Another brief update

Well, I finally have a moment where I am forced to sit still - on the train to London. I almost wimped out and stayed home for the weekend, feeling too stressed and frazzled earlier this week. But nah, I couldn't miss out on spending tonight in London, with the promise of good music and good friends, some of which I still have yet to catch up with since arriving here. Last night, however, I finally had a chance to explore and appreciate this city which I chose to live in. I walked to the train station/center of town, a 20-25 minute walk. Easy enough. Found a delightfully huge shopping center with my main, important UK eateries, namely Yo Sushi and Wagamama. Oh, and a Krispy Kreme. Any store I could possibly need is there, lovely. In the main street/outdoor shopping area there was a little pseudo German Christmas market set up. Cute! Of course I'm certainly intending to go to the real thing in Berlin, too. I stopped off on the way back at the loal ctity division of Sainsbury's supermarket, and the kid at the counter asks " Are you from America?"
"Yup! Just moved to town!"
"Your accent is brilliant! Why here?..."
"Well I think everybody here's accent is brilliant! I got a job nearby, my Husband lives in London..."
" But things are so much better in The States, aren't they? Why would you want to come here?"

Ha, further proving that the grass only seems greener on the other side of the pond... For me, the pros here are definitely still outweighing the cons!