Sorry for not posting for the last few days, it's been busy here trying to get ourselves re-set up with our flat, buying items that we didn't have and still trying to figure our way around here.
Kris has had a couple of challenging days to start at her clinic. Mostly new job / new place / new methods type stuff. To be expected but not necessarily easy to handle with everything else coming at us.
I, on the other hand, have been hoofing it around campus and downtown trying to collect what I can as we realize things we need, but didn't get or didn't realize we needed.
Much time spent wandering around campus trying to find my way about. I don't know what it is, but when we landed in the UK, my entire sense of direction flew straight out the window. I don't even know which way is North any more. On Tuesday, I actually made 7 wrong turns tying to get from our AirBnB to the accommodation office to pick up our flat keys.
Speaking of the flat, it's ... modest.
Nothing special. The water is hot, and most of the appliances are new. The bed is comfortable enough, and we purchased a winter weight duvet so we're toasty. We have a short list of issues that need to be looked at, but the university seems happy to look into everything we pointed out.
It's been a busy few days. The fact that students across the UK are all descending on their respective universities all week doesn't help. Kristin has had a long commute which we're hoping will ease up next week.
We're looking forward to a bit of down time this weekend, try to enjoy ourselves and explore Loughborough a bit. There is a long standing market that runs in a large downtown pedestrian mall on Thursdays and Saturdays. Apparently thats the time to buy fruit and veg, fresh from the farmers. We're looking forward to getting finally set here, and setting a routine.
More to come.
Love,
J&K
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