we eat lots of peanut butter.

seriously, we've been through three and a half jars of it since we've been here. and it's only been a month. a literal month. that's right ladies and gents, it was one month ago today that we left AmUrKa. so, happy one month anniversary to us! lets see how we should spend it... hmm... oh i know, i'll get sick, and court can go to work! heh. i need to slow myself down a bit here. lets begin again...

the food is SO much better here. it's so much more flavorful, and it's a lot healthier for you. well, there's a lot more that's healthy for you. even things such as flapjacks, (their cookies. basically) are like 60 percent oats. the point of me saying all of this is that gtfg thinks that the peanut butter here rocks socks. it's not sweet, it's just mashed peanuts, and it has a wonderful texture. it's funny though, because FHE this week was a smoothie night, and there was this peanut butter and chocolate smoothie that was absolutely divine. so you know, gtfg were drinking it all, when a fellow american explained to us that london peanut butter is the worst thing ever, and gtfg BEGGED to disagree. so she asked what kind we buy, and we told her waitrose brand. and then she said 'oh no wonder. that's where the queen shops.' haha. apparently everything with this little crown symbol on the packaging means that the queen purchases that particular item. i thought that was pretty hilarious that they mark that. but, sadly enough, it's pretty true. gtfg court picked up yet another jar of peanut butter last night from this store called tesco, and it's just not very good. it's still good, just not... THAT good. so... peanut butter. deeeelish!

i think i'm getting sick. i mean... i know i am. and i'm pretty disappointed about it, because i was going to head over to wales this weekend with my best friend joff and some girl i don't know. i am also supposed to be at institute tonight, and at our new friend's house afterwards. their names are ashley and amber. they are from arizona, and they are super cute. they just got here last week, and they are searching for jobs until may as well. one was a nanny, and one worked at urban outfitters. they are kinda a hipper version of us. i made a friend at work too. his name is ryan, and he sorta looks like my brother ryan.

umm, i think NCP thinks i'm so fantastic, that they want me to stay and work for them. there's a problem with that called, i'm not sure if i want to. it takes me an hour to get there everyday, because it's on the outskirts of london in a place called east croydon. i get to take the train everyday and see really awesome graffiti, which is neat. but i've seen it for two weeks now, and i tend to take things for granted pretty rapidly. i also get to cross tower bridge everyday. oh, by the way, i think gtfg are officially locals. we even get incredibly annoyed by tourists. seriously, trying to cross that bridge is quite the task. especially since i walk on it during rush hour. it will never stop being breath-taking though. we're also fully capable of giving people accurate directions.

we've discovered something else breath-taking as well. it's called the thames river paths, which are just across the street. i really love this city. there are so many things to look at. i sure wish gtfg qt was home at night, because we have lists and lists of things we want to do.

lets see here... our flat-mate kiling is moving out next week. i'm pretty sad about that. he likes to listen to my ipod and talk about hip hop. and let me borrow his lap top. :) he works in a recording studio, and he wrote a song last night. i love being home.

oh, but more about my job. court's manager said that i could be a hostess at the restaurant, but i'd be making much less than i am now. is it worth it though? it would be a lot more laid back, but i'm not in school or anything right now. i don't know. thoughts anyone? i could also just keep doing this accounting thing until i get another temp job. i'd really like to just go to different offices each week, but the problem with that is what if they can't find me a job for a few weeks? sigh. the job i'm at right now isn't so bad i suppose. it's just far away and boring and stressful.

oh, so that samuel kid that asked court on a date, found me a date as well. it's a blind pity date. the premises of samuel asking court is that a group of his friends wanted to go on a group date with girls they only just met, or haven't met. yeah right. that was just his excuse to ask court. but the thing is, is that court didn't really want to go, so she responded by saying that if any of his friends didn't have a date, that she knew someone who none of them knew... that's right, yours truly. so that's that. the actual date isn't for a couple weeks, and it's a good thing to, since we have SO much to do. so i hope it's fun... otherwise i'm going to wash all of courts clothes in scalding water until they blend into colorless grays. and i'll love every second of it.

bleh. i be illin. illin.

anything else significant? i don't believe so.

thanks for all of your emails everyone. they honestly make me very happy. i'm sorry this post is so lame. i wish i had more exciting things to say. i will soon, i'm sure. or at least i hope. but being a tourist gets old, and having a home is an awesome thing. so, until next time...

-gtfg, Megan