Somewhere To Call Home

Well it’s been almost a month since I posted my last blog and I must apologize. I freaked a little when I realized people actually read it, but now I believe it’s time to get started again. I can’t promise that I will be 100% diligent in the posting - given schoolwork and life, but I will do my best to stay up to date.

I guess I should answer the question that has everyone wondering. Yes! I found a place to live. It’s a short term solution, but I am very thankful to have a place to call home. I’ve taken residence in an area of Southwest London called Earlsfield. It is about 12 minutes by train to Waterloo and Central London and about 20 minutes to “Uni” (University as termed by the British). And, it is important to always refer to a school of high education by this term, as I found out my first day when I went to enroll at the “college” that I was a little old for the high school courses. Anyway, I digress. The flat is directly across from the train station and in the main hub of Earlsfield. There are cheap food places, primarily chicken and kabab stands and local bars just seconds from my door. On many a night I enjoy watching in the dark out of my 2nd story window as a couple drunkenly quarrel below. Oh how I love other people’s drama. Now, the flat is nothing to brag about, simple but clean. The problems have seemed to be endless; however, after a few calls to the landlord most have been fixed. I am learning to live with the hole the plumber cut into the wall in the bathroom to reach a pipe – this is still pending repair. However, at least I now have running water in the bathroom.

School work has begun to overwhelm me as I struggle to learn British Law and Policy – it seems a lot more complicated than it should be for such a small country. My first assignment is due on Monday and then the whole class is going out for a celebratory drink! My one ray of hope is that they are all as lost as I am; at least we are in this together.

London is an amazing city! I invite everyone to come spend some time and check it out. I bought the Lonely Planet guide to London and have been spending most of my free time trying to check everything off the list. The major museums are free to visit right now. However, there is a motion on the table to change this privilege. While the proposal is only suggesting to charge one or two pounds per admission, I’d much rather go while they are still free! I’ve also found a pumpkin patch in Surrey that I am hoping to visit sometime this week. This same farm grows Christmas trees and I am more than prepared to take out anyone who tries to stop me on the train in order to get my tree home!

Well, there’s a brief update with more to come in the near future.