Rough day...

Holly and I had a rough day yesterday...such a roller coaster of a day that I think we were almost as exhausted at the end of it as when we first arrived...

We wandered Slough, getting things accomplished all morning and afternoon, waiting for a call from the agent, to come at 2, telling us when we could move in to our flat. The call came, but it was not the one we were waiting for... Apparently the landlord had been using more than one agent and has decided to let the flat out to someone through another agent, no matter what our agent said. So at 2:30 the day before we thought we were getting a home, we stood on the side of the street ready to cry or throw up and not knowing what to do.

BUT we didn't cry. We made a plan to walk into another agency, one that had shown us the very first place on the day we arrived. Daniel was there, and right away took us to 3 places. One was a very cute, older flat. Had all the furniture we would need, and was in a quiet area, not far from the town centre. The other 2 were maisonettes (townhouses), both newly renovated, 2 floors so a little more room, and even little backyard gardens. The one problem is that they were pretty far out of town, and the very sketchy part of the area was between these houses and the town centre, meaning we would have to walk through it all the time. SO, knowing we needed to make a decision right away, we quickly went over the pros and cons, and made the decision for the first flat. Thank GOD for Daniel.

Holly started school today, so since I don't start til Monday, I'm going to pick up our contracts. The flat will be cleaned today. And we (fingers crossed) will be able to move in tomorrow. WE NEED A HOME! Holly and I have had not a single disagreement or even angry moment. But we are in a small hotel room. And it gets smaller every day. And more expensive. So we are eager for a place of our own. And separate bedrooms...

Wish us luck!! We need it!

On a funny note. Something we're noticing is that they LOVE corn here. It's on and in everything, which is ok by us. But in the mall they have something that's just a little too weird. A corn kiosk where you can buy a little cup of corn with different spices on it! We haven't gotten up the nerves to try it yet, but we will!