First Post - 3 Weeks in the UK and counting...

Alright. So i know i haven't really been able to talk to too many people over gchat or skype or anything recently so i thought i'd get a blog going to keep everyone in my life updated on whats going on over here across the pond, hope you enjoy. To be completely honest we've had a very rough go of it so far, but still are really enjoying everything, so please dont think i am complaining, it's just that the first little bit of this trip has been very hard, but punctuated by some bright spots and getting better.Also if anyone feels the need to correct my grammar in this post, go kick yourself in the face.
After a wonderful summer in Oregon spent getting in shape and preparing for our trip we left for the United Kingdom. The plane ride was actually pretty cool since we somehow slipped through a loophole and didn't have to pay for baggage fees. We got to sit in the exit rows and they even had on demand movies. Kelly and I watched Hot Tub Time Machine (overhyped)  and i think i watched some episodes of the Office and 30 Rock.
Upon arrival we were met by Melanie from the agency that got me the job and she kindly drove us out to Windsor where we were staying at Dee and Steves B and B (deeandsteve.com) which was a great little place to hunker down for 3 days while we figured stuff out. We slept for 30 min and then walked out to meet a leasing agent to show us some places. I had a good feeling that of the 5 places we were about to see we would have to pick one and just hope it was good enough. This was where things started to go wrong. We only go shown 2 places, one was way out of our price range at 1075, and the other that was for 800 quid (pounds) was tiny, in an out of the way location, had horrid furnishings, and smelled like permanent smoke. Well, we scrapped living in Windsor. After that little debacle and now no prospects we went for some food. We walked though the city square and eventually stumbled upon the castle (still havent toured it though) and ate at The 3 Tuns which was a 200 year plus old pub. Ordered BLT's and they were absolutely nothing like what we were expecting. Bacon here is like undercooked oily ham (good, but not on a sandwich), a few flakes of lettuce and one half of a tomato on untoasted white bread. After all of this the room then started to spin (because i had now been up for over 24 hours) so Kelly and I made our way home, and went to bed a 6:30 pm. The next day we decided to take the train into Maidenhead to look at apartments over here. We found a leasing office and they were able to show us an unpromising place around the corner that afternoon. In the interim, we went to a phone store to try and get our iphones set up, but found they would have to be "Unlocked" in order to accept a British SIM card, ugh. We did find a guy to do it at a kiosk in the mall but it would be 10 quid each. Whatever, we left our phones with him. So Samantha the leasing agent reluctantly showed us the place. Believe it or not the space was absolutely awesome and for a really cheap price, it was huge as well compared to the other places we looked at. There were draw backs however, it has no parking whatsoever, or any parking anywhere close by, but thats okay because we have no car. Also its on the 4th floor and only has stairs. And the last bit, it was really really horridly disgustingly filthy. I guess is had been sitting for over 5 months and had never been cleaned. We needed to think about it, but we went to a pub that night and ate some fish and chips and decided that it we would take in and fix it up.
The next day i had an induction for the school and had to leave Kelly by herself to put the deposit down on the place and pick up our phones and take the trains by herself while i made my way into London to meet my fellow rookie teachers...Shoot, i have to go, but i'll continue the story tomorrow, i promise