The Last Few Days

So, it’s been a little while since I’ve made a post on this blog. The reason??????....literally nothing to write about! I haven’t been up to too much lately, and those things that I have been doing have not been taking up a lot of time through the day. So, I figure it’d be best to just wait for a few days’ worth of stuff to talk about and make one big post instead of multiple little ones.



Now that that’s been cleared up…what have I been up to? Well, I managed to give myself a day of rest last week (I know, I’ve earned it) so I spent one day just seriously vegging in the house. Managed to finish more of my unpacking and finding places for things to be. I’ve also discovered a new television series about lost films in the Second World War that’s on demand so I’ve been absorbing some of that too. I managed to also FINALLY go grocery shopping…which was interesting to say the least. Because it was the first grocery shop since I’ve been here I needed to get a lot of staples for the kitchen. Needless to say I had a lot of things to bring back home with me. It’s times that this that I will (and do) miss having a vehicle because I had to lug all of the groceries back home with me on foot. I made it no problem, but it was definitely a struggle. That night I also made my first meal here in London. Pasta (penne) with a homemade tomato sauce complete with pieces of chopped bacon, chives, mushrooms, salt, pepper, and oregano. It was delicious even if I do say so myself….which I do.


Other than that I’ve just been making a few runs into London to do some things. I managed to hit up the Natural History Museum near the end of the week. It was….alright. I figured I’d go just so I say I did but, to be honest, I’m not a huge fan of biology related displays. The whole museum just has to do with dinosaurs, animals, and humans and their evolutions. It was cool to walk through but a lot of the activity displays and whatnot were severely outdated and therefore not too interesting. The building was really nice however, so I suppose that’s something.


On Saturday I also managed to meet up with Mel Fed and a friend in the city. We met up in Trafalgar Square and went to a GREAT pub in the West End whose name absolutely eludes my memory. I think I could find it again if I tried and I have to. The portions we got with our food were massive for the cost so it was a really great deal. It’ll be a place to take people when they come and visit for sure. Afterwards we ended up walking around the West End (they were going to see a show at 4pm), stopped in for another drink at a different pub and then parted ways. It was a really nice catch-up and we got to talking a lot about back home, fauxcoming, and of course London itself!


Saturday night I also participated in some Pub Golf with my flatmates and some of their friends they’ve gotten to know since being here. We were all over Clapham that night and the game ended up breaking down considerably, but it was a lot of fun and hopefully I’ll be able to hang out with them again! It was quite the eclectic group out that night as well. We had Canadians, Aussies, Germans, South Africans, and one Irish guy ha ha ha ha. We were a really international excursion.


Well, not much more to say on that. I’m currently working on some laundry, probably going to fix myself up some lunch, and end up watching some t.v. and maybe reading a bit of GQ. It’s a nice quiet day in the house so I figure I’ll relax in it before everybody gets home ha ha ha. Tomorrow, I think I might hit up the Imperial War Museum in Southwark which I’ve been dying to see since getting here. Other than that I need to start prepping myself to begin work on Monday and I have a few things to finish up with Protocol to get me all set to go!


Until then,


Cheers, Love, Rock The World!


Erik