January Round Up

Making: my bullet journal set up for February

Cooking: a chicken pasta bake

Drinking: a cup of English Breakfast tea

Reading: Brandon Sanderson's 'Starsight' 

Wanting: the cadbury creme egg we bought yesterday

Looking: at the beach painting in our lounge

Playing: Candy Crush >.>

Deciding: where to travel to next!

Wishing: that karma would come to the right people

Enjoying: company

Waiting: for Cameron and Sarah to come back from the gym so we can eat dinner

Liking: walking the streets of this city

Wondering: when we will receive our boxes of things

Loving: that I'm going to Disneyland next month

Pondering: what else we need from Ikea

Considering: having a cherry liquer chocolate

Buying: puzzles!

Watching: Youtubers - Drawing Wiff Waffles, Cheyenne Barton, Minnie Small, Lydia Millen-Gordon, Amanda Rach Lee, Zoe Sugg, Niomi Smart, Chloe Rose Art, 

Hoping: I find a job soon

Marvelling: that we booked a trip to Iceland after talking and researching it for only 24 hours

Cringing: at having to make a phone call

Needing: more fruit

Questioning: what sort of work I actually want to do here

Smelling: the Partylite candle I have beside my bed, Ambience

Wearing: Bonds trakkies and bed socks

Following: possibly too many Instagram accounts

Noticing: that my elephant mug was designed for right-handers

Knowing: that I need to give myself things to do each day

Thinking: about what to do with my day tomorrow

Admiring: the lives of Youtubers, even though I know it's likely not what it looks like

Sorting: nothing. I've done enough sorting recently in packing up our house.

Getting: frustrated with my lack of motivation when I'm home alone

Bookmarking: non-alcoholic pomegranate mojitos and raspberry shrubs

Coveting: a Fjallraven Kanken backpack

Disliking: that my elephant mug was designed for right-handers

Opening: a packet of pasta for the pasta bake

Giggling: at Barbara's emails about Bard

Feeling: sleepy and a little bit lonely

Snacking: a piece of raw fusilli (pasta)

Helping: eat the contents of our fridge

Hearing: the pot of pasta bubbling and the exhaust fan

One Week In (okay it's nearly two now)

After a week in Glasgow, I know a few more things. The cold isn’t as bad as I expected but boots and puffy jackets are life. From pull ons, to zip ups, to lace combats and Uggs, wellies through to ankle boots. Hooded and duck down, quilted to fluffy-collared, we've seen them all and I am jumping on the bandwagon. 

There are so many supermarkets and shops – none specialise in anything but generalise in everything. There's Lidls, Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose, Sainsbury, Marks & Spencer, Costco, Iceland, Aldi and I'm sure I've forgotten more.

I can't find a Jatz equivalent o.O I managed to find a Sao equivalent but dry biscuits don't seem to be as much of a thing over here. Or maybe it's the supermarkets we're going to?

It's so cool seeing all these places and shops and brands that I've been exposed to through all the Youtubers and Instagrammers I follow, and now seeing them for myself.....it's this strange sort of familiarity.

Radiators are in every room of the house - this is something I didn't really get until living here. They're linked to the boiler which can be set on a timer and ours operate from 5-8am and 4-10pm every weekday. The times can be changed but they're what suits our lifestyle the most right now. We also have a gas flame heater in the lounge that can be turned on any time - perfect for me at home while I'm looking for work becaue it means I don't freeze waiting for radiators to come on, or have to bother with changing the timers. There is one radiator that is always on no matter what - for us it's the one by the front door. I'm not sure if that's a standard but there you go.

I love the magpies over here! They look and sound a little different to our Aussie ones but they're beautiful to watch, especially with the blue on their feathers.

Amazon Prime is a way of life. Everything can be bought there and it makes finding/researching items hella easy. Like finding puzzles...

 It also means we don't need to guess at where we might find certain things and waste time going in and out of shops. Which is sad since I don't usually like to internet shop *that* much but we have such a limited time here, I'd rather not waste my time ducking in and out of places in a potentially fruitless hunt.

Glasgone

We've made it to Glasgow!

Here are some thoughts so far:

The sun is worshipped. Apparently Australians tend to metabolise Vitamin D at a pretty high rate so it's easy to get deficient over here. So we just bought 400 Vitamin D tablets...

We were graced with a glorious sunset before grocery shopping the first night. This is a bit rare since in the 2 1/2 months Sarah and Daniel have been here, the sky hasn't performed this nicely.

I only have two thoughts because I need more sleep. Actually, the jetlag hasn't been horrible. I did wake up at half four yesterday and 6 today, but we've been holding out til 9:30-10pm in the evening, so really that's better than we expected!