Moving In

Yesterday was a good day. The movers came with all our stuff, and i could finally move into the apartment. Though dinner was really simple, just tortellini with creme cheese, it was a nice feeling to be able to cook again. Now i just need my wife here so I can cook together with her. I also managed to open a bank account and hopefully I'll also get a credit card. I had tried to open an account with Allience & Liecester in one of their branches, but was told that the process would take a couple of weeks! I can't wait for that, as I can't order internet and TV before I have an account... Luckily HSBC was much more helpfull. Not only could I get an account that actually pays interrest (and has travel insurance etc.) but they created it in about 15min and at the same time offered me a credit card. I know credit cards can be the root to all evil, but as I'll be spending money that I will later get be expenced, I would like as much credit on that as possible. I can tell from our savings that i haven't yet recieved compensation for my trip to Dallas, and it would be nice to have our private funds seperate from my work expenses. This morning was my first trip to the office from Wimbledon, and naturally it took me longer than expected. The train from Wimbledon to Waterloo was completely packed, and I had to stand up all the way. Not that it was bad to stand up, as I sit down most of the day now, but there were barely room to read the paper. It's like that on the tube, but I hadn't expcted it on the regular rail services. Then again, it is the fastest way to get tio central London, so it shouldn't be a surprise that the trains are packed. I found a bus that would take me the rest of the way towards the office, and got there only 5min later than i had wanted to. The only problem was that I seem to have emptied my oyster card once again. It's not exactly cheap to travel in London, but it seems that the company will pay for local transport into the office, so I'm getting a travelcard when I get back to the Wimbledon. That should also cover the bus ride from Waterloo to the office, which my daily round trip ticket doesn't, and that way save me 5-10min on the entire jurney. It's still not clear how long I'll be in the office, since the project I was schedules to be on has been postponed even further. I might get a few weeks in Dublin, before going to Gloucester as planned, which could be nice. Dublin is one of those places I haven't been to yet, but really want to see. Only time will tell where I end up.