Hotel life - Week 2

It's hard to believe we've been here for 2 weeks, but aside from the fact that we have to eat takeout for at least 1-2 meals a day, it almost feels like we're just living in a 1-bedroom apartment at the moment. It actually hasn't been too bad. We thought it would really start to feel cramped when we brought the cats, not so much because they need space, but their stuff does: litter box, litter supply, food, and the large crates we have to use for transport that are actually meant for small dogs but are required by the UK government to meet IATA requirements.

We did at least find out this week that the visa application centres for the UK will be back up and running this coming week, and hopefully we can also get our passports sometime soon. That's the main issue at this point. Everything is coming together in bits and pieces, so eventually we will make it to London!

One of the neat things about being in limbo, however, is that we are forced to find things to do and place to go that are safe but that are entertaining. Now that we don't have a backyard or balcony, it's not like we can sit outside to eat when the weather is nice. I decided to look up parks and restaurantes in Lewis Estates, so we did takeout from there and took it to nearby Christopher Cruz park. For whatever reason, there was almost no one there. It was serenely quiet, despite the playground, with just the sound of trees and birds, and there was a small, quiet storm water pond with mallards, pelicans, and a double-crested cormorant. We found an old country road with a mossy old fence. It was just beautiful.

An old, mossy fence