Potties, Pineapple & Puns

Over the weekend, the pressure in our toilet practically disappeared to the point where we couldn't flush it even after 10 minutes of pushing the handle. After filing a maintenance request first thing Monday morning, I received some unpleasant news when I arrived home from work Tuesday evening.

Rustin, the program director, was standing outside the house and I was very pleased to see him. He had been away with his family since the first real week of classes so it was good to catch up. We chatted about work and classes and living in London. Then, Mackie walked out the door with a roll of toilet paper in her hand and headed down the street. Confused, I asked what was going on, only to find out that the plumber said our toilet couldn't be fixed until Thursday and we were moving. Apparently, Charlotte and Rustin pitched a fit to the leasing agency about making us live in a place with a dysfunctional toilet, so they set us up a flat in #18 just down the street. Personally, I didn't want to move, just because it would be a hassle and a tad pointless just to move because one facet of the flat doesn't work (the shower and sink work fine).

After packing up my overnight gear and some food for breakfast, we made the trek over to our new home-away-from-home-away-from-home. It was a bit strange to be in a new place but, I must admit, it was quite spacious for just the four of us. The boys upstairs live in an identical flat and they have 8 people. Yikes!

Mary and I watched The Wedding Date and then I crawled into bed...only to find that I could feel every single metal spring in that mattress. It was the most uncomfortable night's sleep I've had since I've been here. I literally woke up in pain.

So tonight, I am sleeping in #14B. It's not worth it.

Work has been going well. Toby took a critical look at all of the press releases, AIs, news releases and book reviews I've been writing and I think he really liked them. I've also been researching Shakespeare festivals in England to coincide with a series of graphic novels of popular Shakespeare plays Can of Worms has published. They are actually really cool. I kind of wish I would have had them in high school. It would have made everything easier.

Mackie, Judson and I went to Spaghetti House for dinner. They have a 5 GBP menu that was actually quite delicious (some sort of penne and sausage ragu). Spaghetti House service is infamous and they definitely held up to their reputation tonight. We waited over an hour for our food. Granted, we were having a wonderful time, but we were all hungry and all had papers to write.

Next to "gratuity" on the bill Jackson just wrote "no". Classic.

Tomorrow after CBD we travel to Stratford and Oxford for the night. I will post my experiences after this weekend. Cheers!

-APC