Mission success... and maybe a failure

Yesterday was pretty miserable weather-wise, but successful monitor-wise. It poured down pretty much all day - and all the time I was walking around downtown looking at different LCD monitors. I wanted to go for a 19" Sony - but fortunately they were out of stock (and I say fortunately as I'm sure it was more expensive than I really could afford), so in the end we went for a 17" Samsung with and in-built TV tuner. As I don't have a computer yet I can't tell you how good it really is, but it looked pretty sweet at the shop (which was - incidentally - Future Shop although I only read Gareth's suggestion today).

I went for lunch with Dragon and his gaming friends to a superb Thai restaurant - I have to say that if all restaurants are of this quality around here I'll double my weight in six months. On my list of restaurants to try is definetly a Mongolian BBQ restaurant next to this net cafe that seems to be very popular - last night when it was pouring down there was a queue to get there that extended outside in the rain... so it's got to be good. They also prepare the food on display which is always nice - they have this round flat wok kind of thing on the front, around one meter in diameter, where they cook the food. And while talking about restaurants - there is a huge amount of Japanise restaurants here, pretty much every block has one or more. Food is cheap and good - around $10 CDN gets you a really nice meal... I'm sure we won't die of hunger here.

But amidst all these wonderful things, I feel anxious and a bit lonely. I hope yesterday doesn't prove to be a typical day (but I fear it will): alone home, waiting for the husband to come home. And that's it!?! I refuse to let my life become that. So next week I'll find a yoga studio and start yoga again, and maybe Tai Chi, to try to break the spell. There are familiar things here that give me comfort - TV shows that we used to watch, but also familiar brands of food and other items, which was a nice surprise (when I first moved to England everything was new and I kind of expected the same this time - but it's been a lot better). It may sound strange to find comfort in brands, but at this point anything familiar is gratefully accepted.