so long, farewell...

happy July, everybody!

i haven't been posting for a variety of reasons, the major two being that:

a) i've been working for the local newspaper and doing a fair amount of running around;

b) i've been reading or baking or doing other holiday-type stuff.

it's been lovely, but sorry for my absence :)

TODAY, i'm here to tell ya that that absence is just about to get longer. you see, today, my entire family (...of 4) is climbing into our car and driving away from home on an ADVENTURE. we have a dear friend who is getting married in exactly a week in East London, which is miles and miles and MILES away from Lil' Hometown. so we decided to take a bit of a road trip on our way there, staying in cool little accommodations and having a good time. hopefully we will not freeze along the way (remember how i said i HATE the cold? oh dear...)

my sister and i still have a week of vac left after the wedding, but East London is a couple hours away from Lil' Varsity Hometown, and it's an enormous waste of money to travel all the way back home for 4 or 5 more days just to travel all the way back to varsity. so we'll be hanging out in the EL for the last few days of our vac.

all this being said, i doubt i'm gonna be near internet for at least the next week, so posts are unlikely to go down. i apologise profusely from the bottom of my heart... but you'll forgive me, right? especially when i share this photo with you...

yeah, i thought so! ;) keep well and warm (or cool, if you're summering), lovelies!