What a day

Good day, evening, morning, afternoon....depending where in the world you are and when you read this, I am sure I have greeted everyone correctly. Don't be fooled by this post's title, as it really has not been an eventful day. Yesterday was more interesting; for instance, I finally bought myself a much needed watch, as I am usually quite lost and feel 'naked' without one. How I lived without one I am not sure, (well, mobile phones have been my back-ups for telling the time). Mind, I do have a watch that I like, but it suddenly stopped working, and I had put a battery not that long ago, and it was slightly uncomfortable, so I decided to not use it and just wait for the right watch. This previous one has got quite a story to it though, funny really.
I was in boarding school in Aix-en-Provence when my then watch broke, and it just so happened my buddy had a watch to sell, and it was Swatch brand too. He claimed it was his younger sister's and she didn't want it, and he sold it to me for 30 Euros, which I suppose was a fair price. I soon started hearing romours that in fact this watch I bought was stolen from the school's lost and found, and soon enough, it was true, but that did not make me change my mind, and I stuck with it. The problem was that my biology teacher, who also happened to be the headmaster of my diploma programme, recognised the newly bought Swatch on my wrist, and asked my quite calmly (and sarcastically) 'where did you get that watch from?'...and me being the most honest being on this planet blatantly told the truth: which was that my friend stole the watch from the lost and found and sold it to me. Everyone in the classroom gasped in shock and the then girlfriend of said 'thief' was somewhat mad and confused. In the end, me being the teacher's pet and all, my teacher was not so bothered as it was sitting colelcting dust for over a year and now and was glad someone finally found it a new home. Hahaha...so there's my little anectode. But alas, this watch has finally come to its end a few months ago and I decided I want a watch that appeals to me, that I choose, and I already had my eye on a style.
To cut a long, silly story short, I bought a fancy pants wide-leathered strap of which you can choose your favourite dial on it, and I could buy others in the future and change it whenever, or buy different straps and combine, but for now I got one of each, and I am very happy of having time back on my side. And for the record, it's not Swatch.
Oh my goodness....I cannot believe I just rambled on sooooo much about a watch!!! I bet you readers out there fell asleep at some point, I don't blame you. Apart from my watch-buying, London was beautiful and sunny and warm and it was so nice just walking about and not having a purpose, no responsanility, no direction. Lately I've had too much on my mind, and sometimes not doing anything makes it worse because I inevitably start thinking about my dad, and it's not easy in public. I do find myself crying a lot at random times of the die, whether I am walking through the busy streets of London, on the top deck of a double-decker bus, or watching some random documentary with melancholic music on. Guess it's part of my way of grieving, and as long as I know I got people around me who care for me and I keep myself focused on the normal needs of life, I think I'll do just fine. Sure there will be some major downs further along the road, but I have always had my art, family, boyfriend, and friends (and in no particular order) to support me and help me move on forward. So yeah, I'm feeling pretty OK for now, and I think I'll end this post right...........----->HERE.