Check list for London cont

Well kind of continuation. Just to update that I have pretty much packed all I need. Not going to take much items with me as we are going to stay in London for two days and one day in Helsinki. Thus not much is needed. 

Clothes:

Underware for all days: Check

Jeans: Check

Skirt: Check

PJ: Check

Short sleeved, 2: Check

Long sleeved, 1: Check

If I need more clothes, I am going to buy them. It is not going to rain (knock on wood) so I will not take an umbrella. I have also printed out all the tickets and some maps. Will need to print a few maps more, but I am not in a hurry. Still to do is to talk with my friend who is coming to London about if I have time to see her or not. I've been meaning to do it, but the time has just flies by.

Robin Williams RIP

Not one to write about celebrities that have died, as I do think that there are other people who do that better than I. Still this one is something I have a word or two to say. I see that almost everyone is surprised by his choice. I have to admit that to me this seemed to be the only option. Of course I wished and hoped for something else, but have you not heard his interviews? Have you not seen his eyes? The eyes have carried on so much sadness, that I am not surprised. I just wish I had not read the newspaper articles about how he was found. Luckily there has been no pictures. Just a bit too graphic for my taste. I do think that there are things that we (the people who have no connection to the man at all) do not need to know. 

I hate the guessing game that is going on in the papers. His life has ended, he is at peace. So can we just let him rest in peace and appreciate what he has done. No one is perfect, which all the nay sayers should remember. The ones that have not experienced (themselves or via a loved one) depression do not have any idea what it is like. When one is at the rock bottom, too far from the point of no return, the agony is too much. There are some who return from the rock bottom, but for some the thread just breaks. 

I am saddened by his death and would have loved to see him live longer, no matter what I just wrote. He has brought joy to many children and so I will remember him. 

My fav quotes

I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer.

Terry Pratchett

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

Terry Pratchett

Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.

Terry Pratchett

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Aristotle

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Aristotle

So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.

Ellen DeGeneres