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Day: April 21, 2005

bad night, good day, we'll see about the evening.

Posted on April 21, 2005 By admin 10 Comments on bad night, good day, we'll see about the evening.

I didn't sleep well at all last night, and neither did Katy. And no, not for that reason. In my case, it was because I couldn't get comfortable because I was either bumping into the wall or Katy's elbow; in her case it was because I was fidgeting too much. I couldn't fall asleep last night. I hate that feeling, when you toss and turn and toss and turn and think that hours have past, only to look at the clock and notice that only 4 minutes have gone by. I wasn't sleepy at all when I went to bed – Katy and I are on different schedules right now because of her work – and I think that that was the biggest culprit. Katy, on the other hand, was beat. She fell asleep at 9:30. I also had to break out the earplugs for the first time last night, though that only usually happens when she's really tired or has a cold.

I think I didn't help matters this morning when I didn't give her a kiss when she was about to leave for work. In my defense, my brain wasn't working, but still, that's not an excuse.

Day went better though. Katy's dad and I drove up to cambridge to deliver my groceries, suitcases and the last of the kitchen stuff to the apartment. I also went to the EMBL to fill in paperwork for my bank account, which I should have by the middle of next week or so. While I was there, I took the opportunity to talk to my supervisor and the people I'd be working with. They seem like a good bunch. I'm actually really excited to get working there. I'm anxious to get my hands elbow-deep in code and technologies I don't know much about and get back to using my brain instead of letting it rot, dealing with IBM. The campus looks really nice too – it even has a lake on it – but it's in the middle of friggin nowhere.

I'll be there permanently as of saturday. That's going to be an adventure.

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Tesco

Posted on April 21, 2005 By admin 9 Comments on Tesco

I now have a Tesco club card.

I did a big grocery to get all the dry stuff for my apartment, stuff that you only buy once in a while like spices and cleaning products and loo roll. I was expecting the worst, as I had a cart (pardon me, a barrow) full of stuff. It ended up costing £66. I was happily surprised. I was also a bit culture shocked, as none of the brands I'm used to seeing were there. I miss Tide, and Hunts and Downy, and… well, you get the picture. The good news though is that British labelling laws are quite draconian so I now have a ton of new things I can safely eat :D Hmmmm, sausage.

Quote from Katy: See? us brits are useful when we're being neurotic.

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