We got some games at a charity shop last weekend, and we've already had a go at playing them, and Chad even got so frustrated that he cheated whilst playing Master Mind. It's like playing w/ my brother all over again! We also got scattegories, and catch phrase, all three were only £3.50 all together. Plus we had gotten monopoly from a garage sale a while back!

You all right? (That's British for "how are you?") It sounds really funny because it makes you think that you look like you're sick or something! Anyway, life is going great. We moved in with a couple in North London that are letting us stay there for free!!! That is not something I expected in London. Accomodation is very hard to find, and hence is very expensive. It is a big victorian house and the couple is in their late sixties, but it will feel somewhat like home in no time I'm sure. Classes are going well, though I am nervous about the exams at the end of the term. Three hour comprehensive exams that the entirety of the course is marked on. We are regular attendees of a Baptists church in the City and the youth group there. There are only about five of us, but we are all grad students so that's nice. The weather in London finally went bad. It has been raining now for the past three days, and I don't think it is going to stop anytime soon. I did bring clothes for it, but I really miss the sun.

Chad

Things are going well here, my preliminary classes have finished and my courses start today. Sherilyn has been working as a switch board operator for a law firm in The City. She works from 2-7 and makes enough money to cover our rent, so that is nice. We are moving to live with an elderly couple a fair ways out of town, but it is free to live there, so that is nice. it is only until may when we will most likely move back to the place we are living. We have bought a car, its a SEAT, (pronounced see-ought). It was fairly cheap and in good shape, so it will get us from a to b. We have to purchase a tube pass to live out of town because it costs too much to park in the city. Sherilyn and I should be able to travel home together every night which will be nice. I hope things are going well there. We haven't yet joined the choir here, and probably won't since we will have to travel to church now. The song books here have no music, and we don't know the songs at all! The books that do have music have no words, so that doesn't help very much. Let us know how things are there.

Chad

 Chad is going to the London School of Economics.  He is taking his MSc  in Philosophy of Social Sciences.  He chose LSE b/c it is the top economics school in the world.  Right now we are living in downtown London.  We have moved already to a larger flat...a 1 bedroom w/ a lounge.  Not quite huge, but bigger than the one we were in at first.  We even have our own bathroom!  We got this place through a guy Chad knew from school.  But we have to be out by mid October, so after I get a job we'll find out how much we can afford and have a better idea of where to look.

Well, we made it! After an 8 1/2 hour flight and a 2 hour cab ride, we are in London, England. Our place is small, only has one bed, and we're sharing the bathroom, but thankfully we only have it for 2 nights,then we have a 2 bedroom flat. No problems through immigration, Chad got his student visa,and I got a work permit with no hassles! Just wanted to let you know we are ok, and we've gotten through 2 English meals and enjoyed them quite a lot! We'll let you know when something exciting is happening!