Dear CNBC, Please Hire Me!

Going to do a little blogging before early bedtime. Tomorrow is my interview with CNBC! I’m so excited. This morning I took the tube to figure out exactly how to get there…and it took me an hour. Whoa. I went a different way home though and it only took 45 minutes. I really can’t complain because I get off at the St. Paul’s Cathedral station, so I get to walk by it every time I go to work and it’s absolutely gorgeous. (The church where Princess Di got married…yes, I’m slightly fascinated by her.) CNBC is on the sixth floor of 10 Fleet Place. The building is really neat and state-of-the-art. I can’t wait to work there!

Today was kind of a lazy day but I did walk over to Kensington Gardens to read my Economist and relax a little. I’m a little nervous that the CNBC Europe people will realize that I am far from an expert on business and the global economy and change their mind about letting me hang out with them…cross your fingers for me. Anyway, I found a bench right outside of Kensington Palace and just sat for an hour or so. I got an email from my friend Cody today and she pointed out that I keep mentioning a to-do list…which is funny because I was just about to do it again. My favorite thing about today was just sitting and not once flipping to a bulleted list that is almost always with arms reach. I read my magazine, did some people watching, and even got to journal a bit—without thinking about getting things done.

This afternoon I got a chance to Skype with my Mom and sister Meg for over an hour! I can’t believe how great it is…I can see them and they can see me which makes any homesickness hard to justify. The only thing that would have made it better would be if Kitty, or faithful and creatively named cat of 18 years could have actually heard me yelling her name from 3000 miles away or better yet, my mom from 3 inches away! Anyway, Mom said she got an email from somebody in the school district about me…apparently my TV/Radio teacher from high school, Mrs. Hoch, sent out some links to my KOMU stories to all the teachers! There’s something about the support of small towns that makes me so grateful to call Washington home...of course it takes me being 1/2 way around the world to realize that. Oh, life!

Okay, that’s all for now! Time to shower, which for the first time in my life I actually dread because the thought of our moldy shower curtain rubbing against the right side of my body makes me gag a little. Sorry, that’s probably too much information…

For not taking your clean American shower w/ non-erratic water temperature for granted,

emily.