Fighting in public - totally OK

Just so you know, if you are looking to pick a fight in public with your significant other (and I mean a full out fight), you should move here! Haha!

I have passed multiple couples going at each other right on the street corner with hundreds of people walking by...

These fights include phrases such as:

"I am just trying to understand why you won't commit"

"Love, you are f***ing insane" - this was my favorite one...endearing, yet telling her how you really feel

"What the H***" - after one person spilled their drink on the other one on purpose

I will let you know if Jared and I decide to display our love for one another in this manner! I will be sure to catch it on tape for you!

:) PS we are putting an offer in on a flat today, so pray that it is well received!

4th Day

I can't believe this is already our 4th day in London.

We arrived Saturday and our trip out here went very smooth. The flight didn't even seem that long. We arrived in Bristol at 8:30 am and took a bus to a train to a taxi to London. We arrived in London by 1:30 and got to our hotel. It is a very nice hotel, but everything is on a smaller scale compared to American hotels. It is in a very cute neighborhood called Westminster which is close to Notting Hill. All the buildings are white with red cherry blossom trees outside. The rest of the day we just poke around this area and got some Italian food and gelato, which was very good!

Day 2 we slept in until 1 pm (we were very tired), and then decided to check out the underground! We got our Oyster cards and made the journey to Jared's office to time it. It only took 30 minutes from door to door, which includes a 10 minute walk on either side of the tube ride. We explored Soho and Covent Garden which was fun. We saw a bunch of runners at pubs and later found out that there is a pub marathon where you drink at different pubs along the route. We also stopped in for FREE to the National Portrait Gallery. It was very cool! My favorite was Judy Dench. Haha! Later we went to a pub ourselves and I had some amazing chicken pie and Jared had "the best Guinness he has ever tasted." We took the tube to another town we thought we might like to live, but it turned out to be a ton of hipsters which were way too cool for me, and I woud definitely not fit there...

Day 3, Monday, Jared got up to go to work and I went to work on flat hunting. This is not easy. It was a lot easier when we first got to LA bc Katie told me how nice Manhattan Beach was, and we just got a place there. Here, I have no clue what any of the areas are really like. I decided to go look at one place with Jared yesterday afternoon which was within walking distance of his work. We figured we might as well go check it out. It was about 300 sq. ft. with a slanted floor after you walked up 4 flights of the crappiest stairs you have ever seen in your life. It was equivalent to $1800 per month! The thing that got me was that it was supposed to be furnished, and that included a bed and a 10 in. TV on the floor! Nice....Also, the agent was acting like this was a great find. Well, I almost started crying after we left, and then proceeded to go back to the hotel when Jared went back to work. I told myself that we would find something decent, and that it will just take time, and not to worry, etc...It was a tough journey home, until I finally found a store! Yay! I didn't think they had stores here bc I hadn't seen any. Turns out what looked like a 7/11 store was an actual grocery store. I went home and made a surprisingly good dinner of couscous, broccoli, and pre-cooked chicken!

Today, Day 4 started off on the wrong foot bc we forgot to turn the phone alarm on when we set it. This is why I must go buy an alarm clock for grown ups today. Jared is supposed to be at work at 9:30 and we woke up at 10. I was also supposed to meet someone to look at an apartment at 10 and 10:45. Luckily, they let me reschedule to this afternoon. I am going to get ready after I finish my muffin and go to Shepherd's Bush to look at these 2 places. They look a lot more promising, so wish me luck!

:) I promise I will have pictures in the next post bc that is way more fun!

Mosquitos and Flights

I haven't been bit by a mosquito in a loooong time, nor have I even seen one recently. But, today, as I type in Jared's living room, I am swatting them off. One even bit me under my eye while I was sleeping last night! Now it looks like I have a giant zit! I really don't miss it here.

Well, our flight was obviously canceled to London Monday night, but we re-scheduled for Friday. Flights started to go out today from Houston to London, so we should be good to go Friday. Unfortunately, we don't have a non-stop flight anymore. We are flying to Newark Friday afternoon, then flying to Bristol through the night and will be arriving there at 8:30 am. Then, we take a 2 hour train ride to London, and then a taxi to our hotel. I am sure we are going to be exhausted after almost 20 hours of traveling!

We are biding our time, but enjoying the last few days with family and friends! I am also hoping that Catherine Haskew has her baby while I am here! She is already 1 cm dilated! Here's hoping!

R :)

Made it!

We made it to Texas! We already miss everyone back in LA, but seeing family is a good distraction...

The drive went by pretty fast because we had a book on mp3, "The Historian". It was a great "listen". There were so many different characters and details that, at times, was hard to keep up. If I am reading a book and zone out, it is easy to just re-read the page, but it is difficult to rewind on an ipod.

We stayed at a Days Inn in Las Cruces, NM Saturday night, and then we got to stay at Jared's grandparents last night, who we haven't seen in 2 years, which was really great! They live in Bandera, TX, just outside of San Antonio. It was a little weird to be so far out in the country! It was nice to have a home cooked meal after 3 meals of fast food. I should have planned better to bring more food for the car that wasn't crap. My body really did not enjoy that! It is hard to think of anything that is more sustainable than peanut butter sandwiches, and those can get old, too. It really is a nice drive through New Mexico and Texas. Lots of cool rock formations and mini-mountains.

Anyway...we are really looking forward to time with family before we head out. Hopefully, it will be a nice relaxing week!

R :)

Moved Out

We are officially homeless! Except not really because we are staying with Katie and Andrew for a few nights until we drive to Texas on Saturday.

We got everything moved in to storage last night thanks to the help of our AMAZING friends who were literally throwing boxes in trying to make the 9 pm deadline at the storage facility. Apparently, if you are in the unit at 9 pm when it closes, the elevator stops working and you just get locked in. It was the first working day for the lady who checked us in and gave us keys yesterday around 5 pm before the office closed. I told her we would be moving in that night, and she failed to mention that there was a separate key you have to check out from her to unlock the large sliding door to get your stuff through. So we just had to go through the small door! I think I might have to go let her know she should tell people next time. But, there was a man I call the cart angel who just "happened" to be there with a key to get access to some large carts for moving boxes. If we hadn't had these, I don't think we would have been able to get the boxes downstairs in time.

It felt a little crazy yesterday trying to get all of the last few items packed, etc. and get the apartment cleaned after we moved all the stuff out. And yes, it is weird to be out of our "perfect" apartment we just moved in to 5 months ago.

Jared and I will set out on our 2 1/2 day drive Saturday morning early! First stop, Las Cruces, NM after a 12 hour drive, then the second night we will stay with Jared's grandparents who we haven't seen in a looooong time in Bandera, TX (close to San Antonio). Then Monday we will head to Houston. Can't wait to see our families and friends! We have "The Historian on mp3 which is 11 hours long to keep us company!

Well, we certainly have been prepping for this move for a while, but I am excited to see everything fall in to place once we get there! London in 11 days!

:)