Lucy, you have some explainin' to do!

Ai-yai-yai! I have my nights and days mixed up. I need to figure something out and get on a schedule because I'm always tired, going to bed late, and waking up late. Worse than I was back home. (I'm working on a plan to get myself on track!)

Yesterday (and I have a feeling today as well) was a lazy day.

You see, I woke up too late to go to church, so I went back to bed. Finally I got up but then I stayed in my PJs all day. I was productive a bit since I spent the day organizing my family history. Didn't do any writing for my NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) story. Didn't touch my pile of dishes in the sick that I should have done days ago. Then I went to bed at 3am.... yeah.

I have a problem (that other family members suffer from as well). When I get something in my head, I go at it full force into the wee hours of the morning until it's done or until I'm bored with it. Last night was one of those nights.

I'm currently trying to get my family history files organized, then I'll send my list of source docs to my sister for her to review and to let me know if there's docs that she has that I don't. Once all of that is complete, I'll be sending everything to my siblings that want to work on family history with us. And then I can start researching again.

There is a reason that I'm doing it this way instead of continuing researching where I was. I didn't really know what I had, so I didn't know my ancestors. I decided I need to read the stories and biographies and actually look at what the census sheets are telling me. And now I am starting to know who these people were and what they went through.

I did start mapping out the places I need to visit in Wales and England (some in Scotland too but I don't have those locations yet), but I don't want to go blindly to these places, I want to have a purpose. Granted just saying I've been to the place so-and-so was born is pretty cool, in my opinion, but it would be even cooler if I had a picture of the church so-and-so was baptised in or something.

I spent the weekend up in Glasgow to see the fireworks for Guy Fawkes Day / Bonfire Night / Fireworks Night. I don't know what the 5th of November is called. I know when my family lived in London (YEARS ago) it was Guy Fawkes Day and that's what I grew up with knowing it as. But I haven't heard that term at all here. I've heard mostly Bonfire Night with a couple Fireworks Night thrown in.

So I went to watch the fireworks at Glasgow Green, which was pretty cool. They didn't have a bonfire but they had a small amusement park in the middle of the.... park. I felt like I was in a scene from Penelope, except minus the bubbles. (After she escapes from her home she is all of a sudden at a small amusement park... and then there were bubbles flying around her.) Mama Mia is coming to Glasgow soon and Mama Mia obviously sponsored this event, so the fireworks were set to the music of Mama Mia. Personally I love Mama Mia so I thought it was awesome!

My trip to Glasgow didn't start off exactly right though. I walked in the wrong direction.... for awhile. LOL I saw some so really cool things that I want to go back for though! What else could I do? There's no point getting upset at myself because I was stupid and took a right even after I looked at the map and told myself I needed to take a left. All I can do is laugh at myself and take notes of what I want to go back and see, then move on.

I stayed the night in Glasgow so I met up with Rachel on Saturday and we found this little Saturday Market and there was a lot of cool things there. If I wasn't on a budget I would have bought several jewelry pieces. I love artist vendors!

I do find myself missing home the last couple of days (and wanting to move back). More than I thought I would. Let me explain, I grew up in the military so I've never missed anybody. My dad got orders so we moved or my friend's dad/mom got orders so they moved and life went on. That may sound cruel but it's not because that was just how growing up was.

I don't get homesick. I never have. Ok, I did once; when I was at school but that took several YEARS to happen (like 3 or 4 years). Can't my family stop growing and doing things so I don't miss out? LOL My sister got a dog yesterday, which is HUGE because she's afraid of dogs. And this puppy is stinking cute and I want to see her and hold her. But alas, I cannot.

Ok, I'm going to go now. But never fear, I did wash my dishes this morning and I'm even working on a load of laundry. So I guess today won't be as lazy as yesterday. I am going to work on more family history though (I finished 4 generations and I had just started the fifth generation). It still remains to be unseen if I will get out of my PJs today. But I am excited that Dr. Who and Spooks will be on tonight. Yay Mondays!

P.S. - I will for sure get out of my PJs tomorrow because I'm taking the bus to do some exploring, there's a country park two towns over that I've been wanting to explore :-)