Tim and I have been busy getting through season 6 of Law and Order SVU and a friend introduced us to True Blood with her three seasons on DVD. I must say it has a lot of common factors with Twilight, but apparently it was written first. I will say that through better actors and script the story is told much better with less teen angst. I've seen that that's a controversial statement to make though, as True Blood fans don't like being compared to Twilight. It also reminds me of X-Men. In True Blood vampires have come out of hiding and want to be treated as regular citizens now that they can survive on fake blood even though some vampires are obviously still malicious and sadistic. It certainly makes for an interesting story.
I'm very excited that my SJA application has finally gone through successfully, and I should be able to get my ID card this week! (Thanks again for your help, Bob!) That means I can go back out on duty and get experience to build up my skills and confidence again. Skill fade is depressingly real. I plan on doing my old regular duty first: the Bop. It's the party every Friday on Roehampton campus. A friend said Tim and I can crash at her place after 'cause getting back across London at 3 am would probably take 3 hours by night buses alone. Another good thing about getting my ID card is that I can now take more advanced training courses. I'm trying to get onto an AED course the weekend of Feb 4th. My AED qualification is long expired from Six Flags.
Tim got his ID card too and he's already on a new course this weekend. It's an upskills course that everyone will have to take this year if they want to continue with SJA. They're always changing the first aid regulations, and they want to make sure everyone is aware so they don't make a mistake on duty. I'll need to do it too when they put a course up for my level.
We started ordering milk from our local milkman. It's pretty cool. It comes in the glass bottles and everything! Then you put the bottle out the night before a delivery day and it's recycled! I don't know why it's so exciting, but it just seems fun to do something so traditionally British. I know they did it in the US too, but I don't think they do anymore. Anyway, it works out a little cheaper per pint than store-bought milk.
I babysat the little boys last night and brought them chocolate to melt along with fruit to dip. I was worried at first 'cause they've both said they don't like bananas, but they liked everything with chocolate! Jack even managed to get it in his hair at the very top of his head. I have never seen a kid do that before. It seemed like quite a feat. I brought over Muppet Treasure Island and it was a hit. Poor kids hadn't ever seen the muppets before. They only recognized Gonzo because he sings with the chickens in Muppet Bohemian Rhapsody that I showed them on youtube.
It's been crazy cold here. It's right at freezing when I go to work in the mornings. And that's terrible when you're cycling downhill with that wind on your face. It only rises to about 34-36 by the time I have to walk the boys to school. Of course it's 10 times worse when it's raining (about 50% of the mornings). I come home after and change right back into my sweatpants so my jeans can dry on the radiator. It's a pain.
We're having friends come over tonight for food and a movie. It's our attempt at keeping in contact with uni friends. It's always cheap and cheerful. Of course Yasmin loves them too 'cause odds are she'll get someone who wants to pet her all night.
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