Post holiday blues

Once again I must apologise for not writing anything (well anything not related to superheroes) but this time I have a good excuse. I'm not long back from my summer holiday, two weeks where I had a valid excuse not to write. I went with my mum, my dad and my brother to New York for a few days and then down to Florida where we rented a house. I have been to New York a few times but I always forget just how BIG and busy it is. We had done most of the main attractions such as the empire state building before but we certainly kept ourselves busy. We saw the Penn and Teller magic show on broadway the first night which was amazing, I definitely recommend it. On the second day we did the high line walk, we visited Chelsea market and we saw the One World Trade centre, unfortunately due to work being done on the subway we had to walk a lot further than we would've liked at the end of the day after already having walked a lot! On the third day we went to see New York City FC vs Toronto FC. Major League Soccer is definitely growing in popularity that said the quality of the play was a bit lacking to say the least. It certainly made for an entertaining watch though with 4 penalties being given and it ending 4-4! On the final day we went to the Natural History Museum, walked through a bit of central park and then had a look around the shops. It was a packed four days with a lot of walking so by the end of it we were ready for a bit of relaxation.

The rest of the holiday was spent in a house we had rented in Florida. It was a lovely big house with a big yard with a deck area and pool it also overlooked a lake.It was great especially due to all the wildlife, big birds including a heron which visited us on a number of occasions as well as turtles which swam to the edge of the lake looking for food (we fed them left over vegetables). It was a bit disappointing as it rained the first two days but the house was big enough that we were able to spread out and it also had its own pool table which was a bonus. It was lovely to just be able to relax that said we also went shopping (I spent a lot of money due to the great exchange rate) and we also went to a state park where we took an air boat ride and saw alligators. While it was nice to be able to sit out beside our private pool it was even nicer to go to the nearby beach. Lovely cool white sand, warm sea water and a nice breeze.

Its certainly been a bit depressing coming back home to weather that is for the most part not very summery. There is also the fact that this is my first year where I've had a full time job so I was straight back to work unlike all my previous summers where I've had lots of time off. Currently I've got my phd work including getting samples as well as learning to drive along with learning driving theory so I'm rather busy.

Here's some pictures from my holiday:

Thanks for reading, hopefully I'll have more updates soon.