- Bank accounts took 1 month and 4 days to be fully functional. The bank told us we would have the cards within 10 days of January 5.
- Our movers will not arrive with our Chicago belongings until the end of March. Originally, they told us it would take 8-10 weeks from Dec. 26.
- Our internet will not be set up until February 17. We were told it would be set up today, February 9.
- Ross can't get a phone + contract until 3 months from February 7 {he may be getting one through work}. We were told this would be the case as we don't have UK credit and need to build it up with direct debits in the next 3 months. However, there have been a few phone companies who have led us to believe that we could bypass this "probationary" period. Turns out, like most people here, they were wrong.
What I've learned is that Ross and I can be anywhere in the world and have fun together because we both just enjoy exploring with one another. However, we have this constant gray cloud following our every step of this move, and we cannot seem to get our lives together here. So while our weekends are a nice break from the real world, these issues above and probably a few others I forgot make the weeks rough. And I just keep thinking, should we just go home? Why are we here if it's this difficult?
Truthfully, I'm left feeling like a huge, deflated balloon with a funny accent who everyone stares at {because they can't figure out what an abnormally giant-Asian-but-white-looking-Chicago-accented-clueless-girl is doing in London}.