It’s been a while.
Since the last time we spoke, a lot of things have been going on. If you are not aware, I now live in the UK! Brighton has been such a kind city to us.
We were really nervous at first because it would be our first time living in a English speaking country, but I think we have made it good so far. The city is full of diversity in terms of people, art, culture, food.
On our first week here, we enjoyed having the cold and the passing of seasons back into our lives. Don’t get me wrong, having the eternal spring of Colombia was incredible, but after the pandemic it felt as if we were living the same day over and over again. Specially coming from a country with seasons this felt a bit tedious at times.
Sofia taking a picture of the sea at the Brighton seafront, the old pier can be seen in the background.
I also went to two different concerts in that first week. The first one being Touche Amore, a Californian band that I had last seen in 2017 back in Mexico, and the second one being Porter Robinson.
Their encore was ‘Flowers and You’, which is my favorite Touche Amore song.
Sofia got us tickets as a birthday present for me last year. We weren’t super sure we were going to be able to go because we didn’t know how long our visa processes would take. Luckily, we ended up being able to move the week before the concert, giving us enough time to prepare for it.
It was a very cathartic experience because I felt a lot of closure singing Shelter to my grandpa that just passed away. I cried and sang “I’ll give them shelter like you’ve done to me. And I know, I’m not alone, you’ll be watching over us. Until you’re gone”.
It truly felt meant to be that we would be here just in time to see my favorite artist perform live. We already have some more concerts in mind to go throughout the rest of the year, but I will tell you more about it on a later date.
The last song of the concert was ‘Cheerleader’. It was such an amazing experience. Don’t kill yourself, you idiot.
For Naga and Saki it was quite an adjustment as well. We didn’t know how much either of them would take the cold. At first we tried using the jumpers we had from when we lived in Mexico. After all, it did get very close to the low single digits Celsius. We thought that would be enough for both of them, but Naga when we saw her shivering one night when taking them out for a pee, we knew we had to get her a new coat.
We found this lovely purple coat that has very warm padding inside. It’s a bit big on her, but good enough for her to wear it. It’s safe to say that she was much happier to go outside now that we felt warmer, and her passive aggresive ass let us know. Now, everytime she wants out she sniffes and barks at us giving us her typical bombastic side eye until we fulfil her wishes.
A bit of a downside of our time here is that them European bugs have gotten the best of us! We have caught the flu two times now since we got here! Can you believe it? Now I understand how they conquered America with these power weapons. Luckily, it appears that we are almost out of it. It’s been really annoying, but we are getting better slowly.
I have been using my Osmo Pocket camera way more often now that we are here. It’s been a nice change to use it instead of always carrying my phone. I just bought an adapter and a clip mount so that I can mount it to my backpack and record POV videos without having to hold it! I think that will make it nicer to see the places we visit.
What I’ve loved the most about having seasons back is noticing the blooming of flowers. Seeing all the different colors pop out at the beginning of spring.
I’ve seen a lot of cherry blossoms around the city. It’s the first time I’ve seen them IRL!
Maybe once I get my new PC I’ll edit some of the videos I’ve been taking of pretty flowers I’ve found on my walks. I think it would be nice to have a place where I get to remember what it felt like to start over once again, just like the seasons.
the horrors persist, but so do i
Well, that’s the end for me today. I’ll be back next week with more stories!
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