Here it is, my first post of 2009. In fact my first post in quite a while. My ‘reentry shock’ was non-existent. I Came home and slid right into my old ways of life. I have to partially thank the business of the holidays and such for helping. Speaking of the holidays, they were great and went fast! It was nice to spend a good amount of time with my family.
My mom is doing much better now. She’s able to get around quite well! We’re all thankful for a good recovery!
I did move into my dorm room today. This will be my first night back in Johnstown. Room is good, has a desk and lots of places to store things unlike my flat in London. I’m quite thankful for that. Food is terrible but is provided, LOL! Tomorrow I have my first two classes, Principles of Marketing and Programming in JAVA. Exciting, I know! I’m also starting back to work. I can’t wait to see everyone there. I’ll be posting updates of my classes as time passes, should be quite a fun semester, NOT!
As sort of a mini-blog that I’ll probably be keeping more up to date I’ve made a Twitter account. Basically it’s just a short statement of what I’m doing and what I have done. Nothing in detail, but just a little snip-it of what’s going on. You can check it out at www.twitter.com/tdevers I encourage everyone to make an account and make to sure click follow on my profile to follow me (HA HA!). I just signed up tonight so I’m not 100% sure what it’s on about, but it seems to be quite popular.
Todd Uncategorized Johnstown, Mom, Pitt, Twitter
So far all is good! Mom and Dad had a good time Monday on their tour of London. Mom did excellent on her crutches. They got to see all of the major sites around the city including Camilla, Prince Charles’s wife pulling out of their gate. They even saw a lifting of Tower Bridge! Check out the pictures in the gallery to see what they saw!
Yesterday we made a substitute for Black Friday, only a little early. In the morning we went to Harrods. We got to see a good bit of it including the toys and Christmas world. Those are the most important parts in my opinion. We then headed up to the new Westfield Shopping Centre. This is now the largest mall in Europe and we have been there! We took a cab to these places just for simplicity and the people at Westfield were very nice to Mom.
In the evening, after some great pub food, we ventured up to the Winter Wonderland festival in Hyde Park. They have quite a celebration going on there. There is a German Christmas market set up with vendors selling nearly everything, an ice skating rink, food, rides, lights, and of course Father Christmas. I’m so glad that we made it there!
Today Mom and Dad left a 5:15am for their day trip to Paris. This is the same one that Jamie and I took when she was here. I have no doubt they will have a great time. I just hope it warms up for them a little. I’ll be posting pictures once they have returned. Tomorrow is their trip to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge, and Bath. Again, the same one that Jamie and I took.
Todd Mom and Dad's Visit Bath, Dad, Harrod's, London, Mom, Mom and Dad's Visit, Paris, Stonehenge, Westfield, Windsor, Winter Wonderland
Mom and Dad got in yesterday around lunch time after a rather rough flight over. There was lots of turbulence landing at Heathrow. We got back to the hotel with little fuss, got lunch and then headed up to my flat so they could see where I have been residing for the last three months. I gathered my stuff up and we trudged back down to the hotel had a little bit of a rest and took off for supper. All three of us were worn out after this so we called it a night rather early.
This morning we were up early to get breakfast and get Mom and Dad on their way. They have a tour of London today! They get to see all the famous sites around the city that I have already documented. But of course they need to see the sites up close! The finish up this evening at the London Eye where I will meet them so we can make our way back to the hotel.
Tomorrow we are set to see Hampton Court Palace but we’ll see how today goes before that is finalized. I’ll make sure to post some pictures from their endeavors today!
Todd Mom and Dad's Visit Dad, Hampton Court Palace, London, Mom
Seems to be just as many times as my mom does! NONE! Just wanted to say that I hope you start to feel better soon mom! Love you!
The iPhone survived as well, a new case and all is fine.
Todd Second half, going way to fast iPhone, Mom
