i just sent in the deposit for a short-term sublet in london that runs from 3 december – 20 january.

so i’m going to london next.

more specifically, i’m going to live in the borough of tower hamlets, right off brick lane, which used to be a jewish neighborhood, then a bangladeshi neighborhood, and is now a bangladeshi neighborhood with an increasing number of hipsters mixed in.

the sublet is a pretty good deal, but since it’s for 7 weeks, and most of the payment is due up front, it’s a larger chunk of money than i was initially expecting to part with right now. i am consoling myself by remembering that i am going to have to live Somewhere for that time period, and i don’t really want another live-in job right now, so better to have it paid for up front and just have to worry about finding peanut butter. i considered a couple ideas other than london, and a couple sublets that were a bit cheaper and/or shorter, but in the end i decided that hanging out in london for a while is my first choice for the next month or so, and this location sounds like fun, so here goes.

i will be looking for at least a part-time job, to get that peanut butter (and some of my new neighborhoods famous curries), and i hope to spend a large chunk of the rest of my time exploring london and catching up on some writing.

luckily for me, christmas is a great time to be looking for short-term work, so hopefully i’ll be able to do something fun.

now the only question is how well the remaining savings will stretch to cover the roadtrip and the journey southward.

we set off monday at noon, so it’s not long until the answers are revealed.

i am excited, and a little bit scared.

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