This morning we moved into our flat. We took a £5 cab ride with our 7 bags….again, a lovely decision. Our temporary accommodations are really rather fancy. We have granite countertops and a Tempurpedic bed. And, my favorite, huge windows in the living room and the bedroom! The judge Daniel worked for in Houston helped put him in touch with an American lawyer who is living in London. She’s on assignment in Houston for the next 2 months, so we’re renting her flat while she’s away. It is a little odd to move into a place that’s full of someone else’s belongings, but this is the second time we’ve done this now, and I guess we’re getting used to it. We’re getting a really good deal on the rent, and we are so grateful!
After moving in we headed straight out to eat lunch and buy a few groceries. We live just 2 blocks away from a nice market, a drug store, and the Gloucester Road tube station. Very convenient. I was excited to make dinner at home for the first time in weeks! (We were really lazy about cooking for ourselves over the summer, and I’ve missed it.) I made big salads and heated up a store-bought quiche. We drank adorably tiny Diet Cokes. Nothing too fancy, but it tasted so good! Then we did exciting things like washing clothes (and hanging them to dry, because no one here has clothes driers..just folding racks for the clothes to hang on.) And I put in a full day’s work, from about 2pm through 11pm. Strange hours, and I probably won’t be sticking with them, but it worked best that way given the other activities of the day. After work, I read a little and Daniel watched some TV on his computer. I fell asleep on the couch. It was the perfect evening. I am so excited to be settled in one place for a while, and I’m determined to make this more of a homey experience than the last 2 stops, for my own sanity!
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