It is getting so hard to update this thing!

Our wifi is still not working, so I share this computer with all of my flatmates (plus Jon). Usually my best chance for online time is in the morning before seven, but it's hard to form coherent sentences before sunrise.

I'm getting kind of bored. I hate watching TV, even with the dancing Marias. After a full day of work, you really don't want to walk around and explore, and really, our kitchen can only hold so many groceries. I didn't bring any books because I was too cheap to buy them before I left. I JUST WANT INTERNET TIME.

My coworkers took me out to lunch yesterday. It was so nice! I ordered seafood pasta and apple cake with custard and ice cream for dessert. They're all so laidback, which is a great environment for me. AND - the most exciting news: I get to go to London fashion week next week!!!! My boss is going to be in Vegas, so she gave me her entrance pass. So what if my job is going around to various companies collecting business cards? This will be so exciting.

Some of you have been asking about my homesickness level. It has subdued so much from the first night that I can't even compare. However, it will hit me at random points in the day. When I feel myself getting sad, I'm usually tired, so I'll just lay down for a nap, which is what I did today. For some reason when I woke up this morning, I missed Fr. Sheahan so much. I must have dreamed about him.

I made oatmeal today! I could only find old-fashioned Scottish oats and the brown sugar smelled kind of weird, but it was pretty good. Not quite as good as my oatmeal at home but definitely passable. I've also found cereal that I'm obsessed with. It's fruit-filled shredded wheat, and I love the apricot and cranberry varieties. My flatmates think I'm kind of weird because I will eat cereal for breakfast and dinner, and the only reason I don't eat it for lunch is because I'm at the office (I bring a PB&J sandwich). I just love cereal and it's so easy and cheap and healthy. I've had almost insufferable chocolate cravings, too, so I sucked it up and bought a caramel-filled chocolate bar today. Mmmm.

Okay, enough food talk. Can you tell I'm hungry?

Tomorrow after work I'm going on a literary walk. I guess we're going to walk by houses of famous British authors and poets. I actually had to sign up to do this. I wonder what I was thinking.

I almost started writing about how Katie and I did our laundry today but then realized that I was just stretching for more to talk about. There was no story there, so I'll spare you.

Thank you so much for all of your e-mails and messages! They keep me going and I love hearing from all of you. If you want to send me mail (and I would love it but please don't feel obligated!!), my address is: 6 Knaresborough Place, Flat 3, London SW5 0TG.

Have a great day!