Well bye bye summer...although here in the UK it doesn't really seem like we even had one...but hello fall. Unlike Chicago, where the sky is almost always pretty blue in October it has been mostly rain and mist here in the UK. The leaves on the trees are changing and it has definitely gotten colder. Hopefully we will have a few more nice days before the really cold stuff gets here. Work is still going really well. I have learned how to do a few more things...like audio/dvds and newspapers/magazines. I feel a bit guilty saying how much I love it cause I know I could be doing so much more but it is so nice to have an easy job. Yeah I have to move a lot more...like big boxes and stuff to stock the shelves. But the lack of stress (even if that means less pay) and lack of any real responsibility is glorious. I couldn't do this for forever but for now it sure is nice. Work 4 days off 3...and have yet to work a weekend in 2 months on the job. I don't know many retail people that can say that and for that I am more than thankful!
A few weekends ago Mark and I went up to his parents house to celebrate Mark's dad, Eric's birthday. I decided I would bake a cake for him as part of our present. That is what I call stress. The Tetchner's all seemed to think it was great and it did taste ok...moist and well how a cake should taste. But I knew how silly it looked compared to what it could have been. I tried to ice it but didn't have an icing bag...so had to use a ziplock bag. It worked ok but an 8year old probably would have done about the same job. lol The part that made me laugh even harder was the grocery store shop to try and buy cake mix and icing. They literally only have 3 kinds of cake mix and 2 kinds of icing. If I remember correctly we have like half of an isle full of just that stuff. It made me laugh and also stressed me out cause while sometimes too many choices is hard...the lack of choice in what I wanted to do but couldn't do was almost worse. O well...cake was yummy and I guess that is all that really counts.
The past week and a half or so I have been sick...first time in a REALLY long time. I am immune to most things in the states because of being a teacher...or so I think. I can't honestly remember the last time I had a cold or a cough. Well I must not be immune to whatever strand of ick was going around in the UK cause I was down for the count for a few days. Mark got me to take this horrible (tasted like it was from 1920) cough medicine. It made me gag...but he still managed to get the second spoonful in me like I was a small child. Yes head going side ways to stop him and everything...it was comical after the fact but left such a horrible taste. I decided I had to get real cough medicine so went to the UK version of Walgreens. All I really wanted was NyQuil but they don't do that or any kind of cold stuff that I even recognized. I eventually got something that at least said Robitusion on it...even though it was still different from stuff in the states and that seemed to help me not cough every 2 minutes. Thankfully I much better now. The flowers brought home to me by my hubby were a nice get better surprise which makes me think being sick wasn't all that bad if I always get flowers from him in order to help me get better.
Mark has been on a course all this week and I have been working the really...really early shift at work. I think we are both really looking forward to the weekend. I have the house spotless which will soon change with his walk through the door but I am glad I finally have the roommate I always wanted. ;) While the alone time and quiet is nice for the first little bit I miss having someone to talk to after a while. I find it hard to believe that I spent many a years living by myself with such quiet on most evenings. It seems so strange now...funny how time changes things.
Not much else is new. Hope you all are doing well. Seems so strange that I never know who reads this yet you know who you are... and know what is going on in my life. Wonders of the internet. Well Happy Halloween...go eat some candy...and enjoy the outdoors before winter comes! Blessings.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
In a year...
So a year ago I wondered where I would be...well I knew I would be here...but how I would be doing? Would I survive the new culture? Would I make friends? Would Mark and I still be so happy to just be with each other after dating so long from so far away? Would I be able to cook? Would I fit all my "stuff" into an English house? Would I find my way around town? And many....many more questions.
Well the answer is YES! I am still super happy to be with my hubby all of the time. Going from seeing each other only a few days out of the year to everyday is a most wonderful change! We truly enjoy each others company and I am so thankful for that. I can cook, and drive, and find my way just about anywhere. I am working and making friends. I have gotten our house set up and by gosh with a little effort all of our (I mean mostly my extra clothes) fit...somewhere. While I do miss home, the food, the people, being some place I know...I feel like I have really done well in settling here in just one year. I am so thankful for this experience and how supportive all of you have been for me. So a year in...all is well.
In fact the last 2 weeks have really been encouraging to me. We have a way we do things and it is so great to have someone to share my weekends with...even if it is just staying in our pjs all day. This past weekend we pulled out the bushes in our front yard. They were mostly dead and looking horrible so we finally got permission to take them out. It was a project...but it was so fun to be able to do it together and get it done. Funny moments were had...Mark and I jumping in garbage bins to make it fit in to be hauled away...both of us being afraid of the ridiculously big spiders that we found...showing Mark how strong I really am...tehe...even though he is still stronger. Ya know it was just good. We also moved our bedroom around which gives the room a new (nice and free) look.
Honestly I just can say enough how thankful I am for Mark and how easy he has made this transition for me. I mean I knew this would be a big change and I prepared myself for it...but it is so awesome to see how a year has gone by and that really I don't have one regret about it. Mark has been amazing at reading my moods and listening to me go on and on about how food in the states is better and how I would do it this way if I were home. He is a rock star in my book....(but don't tell him that cause we don't want him wanting another bike out of this ok!) He will always say well this is our home now and when we go back to the states you will feel my pain when I want fish and chips. I don't mean to be cheesy I just have to say he is the best.
With that I need to get myself ready for work. I hope all of you are enjoying the start of fall. The leaves are just beginning to change here at it is so pretty! Hope you all are well.
Well the answer is YES! I am still super happy to be with my hubby all of the time. Going from seeing each other only a few days out of the year to everyday is a most wonderful change! We truly enjoy each others company and I am so thankful for that. I can cook, and drive, and find my way just about anywhere. I am working and making friends. I have gotten our house set up and by gosh with a little effort all of our (I mean mostly my extra clothes) fit...somewhere. While I do miss home, the food, the people, being some place I know...I feel like I have really done well in settling here in just one year. I am so thankful for this experience and how supportive all of you have been for me. So a year in...all is well.
In fact the last 2 weeks have really been encouraging to me. We have a way we do things and it is so great to have someone to share my weekends with...even if it is just staying in our pjs all day. This past weekend we pulled out the bushes in our front yard. They were mostly dead and looking horrible so we finally got permission to take them out. It was a project...but it was so fun to be able to do it together and get it done. Funny moments were had...Mark and I jumping in garbage bins to make it fit in to be hauled away...both of us being afraid of the ridiculously big spiders that we found...showing Mark how strong I really am...tehe...even though he is still stronger. Ya know it was just good. We also moved our bedroom around which gives the room a new (nice and free) look.
Honestly I just can say enough how thankful I am for Mark and how easy he has made this transition for me. I mean I knew this would be a big change and I prepared myself for it...but it is so awesome to see how a year has gone by and that really I don't have one regret about it. Mark has been amazing at reading my moods and listening to me go on and on about how food in the states is better and how I would do it this way if I were home. He is a rock star in my book....(but don't tell him that cause we don't want him wanting another bike out of this ok!) He will always say well this is our home now and when we go back to the states you will feel my pain when I want fish and chips. I don't mean to be cheesy I just have to say he is the best.
With that I need to get myself ready for work. I hope all of you are enjoying the start of fall. The leaves are just beginning to change here at it is so pretty! Hope you all are well.
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