The New Regime

The key thing about blogging is to make the mundane seem interesting.


An LA lifestyle sounds so exotic -  cocktails by the pool, red carpet events, rubbing shoulders with celebrities. Of course it wasn't like that at all - there was the housework, the school run, the grocery shopping......but experiencing everyday life in a totally different setting and  having the opportunity  to embrace a new culture, both the weird and the wonderful, did make blogging extremely easy. There was just so much to write about. 

A blog is nothing more than an on-line diary - I worry that blogging about life in the UK will not just sound decidedly dull, but could also seriously damage my social life.  Will friends want to go out with me if they know their antics could end up on-line? I'll have to airbrush events, change names, use a bit of artistic licence. I need my old friends. I used to return to the UK two or three times a year from the US and have a manic week socialising – out to coffee, out to lunch; wining and dining every night. Now I have to pace myself to once a week - I don’t want to over-do the needy person routine. 

I need to make being by myself fun.  I need to get out more. 

When we lived in the US we were determined to make the most of every moment.  Now I need to do the same here.   Travel broadens the mind, widens horizons and changes perceptions.  The UK seems so small - small roads, small parking spaces, but oh so cozy and so comforting. I need to be more adventurous. This is the first time I've lived on my own for any great length of time, and yes I know I have a cat and a teenager but they are both pretty independent creatures who don't demand an awful lot of attention.

So, the new order begins.  The husband is hard at work in the Saudi desert, daughter no 1 is still in London about to embark on the third year of her degree, and the teenager is off to sixth form.  It's just me, the cat and the keyboard.