I'm going through my first bought of homesickness. I'm missing turkey bacon. Bad. The delicious smokey taste, the way it changes my sandwich from regular to spectacular. The way it's always just right there in the freezer at home, the way it compliments my pancakes. *sigh* As you might have guessed, I have yet to find turkey bacon here. Apparently there is a large supermarket on Portobello Road that might have it. And let me tell you, they better have it! It's such an essential part of life for anyone who doesn't eat pork! Or at least it should be. How am I expected to live the next two years without so much as a crumb of turkey bacon??? Not possible. I will find it. And all the other bacon here are fresh, thick slices which only makes me want to try the turkey bacon even more. Mark my words, I WILL find it.
Moving on, I made myself a tasty coconut curry beef stir fry for dinner tonight. I'm still having trouble cooking for one so I ate way too much and I still have some left over, but it was delicious! Spicy and flavourful, just like food should be. I also found some good water yesterday, total fluke. I've been trying different brands of water ever since I got here to try and find one that tastes like Dasani or Aquafina. So far they've been alright, but they all had a sort of 'taste'. But yesterday I stopped in the little convenience store at the tube station on the way home and picked up a couple bottles of Volvic Mineral Water to try. Success!! It's delicious and taste-free just the way I like it! I've already drank 1 litre and I have another 2.5 litres in my room. Mmm mmm, good!
I think jet lag is just hitting me now. I had a registration appointment at a recruitment agency this morning at 10 am. I agreed to that time thinking I'd be fine. I went to bed around 12:30 and woke up at 7:45 to get ready to leave the house by 9. I could barely get out of bed. I managed to shower and get ready but I was still super tired. The registration went fine, but not as good as yesterday when I registered at another agency. I only scored 70% on my MS Word test today while yesterday I scored 90. My typing was about the same 66wpm (damn right! That shiz is going on the CV baby!). But my excel test score was much lower as well. Then the recruitment consultant made me wait for about 20 minutes while she finished up with another person and I kept dozing off. After I left, the last thing I remember is getting off the tube and being hungry. I'm pretty sure I came home and made a cheese and pickle sandwich but I'm not sure, all I remember is being unbelievably exhausted. I must have passed out cause I woke up 3hrs later in my bed. Crazy, no? I don't know what kind of weird jet lag delay that was but I did not like it! I'm still pretty tired and out of it but I'm not as bad as before.
I hope this is the worst of the jet lag cause I start a temp job on Tuesday. I'm going to be covering receptionist for a company in Hammersmith next week. Terrible pay but at least it's UK work experience and it's £ in my pocket so I can stop using my saved money for a little while. And if I can do a few temp positions for the rest of the month while looking for a good permanent position, I'll be less stressed. I hope it goes well, even if it doesn't, it's just a week, right? Better than nothing? Right? RIGHT??!!!
Right.
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