Had a super happy day on Tuesday. Called up the court and got the confirmation that it went ahead, and I now have 6 weeks and 1 day cooling off period. I was super excited, have texted everyone, and got many excited responses back, which was really nice. And then the same afternoon a letter from the home office arrived telling me that I have been granted British citizenship. So I was just over the moon, all long-awaited news came together. My future is looking bright!

Harry came home really late that night, must have been past midnight. For some reason I could not fall asleep, and was very tired the next day. He left on a business trip for one day yesterday, so I had time to rest from him. Also met up with Tushar, which was great. He will offer me to do a few weddings with him, possibly one on the 18th of August. I even overcame my parking fears and drove to Waitrose (as it was raining). Left the car very far, so had no troubles with other cars around – should do this more often.

Another bit of news worth mentioning was meeting up with Fred on Saturday, we had a super day. Beautiful walk in Kensington garden, lunch in China Town in my favourite restaurant (yummy dimsun!), coffee at the Embankment with Fred, I loved every minutes, and the photos came out nicely too. I felt like all these years of misery, restrictions and unhappiness had been nothing but a bad dream, and I am living my life the way that makes me happy.
Yuri really liked Fred, which made me very happy. Sunday Steph A came and we made sushi, again it was good fun for a miserable rainy day that it was.

I am almost finished with the Wedding photography book. My mind is occupied with the future plans so much, I find it difficult to concentrate on work. I know I need to hold on, it’s not for too much longer.