Microwave

As work has pretty much done a good job of taking up a lot of time, i haven't had so much time to get anything much else for my apartment. Not that i need a lot - i have virtually all i want save for, perhaps, a couple of pictures or things to decorate the walls. Anyway, one item that i hadn't got round to buying and, if im honest, hadnt been immediately planning to was a microwave. Now, i've nearly always had access to a microwave in the various houses i've lived over the years and i find them incredibly useful for cooking jacket potatoes before finishing off in the oven, heating up leftovers and the like. So for such limited use, i figured it probably wouldnt be worth getting one - although they're hardly expensive (a local shop has a reasonable model for about $60 - a little over 40 pounds).

Anyway, for some reason, at Monday lunch i had been chatting with a workmate about this - we were mainly wondering aloud what a lot of (obese) Americans would live without their microwaves - and i aired these thoughts generally. She was of a similar sentiment to me - and we both agreed that microwavable meals generally don't taste as good as their carrdboard containers. So, after lunch, we head back to the lab and i go off to check my e-mail and, hey presto, one of the lab managers has a sister who is getting rid of two microwaves, does anyone want them? A day or two later and a shiny black, virtually new microwave is sat in my kitchen. Suffice to say, i've had a few baked potatoes since. I guess it goes to show that if u wait, then these things will come along. Now all i have to think about is a plasma screen TV, video and DVD player and Music system. Wonder when i'll get those?