7.00 pm.

Bells ringing at the cathedral. Deep, reverberating, their voices asking me if I can hear it, if I can feel it - that stillness at the center of my heart. I spent today listening to the sound of running water as I worked, the sun gentle on the back of my neck, filtered through the tall evergreens.

This summer may spoil me for office work. A boss who gives me enough projects that I can move from one to the other to the next when I get frustrated or stuck, who doesn't mind giving me a day off in the middle of the week so that my boyfriend-the-chef and I actually have a day together. Who is going to make sure that I meet people from all aspects of the field this summer so that I can start figuring out exactly what it is I want to do.

The only downside I can see is that I'm already covered in mosquito bites - and I've only been here a day.