The Past Two Weeks

As of my last post, I was staying at my friend Peter's place for a while, while I finalized my living arrangements. Since then, so much has happened that I will probably never be able to catch up on all the stories I was going to write here.

My first main observation is how completely dependent on the internet I've become. During the last two weeks, I couldn't find out important travel info, couldn't communicate with Skype, couldn't check my email or do my timecard from my California job, couldn't do my online banking, and couldn't download "Heroes". Once my family was here, I wanted to show them how to get around London, but I was always using the internet before to find out where to go and how to get there. Without it we had to rely on these little pieces of paper called "maps" that had little squiggly lines on them that were supposed to represent the streets. But without a satellite overview with them, it's hard to tell where you are.

I was so happy to have my family arrive. I got to the airport about 20 minutes after they were scheduled to arrive, but then found that their flight was delayed by an hour. Then it took them over an hour to get through immigration, they flew through customs with their 15 pieces of luggage, and we had big hugs and kisses all around.

I have so much more to write, but it's getting late and I'll have to put in a very long day tomorrow, so I'll post more this weekend.

Thanks for being patient with me,

Dave