Weird Things I Have Found While Packing

I'm busy packing up my apartment for when I move back to the States in July, it's absolutely staggering the amount of crap I have managed to accumulate over the past two years. Some of it however, is just plain weird.

Exhibit A:
A copy of my course schedule for spring semester. From my FRESHMAN year.
In college.
In the States.
How the hell did it even get here??


I'm now slightly worried about what other horrors might come crawling out from the depths while I pack. Hopefully my glasses will be among them, as they've been missing for over a month.

Girasol does Greece

I cannot express how much I love Stephen for sending me this Girasol....it has become my travel companion. It's a blanket, it's a pillow, it's pretty much everything (okay, it doesn't do dishes, but that's about it). I've had a great time taking photos of it in different places and sending them back to him, it's like a Flat Stanley that can give cuddles.

Last week, I took the Girasol to Greece and showed it the sights. We caught some sun by the pool in Rhodes....



As well as by the Mediterranean....



Then took in the beauty of the Parthenon and the Acropolis in Athens.....


And then went to feel the vibes at the Temple of Dephi...



I may or may not have been there too....more of my photos to come...(oh, and the Elephants, can't forget those)

Greece!

I'm in Greece....it's awesome. Back home tomorrow. In the meantime...ooooh shiny

I'm running low on witty, Elephant-related titles

Last Sunday I lost my patience with being inside and headed out for a trek. There were a few Elephants I'd missed off Oxford Street and Regent Street, so I started there. After that, I don't really know what happened...but I kept convincing myself that "Oh, this one's not too far off...I'll just go get that one." Cue trudging, and then "OOH! This one..." etc etc. This cycle continued for about 6 1/2 hours, and at the end of the day I think I did roughly 10 miles of walking. I've started wearing a pedometer on some of my treks, and it informed me I took 18,495 steps. Either way, I'm really pleased with that kind of activity. I've noticed that in the past month my face has thinned a bit, and I've dropped a dress size. I'm calling it the Elephant Diet and I'm gonna run (or walk, ad nauseum) with it.
152 - Frank - Market Place
2 - Radja - Market Place
34 - Little Moo - Cavendish Square
206 - Mr. Bojangles - Cavendish Square
223 - Rangoli - Cavendish Square
37 - Woodland - Cavendish Square
242 - G-N-S - Golden Square Gardens
154 - Gilt - Golden Square Gardens
245 - Jade - Heddon St
200 - Dickinson Elephant - Jermyn Street
133 - Manasuna - Burlington Arcade
120 - The Singing Butler Rides Again - Burlington Arcade
82 - Grey Elephant - New Bond Street
233 - Topographant - New Bond Street
248 - Sadhana - New Bond Street
236 - Patchwork - Berkeley Square
101- Layla - Berkeley Square
194 - Iconic London- Berkeley Square
212 - Looking Me In The Eye - Berkeley Square
207 - Untitled - Berkeley Square
156 - TINKLE - Berkeley Square (listed as Bruton St)
168 - Coco - Berkeley Square
125 - Lover - Berkeley Square (listed as Bruton St)
90 - Twiggie - 37 Davies St
32 - Little Birde - Mount St
131 - Sidhe - Mount St
54 - Eli Krishma - Mount St
105 - Elephant Ladyland - Mount St
123 - A Penny For Your Thoughts - 26 South Audley St
93 - Tango - The Dorchester
163 - Suraj - The Dorchester
170 - The Vanishing Elephant - Curzon St
53 - Nana - Curzon St
138 - Eleafant - Curzon St
30 - Vorsprung - Piccadilly (Near entrance to Green Park)

237 - Freedom - Piccadilly (Across from Hard Rock Cafe)
240 - Zabriskie - Hyde Park Corner
8 - Ampersand - Hyde Park Corner
24 - Whizz - Hyde Park, Speaker's Corner
46 - Bobby - Hyde Park, Speaker's Corner
22 - Bolt - Hyde Park, Speaker's Corner
23 - Dash - Hyde Park, Speaker's Corner
18 - Panda - Hyde Park, Speaker's Corner

Detail of two of my favorites - Ampersand and Topographant.