Thanks to all the well-wishers who have been sending kind words my way. It's been really nice to hear all of your positivity especially because, unlike with Ireland, I have been feeling slightly tortured by this decision to come to London. I mean...another big city?...another lack of green-ness near me?...not knowing hardly ANYONE?...This is scary stuff!
But, true to form, I am slowly but surely settling in and beginning to make this my home. (I even re-arranged the furniture in our lounge to make it more liveable...the lounge is REALLY small...but don't worry, it has more than enough space for all of you future visitors!)
Here are some pictures of my amazing room. Yes, I am COMPLETELY obsessed with it. Best. Room. Ever:
View from the doorway...
My two wardrobes and dresser...
My desk...look how huuuuuge my room is! Big enough for a dance party!Now here, meet the housemates....
This is Jaz.
She's great because she is quirky and really open in a way that many Brits are not. I have confided in her all of my boy drama, of course. (She's heard about pretty much every ridiculous text exchange I've had since I've been here.) She's that kind of girl. She told me that all my talk of running inspired her to start taking dance lessons (even before I got here!) so that she could become a healthier person. Isn't that awesome? I went with her to a "Ceroc" class a couple days ago...and it was SUCH a blast. It's kind of like "jive" or "the jitterbug" but to modern hip-hop instead of 50's do-wop. I am still searching for a salsa class, but this is also super fun.This is Ed.:
Ed is a suuuuper intense vegan, which is a little bit intimidating. I mean, he eats barley like normal people eat pasta and rice. And he makes EVERYTHING from scratch. Eamonn and I made curry the other night for dinner. And, Ed was like, "Did you make it from paste, powder, or did you actually make it yourself?" And I'm like, "Well we used powder." Seriously, who takes the time to make curry powder from SCRATCH when it exists at the store so cheap! BUT, he's also really interesting, and a lovely hippie who is going to make our garden actually GROW stuff, and he loves to bike, so he's pretty much awesome. And he stayed out WAY too late with Eamonn and I at our "Local" the other night, going pint for pint. (And the Irish wins again...with the English as a close second...and me falling far, far behind.)This is Juliet:
She's pretty quiet, but she is obsesssssssed with chocolate, which makes her automatically cool. She made the BEST hot chocolate I have ever had in my life the other night. I am not even joking. It was with that really kick-ass organic dark chocolate that has orange peel in it? Yum. Oh, and she plays the cello, my favorite stringed instrument. I went to see her orchestra perform on Saturday. I was an usher so I got in for free! (Couldn't afford it otherwise!)And this is Tim:
Tim is great, but he is a work-a-holic so I don't see him that much. He helped me put my bike together, and came to pick me up at the airport. He listens to good music and makes his free time about going to gigs. Which I am super into. He is going to New York at the beginning of the new year, so if anyone wants to offer a couch, he's a sound guy.Then finally there is Louise. She just moved in today so no picture yet. However, I just spent about two hours chatting with her and a couple of her friends, and she seems awesome!
All-in-all, it's been a great first week. I'm still nervous about meeting people, but my housemates are a great resource for that, of course. And I went to a pub night that my teaching agency had on Friday, and met a couple cool South Africans. There were lots of people there, so I think that I'll meet more people at future social events. AND I hung out with Alex afterwards. We danced the night away with his co-workers.) AND Adam, who is a friend of my Irish friends, took me to a housewarming party of some of his Irish-London friends last night. It was GREAT craic. Crazy because the Irish community is SO tight knit that I actually met Eamonn's best friend who he is in a band with. I've heard so much about him, and then he was at this party because his sister was one of the girls in the house! I have a sneaking feeling I am going to become part of the extensive Irish community here, even though I'm not Irish. I'm honorary :)
OH, and I went to sign up for my FREE health insurance. Yea, that's right. And free prescriptions to boot. Screw YOU United States!
(Now all I have to do is wait until the British Police approve me for working with children, and then I'll be good to go!)
Comment, Comment, Comment!
Love, Sarah
11 comments:
Your room looks awesome! I'm glad everything worked out. :) Are you having fun?
1. can't believe how awesome your room is.
2. you are already busy... with social events. very sarah hammer.
3. if you have free perscrips, could you pick me up some birth control. i can barely afford it now without insurance, and no body wants Christina babies running around. (kinda joking about that)
you could fit out apartment in your room! Also, I'm glad to see that our stencils have a place of honour on the wall... as it should be!
-j-ballz
dude you have, like, the coolest life EVER.
sometimes I wonder why I rushed from school to school to profession... sigh... but I digress...
sending good vibes your way and I hope you can fill me in on the boy drama (although in my mind I am imagining it), perhaps secretly if that is best for you :)
and p.s., I got the same bag you got from Target and I LOVE it :)
James! YES, I KNOW. I stole your stencil....but they just GO together, you know? and if you think my ROOM is big...wait until I showcase the KITCHEN! (Talk about room for a dance party!)
Justine: I loved the appropriate placement of "like" in your sentence. I don't think my life is the coolest EVER...I need the perfect job and a really hot, really smart boyfriend who wants to (and has the money to) travel for 6 months at a time, in between being a rockstar and writing novels. :) Don't worry, I'll send you a secret (whoops!) email about all the drama.
and PS: I WISH there were a target here!!!
Q--Let ME get some free prescrips first, and then we'll talk :) (Though millions of Christina babies sounds kind of entertaining...)
you've inspired me to become more active at my blogging :-)
you're very late for work. your DFL is waiting.
your place looks absolutely beautiful, Sarah! I swear your new room must be 3x as big as the old one, and looks so nice and bright! Your roomies look lovely too :)
Mike: Oh no! Oh no! Don't fire me! I'm just pulling an Avi!
Isa: YESSSS. It IS well lit and amazing. I have a total room crush :)
Hammer! It sounds like things are going very well. I am so glad that things are working out for you, I know NYC was not your true love. I am really sad that we didn't connect while you were back in the states, but perhaps we can arrange some sort of meeting in the future. Your roommates sound great and of course I don't need to tell you this, but you'll have a million friends in no time... Thats just who you are! Well miss you lady. Hope to talk to you soon!
i miss target too! and you. love, mariel
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