Hello, Hello

So, I've never done this before, and my lack of writing in my journal over the summer months is a testament to the concern that I wouldn't be able to maintain a blog. But I have broken down, I have succumbed to the peer pressure, if you will, because everyone around me has a blog, and I have finally been persuaded by the abundance to start my very own.
I won't write everything here, I have a journal for that (which I have been writing in on a regular basis, thank you very much.) And as much as I probably love all of you that are reading this, because, let's face it, who wants to read about my life unless you are in someway significantly connected to me, I don't want you to know everything, nor would you want to.  So there will be many things that will find their way only to my journal, reserved for it pages for safe keeping.  Call me a romantic, but there's something so appealing about a person's real handwriting on paper in a bound book that an internet blog can never replace.  It will never be as real, or as personal, as intimate.  That's another reason I won't share everything here, or post everyday--if only to give a reason to keep my journal. And if I write everything hear, it will turn into a journal, making keeping one superfluous and a waste of my time.
So every week, maybe more if I feel the need to write, which I often do. I think this blog will become a great outlet for that, something I've never given myself before, and something I am excited about.  It's an ideal time for me to begin, too, (or not ideal, depending upon how you look at it, because when I get home from London, what will there be to write about?!) because I will be able to write about my unique experiences and preserve my memories of London before they fade away, and hand them to you all, instead of filing them away in my journal. 
I hope that you'll find my stories and entries entertaining, or at the least they'll keep you satisfactorily updated on my life here in the UK.  I've started a month into it, so you'll have to forgive me for foregoing a few stories and jumping straight to the present, though I will probably relapse periodically and pull some of my favorite happenings out of my back pocket on a quiet day that holds no other interesting news, if you will allow me the indulgence.
I'm afraid I've got to attend to some pressing Great War and Modernism homework now, maybe even some Religion and Humanities that didn't get done for class this morning.  We'll see.
Until next time,

Carolyn