Woman. Legend. Blog.

First, a video:

A couple weeks ago, Mr. B and I ordered Russian cable , because all the best concerts and shows are on in time for New Year and, honestly, watching American TV for New Year is like spending Christmas in Florida, a la Home Alone 2.

As you last recall, we were by the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

I had my first MBA class this weekend.  It’s an intro management course that spans two weekends, designed to jump start you into the program.  Right before class, I got an email from my professor.  It included the following:

They’re back! Tell them you missed them and buy them some chocolate.

When we last left off, we were still in Edinburgh.  In between Edinburgh and Glasgow (and kind of during), we took two day tours, one to Loch Lomond and the other to the Highlands.  This is where the real Scotland is, the one you can’ t feel when you’re in the cities (although, by God, it was hard to leave our warm and comfortable apartment in Edinburgh for the Highlands, where the weather forecast is always this.

The beginning of 2011 made me extremely unhappy because I was trying to do what everyone else my age was doing: moving closer to family, buying a house, and setting down roots.  I was also away from my husband for the most terrible five months of my entire life. While I value family and closeness extremely highly (like most immigrants), I realized through everything that happened this year that I am not a person who will be content to do what everyone else is doing.  In fact, it made me miserable.  I don’t know if it came across in my posts, but I couldn’t bring myself to write anything genuinely funny for a long time.

I didn’t find Scotland so much as it found me, but only after I left it.

We are currently on vacation in The UK (or in queue, as they say here) and will be back soon. I am sure you will be subject to at least two weeks of blog posts about it, but in the meantime, a list!

I actually wrote this post two years ago but haven’t been brave enough to publish it until now.

I know today is Friday Links, but, guys this is more important.

Yesterday, we bought the Louis CK experiment stand-up special and watched it. This is not from his special, but it’s pretty much his style.