Shortly after recording my podcast I took my bags and proceeded to walk towards the tube and headed to Heathrow. To say that commuting and getting around London was a total breeze would be an understatement. And I get that you would say: ummm yeah? its one of the most important cities in the world! Or you might even mention that this has been a thing for along time BUT if you dislike underground trains like in NYC, like me, then you might get why I don’t usually like the tube. So this was a breeze TO ME.
What this trip taught me was that it wasn’t about the trains or being underground or people; it was strictly about my dislike of getting lost and potentially ending up at a place where I shouldn’t end up at and what the consequences of that might be. Now, thanks to google maps this is just not an issue basically ever, and the technology will only get better and better.
There are other apps too like Rome2Rio etc so this is just an amazing time to be alive. I felt informed, confident and all I really needed was enough power on my phone to see where I was going. So, if you have ever been worried about the train, the tube, buses, traveling by yourself, etc I’m here to tell you that YOU GOT THIS. The time is now and be more worried about having a power bank for your phone and things like that, that if you’re going to get on the wrong train.
While I was trying not to have my bags roll over someone’s foot, I got a very gratifying notification…
Arsenal Women and Oranjeleeuwinnen twitter were very happy camps when we got the news that Viv had gotten called up by the squad. There seemed to be a whole variety of opinions about this, but lots of people, including myself were surprised, and I’m about to explain why that was for me.
I’m not surprised about her making a comeback, or about anything related to her fitness etc… We have all seen her training for Arsenal, we kinda/sorta know her recovery timeline if we compare it to Beth’s too and yeah she’s been involved with the dutch squad as far as I can tell, a bunch. This “as far as I can tell” sounds so silly as if I have any sort of inside info. This is what the internet does to people my friend! it makes you (think you) sound important.
What surprised me was just my unconscious assumption that before an international call-up there would be some involved with club. This is not accurate for factual reasons and its just also not based on any stat or data. In my brain I was like: “oh cool, I thought she would play for arsenal first.”
That’s it. Either way I’m beyond thrilled for her and I just cannot wait to see her on the pitch, just like all of you and the anticipation is so very exciting for us fans, imagine what she might be feeling… and Leah and Laura and Teyah.
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A very subjective look into AWFC 
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