Anyway, we got to campus and the line was so long that the man helping the "queue" form told us to try again in a half hour. In a half hour the line was even longer, so we just left figuring that we could try again tomorrow, Saturday, or Sunday.
I was sitting in my room eating lunch when Maia came by and asked if I wanted to go to Ikea with her (pronounced "Ikearrr," haha). So we took the tube out from Swiss Cottage to a town called Wembley. It was a short, above ground ride which was quite pleasant, and then we headed to an Ikea maybe ten minutes away? This part of London was not nearly as nice as the part we live in, but the Ikea itself was enormous. Picture a SuperWal-Mart on steroids. Massive. So we did quite a bit of shopping and filled up sacks full of things like 50 pence plates. I was getting so carried away with shopping for cheap things that I even bought myself a little 60 pence succulent plant! I bought a duvet there that cost around £20, but I don't feel too bad about it because it is rated for winter weather and I have not seen any duvets that were less expensive anywhere. Between the two of us our total was £42, which is crazy considering that twenty eight items (minus the duvet) cost us around £20. So now I have two glass plates, bowls, glasses, a bunch of silverware, some towels and dishrags, a frying pan, a plant and a pot, and I think I might be set for the moment!
There was a Tesco Extra across the street that was equally massive, so lugging all of our Ikea junk we took a stroll down the aisles and I bought some cheap butter, salt, seasonings, noodles, oil, etc. So far I have been living on mostly bread and sliced sandwich meat. I bought a bunch of potatoes the very first day but when I was cooking them realized I didn't have any milk, butter, or salt, so they were a little less delicious than I expected, haha. Tonight I shall have basil fried potatoes, and I am pretty excited about that. Maybe if I'm feeling crazy I'll throw some sliced roast beef in there, mmm. ha.
My internal clock is still really struggling, but I forced myself to get up very early this morning in the hopes that tonight I will be able to go to sleep before 1 or 2 am. Urgh.
My sim card from giffgaff came in the mail, so I am going to head to an O2 store to see if I can't find a cheap phone to use! Then I will just wait until I have a bank account here before I set up my giffgaff account. I don't really know how the exchange rate thing works with debit and credit cards, but we're going to find out because I used my credit card today! haha. Still, I figured it would be better to pay bills locally if I can.
I was sitting in my room eating lunch when Maia came by and asked if I wanted to go to Ikea with her (pronounced "Ikearrr," haha). So we took the tube out from Swiss Cottage to a town called Wembley. It was a short, above ground ride which was quite pleasant, and then we headed to an Ikea maybe ten minutes away? This part of London was not nearly as nice as the part we live in, but the Ikea itself was enormous. Picture a SuperWal-Mart on steroids. Massive. So we did quite a bit of shopping and filled up sacks full of things like 50 pence plates. I was getting so carried away with shopping for cheap things that I even bought myself a little 60 pence succulent plant! I bought a duvet there that cost around £20, but I don't feel too bad about it because it is rated for winter weather and I have not seen any duvets that were less expensive anywhere. Between the two of us our total was £42, which is crazy considering that twenty eight items (minus the duvet) cost us around £20. So now I have two glass plates, bowls, glasses, a bunch of silverware, some towels and dishrags, a frying pan, a plant and a pot, and I think I might be set for the moment!
There was a Tesco Extra across the street that was equally massive, so lugging all of our Ikea junk we took a stroll down the aisles and I bought some cheap butter, salt, seasonings, noodles, oil, etc. So far I have been living on mostly bread and sliced sandwich meat. I bought a bunch of potatoes the very first day but when I was cooking them realized I didn't have any milk, butter, or salt, so they were a little less delicious than I expected, haha. Tonight I shall have basil fried potatoes, and I am pretty excited about that. Maybe if I'm feeling crazy I'll throw some sliced roast beef in there, mmm. ha.
My internal clock is still really struggling, but I forced myself to get up very early this morning in the hopes that tonight I will be able to go to sleep before 1 or 2 am. Urgh.
My sim card from giffgaff came in the mail, so I am going to head to an O2 store to see if I can't find a cheap phone to use! Then I will just wait until I have a bank account here before I set up my giffgaff account. I don't really know how the exchange rate thing works with debit and credit cards, but we're going to find out because I used my credit card today! haha. Still, I figured it would be better to pay bills locally if I can.
The cleaning staff has been hard at work on the kitchens today and I am very excited! I showed Luckeisha the kitchens and she was surprised that I had characterized them as "insanely scary" and "horrifying" when they seemed to be just fine. I should have taken pictures.
Okay, well I'm going to head back to campus to see if the registration lines are looking better! I will probably update again tonight because I don't have anything going on as far as I know, and the person I'm getting internet from at the moment is going to be returning his router tomorrow or the next day to change services, etc. Oh nooo!
Okay, well I'm going to head back to campus to see if the registration lines are looking better! I will probably update again tonight because I don't have anything going on as far as I know, and the person I'm getting internet from at the moment is going to be returning his router tomorrow or the next day to change services, etc. Oh nooo!
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