day 1

somehow in the midst of preparing to move, i forgot that babies get jetlag. paige slept really well on the airplane, but would not fall asleep last night. she stayed up until nearly 3. i really hope our neighbors don't hate us.
as for today, my first day in london made me a little nervous jeff went to school and i've been puttering around trying to figure out exactly what's going on. after cleaning up a little, we walked around until we found the tesco (a grocery store). it was a harder trip than i thought it would be. i couldn't find the rice or salt until i asked someone, and i had to come home and look up what the differences were in laundry detergert. i'm still kind of confused. there are biological and non-biological detergents. biological detergent apparently has enzymes in it to help break down stains and odors. in addition, there are regular and colour detergents(is regular only for whites?). oh yeah, and there's hand-wash detergent. i'm not sure if they mix and match. i didn't see any biological colour detergent, or biological handwash but the pictures on the back all had coloured clothes. all four kinds come in powder, liquid, caplets, and gel packs. i'm pretty sure i stood there for at least a half hour before i grabbed the one that said it was half price today.
anyway, as i was checking out, the cashier put all my groceries into three little bags, then looked at me and asked if i was sure i could carry all of this. i live a block away from the store. i thought about grocery shopping in utah or maryland and walked out of the store laughing.
one thing i couldn't find at the store was a plunger. i just looked up where i could find one, and it turns out, you can only really get a plunger from a plumbing or hardware store. plungers are pretty rare here. why, you ask? (at least i did) don't people poop here? more research revealed that, in fact, british pipes are bigger, so clogs are less common. i'm still suspicious.
this post is getting really long.
we still need to drop by the furniture store to see about a crib, figure out where the trash (sorry, rubbish) goes, and how to work the doorbell, but the baby's napping and i need some food. *sigh*