New Home

Okay, still no sign of an actual lease, but correspondence with the landlords is good enough for me. I can actually stop worrying about that now. Phew. Do you know that a landlord is not legally required to supply a hard copy of a lease for 2 weeks after the lease begins? Well, now you do.

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some sad news from home today.

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weekend included going to the doctors with David to make sure a mole on the back of his eye was harmless. It is. But good thing I was there because they dilated his pupils so much he couldn't see properly for about 3 hours.

Being scared twice by birds. The first time I was making the bed when I saw a flash of vibrant green in the window. Looking outside, I saw about 15 bright green parakeets outside the window. They flew away before I could get a photo. I'd heard of these rogue parakeets before - apparantly a couple escaped from homes and now there is a colony (flock?)
The second time we were eating donuts on Brighton Pier and a huge seagull took a piece right out of David's hand. A second seagull swooped down while he was distracted by the first and took the rest of the donut from his hand. I so wish I had a picture of that. From my vantage point, it was David's face with a WTF expression and a large white wing-span just behind him. I laughed for ages.

Watching the Great River race and wondering why British people don't clap and cheer.
Watching a motorbike stunt exhibition and also wondering why British people don't clap or cheer. The man on the bike was driving over another person and still people just observed with no emotion.

Visiting the spot where David proposed to me. Don't know when we'll be back there so it was kind of bittersweet. Also dreadfully hot and uncomfortable. Why is it hot now?

Eating too much bad food. And a lot of cheese.