Back from London after a whirlwind tour of the north western suburbs... Looked at approx 13 different places, from about 600 to 700 pounds per month. Man, it is so expensive there, and the apartments are generally pretty crap. However, we found one really good one in Neasden, which was also the cheapest one we looked at. We are really interested in it, but it almost seems too good to be true... We have told the guy we want the place and he said he's stop advertising it and let us have it, but he wants two weeks rent deposit this week. The thing is the contract has has not been written yet and nothing is signed and I don't feel we should hand over any money before we have signed a contract... I'm a bit afraid we're getting scammed and that he will just run off with our money if we give it to him. We don't know anything about him except his name although he seems like a nice guy... Hmmm, tricky situation. Anyway the place will not be ready until the end of the month / beginning of next month, which is perfect for us. So I just hope that everything will sort itself out. I really hope it's not a scam, cause we really, really want the place. Its location is perfect, and the size of the apartment is good for us... Keep your fingers crossed for us....
We're leaving Liverpool again tonight to fly back to Norway for Christmas tomorrow. Can't wait to get home again. Amit is celebrating his 9th birthday on Friday afternoon, so I'm looking forward to attending his birthday party. They're usually pretty crazy, and he's invited his whole class this year! Should be fun.
Going to work as a carer a couple of days while I'm home, for the little girl I used to work for before. Looking forward to seeing her again, she's so sweet!
Poor Craig only slept around 2 hours last night as he had to stay up and prepare his lecture and also mark all the essays for his students. Poor guy, I felt so bad when he got up and I just laid there sleeping... He's finished his lecture now, so I hope he comes home soon. I'm going to force him back to bed cause he really needs his sleep to be able to handle the overnight bus trip back to London again... Man, I really hate those overnight trips. When we went to London on Saturday night I had this guy behind me who kept talking so loudly that he kept everyone around him awake. We had all been sleeping before he got on the bus, but I didn't sleep at all after he got on. What a fuckhead. He also made me put my seat in an upright position because his girlfriend (who sat directly behind me) thought it was too cramped. And putting the seat up of course made it even harder to sleep. When they finally dozed off I put my seat back down, and they woke up soon after and started making comments about me. Man, I really wanted to tell him to shut his stupid mouth and tell him just how insensitive he was behaving towards the other passengers (some of them hushed him a couple of times, but he still kept talking), but I didn't. Regret that now.