people and settled in for the next 3 hours to see anything...spirits were high everyone cheering (even for the street cleaner) and it was just amazing. I was so proud of my new country and so excited to share this with everyone. I tried to take pictures or the cars passing but it was hard and ended up not seeing what I was trying to take a picture of anyways. We waved and cheered and had general excitement about the whole thing... Maybe the most amazing part was they had loud speakers up where we were so though we couldnt see anything we heard the entire ceremony. A hush came over the entire crowd and everyone just listened...I dont have words to describe the feeling. People from every corner of the world bowed their head at the prayers...sang Welsh songs...and gave the loudest cheer I have ever heard when they were pronounced man and wife...it was truly a moment were everyone came together...we watched as everyone came back in their carriages and that was equally amazing.

that there would be the masses

While we tried to get down the Mall to see the kiss we sadly could hardly even see the palace remembered we hadnt eaten a thing all day and needed to sit so we trekked off hoping to beat the crowd a little. We walked and walked and walked...saw the fly by which made Sedge a happy boy and made it worth it for him and really we probably got a better view of it than if we had been at the Mall. We ended up down by St. Paul's and Tower Bridge...it was a bit of a trek after standing for 5 hours...but that part of the city was practically empty and peaceful. We ate had our PIMM'S and headed back home... All and all I could not be more pleased by us going and we can now say we were there...

on our trek

Now...because England in general is AWESOME this weekend, along with las weekend, is a 4 day weekend..which is epic...but more importantly this means that Stortfest started last night and goes on for the weekend... I'll keep ya posted on what I'm sure promises to be a great weekend :)

randoms:
- I GOT THE JOB WITH HSBC!! and start June 20th...which is a bit far but means I will be off when my parents come the first bit of June...
-MY PARENTS ARE COMING!! oooh i miss them...
-Sedge left his job in Stortford and is going back to his job for the MOJ in London and is suuper excited.
-did i mention i got the job??
-we have American peanut butter in our house...signal happy dance...