On the Bonnie Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

I actually haven’t been to Loch Lomond yet, on this trip, but it’s on the list! Hello, hello! I am SLACKING. I owe y’all June, July, and August book round ups (confession: I don’t think I finished a single one in August actually?!) and at the minimum, an UPDATE on where I am! I also have a nearly finished post on community, friendship, endings, etc. ready to go. I’ve also been toying with the idea of starting a podcast? Is that crazy? Maybe. We’ll see. Anyway, I moved to Scotland – that’s the big news I needed to follow up on. Of course, it’s a temporary move, but we are finally settled now, 8 weeks in, and I can’t imagine leaving in January. I absolutely love it.

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Busy Bee

June has been B-U-S-Y! Started the month by attending the Scotland v Bolivia warm up game prior to the World Cup. Although we only live about 35 minutes from MetLife stadium, I missed the lottery sign ups and then ticket prices were way out of budget for us to attend. This was really fun because we got to see the Scotland and Bolivian national teams anyway! And Scotland played really well. It was a lot of fun. Going back to one of my previous posts, I tried the face sunscreen from the Korean skincare brand I use daily, CosRX, and had a terrible experience with it. I didn’t do any sort of patch test or anything because I have been using CosRX products for so long with no issue, but I wore the CosRx Vitamin E Vitalizing Sunscreen to the Scotland game, and the next day had a TERRIBLE reaction all along my chin, around my mouth, and nose. I was clearly allergic to something in it. My face was itchy and dry/flakey for days.

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What Happened

I may never hit “publish” on this post, but I’m going to write it anyway. Maybe it’ll be password protected, or only for subscribers. We’ll see. But writing is how I process, how I connect, how I make sense of things. I think posting this now, will, maybe? help with the moving on, the absence of the closure I want and need and feel I’m owed.

So, what happened? What’s caused all the heartache and anguish the last year…and a half+?

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