9/365 : The Wheel Of Fortune.. I Mean Manchester

We went into Manchester today, on the train it takes about 30 minutes from Westhoughton. We did not stay very long... just enough time for us to walk around the Arndale Shopping Centre and down some of the streets around it. The O2 store that is inside the mall was being refurbished so we had to go to one that was down the street. It is truly amazing how many mobile phone providers there are here in the UK!

Just walking down the street it seems there is an O2, Orange, T Mobile, Carephone Warehouse, Phones 4 U, Vondaphone or Virgin store on every block. I am not exaggerating either.. it ended up being a bit of a game. We would walk a way down the street and Andy would be like there is another Carphone Warehouse, there is another Phones 4 U.

Needless to say we still could not find a store that had our two phones in stock so we will be off into Bolton again tomorrow. I had asked the lady at the O2 store to keep our details down and which two phones we wanted. That way when they come in hopefully they will put them to the side for us. She said they get their shipment in around 1:30 - 2:30pm so I guess it will be an afternoon trip.

The picture above was taken while standing on the steps to go into the Arndale, it is called The Wheel of Manchester. I guess they couldn't get away with calling it 'The Manchester Eye'. Andy of course refused to ride it with me. He does not care for heights and I didn't push him on it because he has agreed that when we eventually make it down to London that he will ride The London Eye with me and if I forced this now... I doubt I would be able to get him on the 'real' one in London. He said it wouldn't be worth riding this one anyway.. it is not nearly as big and at least the one in London has a scenery to look at while you are up there! : )

My jetlag has taken an odd turn. I still don't feel tired until around 1:00 - 2:00am. However today while we were in Manchester I got really tired! In fact on the train ride back I fell asleep! So when we got back home I was exhausted but did not want to take a nap as I knew I would sleep for a few hours, eat and then not be able to go to sleep tonight. However it is now 11:07pm and I am yet again wide awake.. and am not tired at all. I read online today that jetlag usually lasts 1 day for each hour that you have changed. Well I was in Texas and we went 6 hours East. We landed October 1st so this should have been over on Monday or Tuesday! I'm starting to think my body will never adjust. *ugh*