Sweet, Sour and Sweeter Still

Before I commence with the food log I have to mention a few things, like teaching in Seoul this summer won't pan out because we can't find a company that will send us for less than a year. Crumpet is actually going for a visit there in a couple of weeks so I have asked for some cute stationery and weird sweets. We're plotting to see each other again in June.

Even after Buttcrack Boy's magical company whipped a shiver-inducing, gorgeous wind through my life, and flushed out every last Nugget related pain, seeing Crumpet again was like having a thumb poked in the Nugget shaped wound my stupid heart is still sporting. I didn't even know it was still there, after the freedom of crushing on such a perfect, hot Frenchman who made me laugh every day.

I told Crumpet I need a Buttcrack replacement, and although the phrasing needs some work, so as not to appear as if I am after some sort of surgery, it's pretty much true.

Even with this unexpected side effect, spending an uninterrupted week with Crumpet was like having a week-long birthday, it was like eating thick buttered toast when it's raining outside, it was restorative, easy, and we laughed till I had pains over and over again. We talked about weddings, and babies and everything we hope to share. I loved every moment of it. (Even the part when a mouse tried to watch a movie with us in the apartment.)

In other news my contract at work has been extended until the end of May, which means J and I will be leaving at the same time (I couldn't manage without her!) and so I have been applying for jobs. I had brief thoughts of getting a grown up job and returning to London, but these were scratched when my Mum said 'So where are you going this summer?' and the spiral of endless possibilities unravelled before me like a magic carpet.

I will never be this lucky again. I don' think, until I have a baby, but that's luck of a different kind, that comes with an enlarged bottom and no travelling, so I must make the most of this temporary liberty.

Hence I have applied for positions in Paris, Florida, New York, Vancouver, Seoul, Toronto AND London. Now I'm home and back at work, at least my CV is jet-setting.