Walk to Talk

In order to be able to set up our phone, we had to do a bit of walking today. When I looked at the map I told myself, "If you want to talk, then you've got to walk". Once we started walking, though, it really wasn't that far. We probably walked between a mile and a half and two miles today, and I feel like I could do it again. I guess all that running over the past few months is paying off, right Jon?

We slept in this morning until almost noon. That sounds late, but not really when you consider that by the time we both showered and got to bed it was about 4 am. After we got up we did a little research on local electronics stores, looking for any place that might have the power cord we needed for our phone router. We marked our destination on the map and headed out.

We stopped for breakfast at a little place down the street. The ham and eggs were great, and the coffee was good. The sausage, however, was a little weird. It wasn't as spicy as the sausage we are used to eating for breakfast, and the texture was, um, well, odd. I asked Michael to describe and he said it was like vomit. I don't know that it was that bad, but think of the consistency of canned cat or dog food and you might have an idea. Not that I've ever tasted those things but it's more the idea of what you think the texture might be.

After breakfast we wandered up Earl's Court Road and then along Cromwell Road looking for the electronics store that we had Googled before we left our flat. Once we arrived at what we believed to be the correct intersection we walked up and down the street looking for the electronics store. On about our third trip along the same street we noticed a tiny little electronics store. It wasn't the one we were looking for, and we didn't think they would have what we needed, but since we weren't having any luck finding anything else, we decided to try. It was so small that only about three people could stand inside the store, so I waited outside while Michael went in to look around. I happened to glance through the window and see him take out his wallet. My heart surged. I thought, "Did he find it? Are we going to have a phone today?" Sure enough, the clerk in the store helped him find exactly what we needed. He also told us that we had found the store we were looking for - they changed the name 5 years ago. I think Google is falling down on the job a bit there.

We came back to the flat and set up our phone (which is charging as I type) and our wireless router. We're both happy about that because two people with laptops and only one ethernet cable...not a good thing. So, Michael's hanging out on the couch, which is good for me since I have more room at this tiny little table now.

There's a Greek restaurant around the corner that I think we're going to try for dinner. Our plan for tonight is to try to get to bed at a reasonable time. We need to get on a better schedule so that Michael isn't exhausted when he goes to work on Monday morning. Tomorrow we're just going to hang out around here, maybe do a little computer research on realtors and available apartments. We both really like this area and it would be nice to be able to stay around here.

All of that walking made me hungry and there's an apple in the fridge calling my name. We'll be able to talk as soon as the phone is charged up. I don't know how long that will take, but if anyone tries to call before it's ready just leave a message. We can get still get our voicemail on the computer.

Talk at you later!