On money
We actually had some pretty substantial expenses compared to the last months! Above the standard ~$680 for lodging, bills and food
- DW got some second hand clothes from ebay. Good quality apparently, like two merino wool jumpers, and a fleece that is by some Canadian brand and really warm I hear. Also two pairs of jeans, and woolen socks (these were new). Around $170 for these
- the rim of my front wheel finally thinned out to the point of the inner tube sticking out. Quite funny, I actually thought that the wheel needed trued but was too lazy to do it. So one day I went for one more 40miles cycle trip and after the wheel was again rubbing against the break pad decided 'ok it's time to true the wheel'. Surprise surprise, the rim was broken. This costed around $45
- Sadly I neglected my bank account abroad in that I forgot to top up the foreign sim card needed or getting authorization text messages. I lost the phone number and had to send the bank a document with my apostilled signature, asking for updating their database with another phone no. This costed all together $67
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- DW got me a perfume (I don't know how much it was)
- We went to the glasshouses of the Royal Botanical Garden in Edinburgh, this was $13
Regarding the net worth we now stand at around $114,000.
On mushrooms
A new found in the last month was the wood blewit! It turns out quite slimy when cooked and I think would be great marinated. We also touched upon mushrooms that are not necessarily foraged (only) for culinary purposes which was very educational.
Lambskin coat
So when I went to see my family for Christmas last year I decided to take with me my lambskin coat. It is really nice, made in the UK, I got it from a Welsh guy when I was at uni in Budapest. It is super bulky and heavy, and very warm as well. I though it would be worth a fortune but actually find similar ones on ebay advertised for ~$40 and no buyers in sight. so yeah, *sigh*, don't know what to do about it. It has some sentimental value for me but would not fit quite a few of the other clothes. I guess I would just give it away to the charity shop at some point.
On studying
I really like the Maths and Stats degree with Open University! I did two computer marked assignments and produced two assignments for tutors to mark. Man, Maths and Stats degree and I found myself hand writing one of the assignments and scanning it before sending off. So now I am learning LaTeX https://tobi.oetiker.ch/lshort/lshort.pdf! great stuff, I am already more than halfway through.
I really don't know where this degree is going to lead me, but so far so good.
On reading
I read The Peter Principle.
On exercises
Keep on doing the burpees.