Another faintly maudlin one

I realise that I haven't yet blogged about New York, or indeed about anything for a while. I thought that maybe I would do so today, but thinking about it I'm not in the most "New York, New York" kind of mood. We moved out of the dorm yesterday evening and, although my host family are really very lovely people (and please don't get me wrong about that. They are very nice, very friendly and very tolerant and accommodating), they are not my Ray Street folks. I have had the most "awesome" time in the dorm. It has been magical, truly fantastic, and I have made some wonderful friends. Real ones, not just random acquaintances, people who I very, very much hope to stay in touch with and to have come impose themselves upon me in London some time very soon. Even ignoring the nacho nights, salsa sessions (both in Timothy's and beyond), various birthdays, multiple trips further afield, evenings out and film/Doctor Who nights in, just being able to knock on someone's door or sit chatting in the lounge til 3am has made this Summer probably the best two months I've ever had. Now all the American folks have gone home (or to Hawaii, which is frankly rude) and I'm not going to see most of them for many months, if at all.

Having said that though, this has been one of the best times of my life. Ever. And I do really miss all my people at home, especially now I'm in a family home rather than the dorm. I've got friends now from all over the States and I intend to keep them (the people in question have no choice in the matter). We have MSN/AIM, Facebook and email, and I'd like to think that, even if they don't want to see me, that the opportunity to get free accommodation in London would attract some people to come and stay. I have photos and video and memories (and a chicken trophy) to remind me of how fantastic it has been, and I wouldn't swap them for anything.