I woke up and learned how to use the washing machine, located under the counter in the kitchen. Pretty straight-forward. However, I went back to bed for a little, and finally got up later and actually became productive. I did laundry and some other domestic chores, enjoyed a bowl of my favorite cereal here, "Musely," and caught up on journaling and organization.
Health Psychology promises to be interesting. It's a smaller class, and more discussion, which is excellent. We have a paper due at the end of February, and a research proposal at the end of the semester, but no exam, which is phenomenal.
At dinner, I discovered that if I don't get a pop, I can get another piece of food instead, which was a grand discovery considering that everyone's hungry here all the time. It's too expensive to buy food anywhere, so we've basically been gorging at the meals we do get. I decided that I wanted to go to the large Tesco, a local supermarket, in Twickenham, so Kaitlin agreed to go with me.
It basically felt like forever walking there, but we got a nice tour of Twickenham, the rugby stadium, and some traffic circles, or roundabouts, as they're called here. We finally made it, and I believe it was well worth the walk. The store was huge, like a Super Walmart, and had basically everything you could possibly want, from groceries to clothes to school supplies to entertainment. Kaitlin & I had a good time walking around just looking, as well as picking up some necessities. The only problem occurred at checkout, because all of the English debit and credit cards have a chip in them, so the readers at the stations don't like our cards. I ended up having to suck it up and pay in cash, but I didn't spend too much, so it really wasn't an issue - more of an annoyance.
The walk back seemed even shorter, and when I got back, I google-mapped how far we walked. 6 miles round trip! Crazy. It's amazing how fast I've gotten used to the walking. Makes me wish that walking at home was easier. Here, it's a way of life, and a valid means of transportation. At home, it's basically for leisure or exercise, and it shouldn't be that way.
It was generally a nice day to relax and catch up on all the craziness. I'm planning on doing London tomorrow by myself, so we'll see how that plans out. All in all though, another great day in England.
And so ends Day 10.
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