Guys, thanks so much for the well wishes. Does this ol heart good. *hehe*

Anyways, things are starting to run a bit smoother. Tonight is the Memorial which I am REALLY looking forward to as our landlady will be joining us and I hope to eventually start a study with her. We'll see! Also have a great 4 day weekend to look forward to starting tomorrow. I went ahead and bought tickets to see STOMP! here in London for me and Ronny on Saturday. We have been dying to see it for the longest while in NY but we figured it has to be the same show here. Looking forward to that. Mostly will just rest, shop for work clothes and of course field service.

Well you guys have a great weekend and Memorial and know that I think about you all often and love you. Ta for now!

Unbelievably tomorrow is our 6 month anniversary! I know....the time has flown! I think Ronny is taking me somewhere as a surprise. Will let you guys know where soon. Sorry for the delay in sending pics but we havent done much touring, we dont have the time but next weekend for Easter break we will and Ill post some when I can. Thanks for the comments. Its so encouraging. Miss you all SO much and love you!

Well, here I am again. I will try to keep up with this more. I know I have a tendency of popping in and out but I really do want to try and keep up as people have been expressing their concerns about my hiatus.
Things here are progressively getting better. We are still as poor as church mice but getting more and more used to London life. I have never really learned how to budget or handle my income but man am I learning now! I was SO proud of myself the other day when I went grocery shopping with £20 pounds to spend and with the occasional use of a calculator spent £20.06 and had plenty of food for the week!!! So I am quite proud of that. Being that I get paid more than Ronny at the moment I am handling all most of the money and am getting our rent and bills paid. I have never had to do that before! But I think Im doing good. Sink or swim. That is my new motto. I think even though I am doing a doggy paddle, Im swimming. Everyone here tells me how they cant believe all I have gotten done since we have been here. That makes me feel good.
Besides that, not a whole lot is new. Our new cong is lovely. This weekend we went for a 3 mile hike in our local area. It was beautiful!!! Had such a nice time. There were about 25-30 people there from various congregations so it was nice to meet some new brothers and sisters. This weekend we are meeting up with a friend in a nearby cong to go to a movie which should be fun. Can you believe this Saturday is Ronny and my 6 month wedding anniversary!!! It has flown!
Oh yes, one more thing! I have decided to continue my dream of becoming a massage therapist. I have found a school near where I live in Middlesex and I could get my diploma and start working after 3 months! So I just need to save up the money first but Im definitely going to do it. Need to run but will post again soon. Love you guys!

Hello everyone, I know it has been a ridiculously long time since I last posted….so sorry for that. Time is flying and the drama has once again hit the fan. Something totally unexpected has happened. In my first month of living in London, I have become a victim of crime! Unfortunately, it is still being sorted through by the police but what happened was someone got a hold of my debit, credit card and PIN number from my post and used them. About £1000 pounds. It has been such a mess! I found out today that they might not refund me my credit card. This happened about a month ago and Im still going through the whole thing. We still don’t know who did it but we are moving out of our flatshare within the month and hopefully moving into a sisters house temporarily while we save up to get into our own flat. That is another bit of a drama, Ronny has been struggling a bit to find work. He is working right now doing telephone interviewing in Swedish and Danish but he is primarily looking for electrical work. My job is so-so. I am already ready to look for something else. My manager has just let (she was NOT the nicest of people) and we just got a new manager in who is going to be easy to work with. I have been feeling an enormous amount of stress at work and feel it physically. A few weeks ago someone broke into the restaurant downstairs from our flat. Needless to say I was a mess and stayed awake from 3am-8am feeling sick and just watching the police outside our window. I didn’t go to work that day and my manager was not understanding.
I could go on and on about how hard it has been but I do want all of you to know that I am dealing. I feel so much stronger. It has been far harder than I imagined. I have been really lonely at times. Many times wishing I could go back home. Havent made too many friends yet as our congregation was mainly older people but we recently switched to another one and absolutely love it so I am hoping to make more friends soon. I am sure things will get better with time. Its just an adjustment. I really do miss you all. Sorry for not keeping up to date with this but I am sending my love out to all of you and hope you and your family are well. Much Love!

*Next time, I am sure I will have better things to tell about. =)