All moved in and making friends

The last weekend of January saw me and Ben making the now familiar drive back over to Leicester to collect the final (really!) 2 car loads of my stuff. At this point I was forced to conclude that I have a lot of stuff - not such a revelation to Rhian and Ben who have been telling me this for ages. Anyway the point is that I am now fully moved out of Leicester and into Llanfairpwllgwyngyll!

While in Leicester I took the opportunity to go into work and remind Gordon of my existence and also to attend afternoon coffee and see my friends! Being in the house all day in Wales working on my thesis has not helped in my quest to make new friends. I have joined the gym and tried smiling at people in the hope it might spark conversation but I think people just think I'm a bit odd. The old ladies in aqua class seem to be warming to me though so I may have a new knitting circle soon! Apologies to people in Leicester for probably talking them to death that day - it was so nice to see you all!

I may have turned a social corner this week. On Monday night ChemSoc (yes Ben is masquerading as a chemist these days) held a cocktail party and Ben took me along to meet his friends. I came back from the loo at one point to hear people saying to him "so she is real" - well it has been over a month since I arrived! They turned out to be a lovely bunch and very friendly and welcoming, telling me I should come join them for lunch and spend time with them when Ben's away at conferences. Perhaps settling here for a few years won't be so bad.