London life

On Monday I was planning on cleaning up the flat and preparing it for when I come back to work in July. Which I started doing, until an email popped up in my inbox telling me that someone I was hoping to meet was unexpectedly in town. So I decided to meet him at 3 and go straight from work to the airport...rather a lot of rushing around ensued but I think I left everything in order...

The meeting was very useful in getting a better idea about the project I am hoping to join so I was really pleased that worked out. Feeling pretty positive, I hopped on to the train and then the plane back to London, and didn't even feel too put out by the small wait in the airport without the comfort of a business lounge ;-)

Arrived in London safely and had an early night, after which Matthew arrived back from his week in DC rather early, tired yet annoyingly not too jetlagged.

Tuesday I spent the best part of the day writing my CV, which I hadn't updated since I started work (bad idea). I will be needing this for my next project, so no, nothing dramatic!
Wednesday I enjoyed a nice trip to Tesco's (anyone who has had to put up with Dutch supermarkets will understand just how exciting this is) and yesterday I finally made it to Homebase. In between I have just been cleaning the flat and doing domestic things-who wants to be a housewife?! I need a cleaner. I also went along to the Heslington Group meeting in the evening to hear Dominic Grieve MP speak, which was nice as I hadn't made one in ages...and the Marquis is just a 4-min walk from home.
Today I finally put up a couple of pictures (now this may seem like an easy task, but the walls are so solid that all the nails from the picture hooks have bent so I had to fish out the trusty Black&Decker and drill it; hence the need to go to Homebase for plugs and screws). I would have put up more but got a little bit frustrated trying to screw in a phillips screw with an ordinary, a-little-too-large screwdriver...
I also had a couple of estate agents round to value the flat this afternoon, just to get an idea. Let's just say the champagne is in the fridge and we are now off to crack it open...