Well, I've been here a week now. My room is starting to look more like me! See pictures below. I've spent a bit of time and money sorting it out, but I figure if I'm going to be here a year, I want it to be nice and functional.
Jake, the 5 year old boy, is fun. Hes pretty adventurous, he had me outside attempting to play soccer today! I ended up in the goal and managed to save a few, yay! Hes going to science camp every weekday from 9-3.30 and then his parents put him to bed, so we hang out in the mornings and afternoons. He has next week off so we are making plans. Zoo, Natural History Museum, so that should be fun. Hes knows what he wants to do and what he likes doing, so homework could be interesting later on....
They don't have a large, private back garden area, but there is about an acre of communal garden, which is all locked away and only the residents who surround it have access. Which is still quite a few, but its empty a lot of the time. I was out there today reading HP OOTP and managed to get slightly sunburnt! Amazing haha. It was reaaaally nice today! Its meant to continue for the rest of the week, yay!
Emma, the mother, is pregnant! Baby is coming in Jan/Feb, so that's exciting! Shes only like 13 weeks along and feels a bit off some days, so that's when I come into it. Haven't had to do any cooking yet, but lots of tidying and dishes etc.
Anthony, the father, is currently on garden leave, heading back in, October I think, might be September. But there is an extra pair of hands around the place at the moment, so that's making settling a bit easier cos I have time to explore and get used to the surroundings and figure out where things are - which is great.
Been hanging out in my room at nights, mostly. The last 3 nights have been LOTR and tomorrow is The Social Network. I wanna see the One Direction, so will pop out on Thursday or Friday I think.
Managed to get to a pub in Shepard's Bush last Saturday for the rugby, Cruden was on fire! (Apart from those 2 missed kicks, but he made up for it!) Hoping I can get it here next time. I've been given a Samsung Smart TV in my room, so can webs it up on there, hopefully! (Pointers are welcome!) I wonder if I can join up my tablet to the TV somehow....
So yeah, had the weekend off. After the game on Saturday, I just wandered around Covent Garden, amd Tottenham Court Road (which made my inner geeks squee.....musical theatre and harry potter) and by the time I came home, I was exhausted! Have had to cook for myself twice which has been ok. They have the meat stocked up pretty well and I can improvise....to a certain degree! Sunday I went to Primark in the morning and the library in the arvo before spending the arvo reading and chilling.
Not much else to say really. Just been chilling out really! Its been good though, long may it continue!!
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| This is a small bit of the outside garden |
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| One of my photo walls - Warhol-ised! |
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| My little bathroom. Good shower, which is important! |
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| Out onto my little balcony |
Hope you are all well! I want to hear your news too! Email me or hit me up on FB! I got my NZ phone unlocked so have a smartphone. The GPS has been a lifesaver!!
Love x
so, Charlie, where about are you exactly? looks like a nice place. pity we didn't get a chance to catch up before you left!
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