New house etc

Hello there!

I am currently sitting in a new desk in a new job. Admittedly it is only for four days, but it is a great change from doing the same thing every day for the last two months! I am working for a betting arbitration office. Basically people ring up if they have a complaint about a bookie or agency or whatever. I am answering the phones and sending out correspondence. And getting paid a little more than I did at CIPFA (I can say the company name now that I am not working there anymore!). It stands for the Chartered Insitute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

I have my date with the Queen this arvo. I am really nervous. My stomach has been churning since I woke up this morning, and is probably the reason I did not sleep all that well last night either.

We moved into our new place yesterday. We managed to squeeze all our stuff in one car, and made only one trip which was great. Trip took all of 12 minutes, which included the driver slowing down for every speed bump so that the bottom of the car would not scrape along the road!! But we arrived in one piece, with nothing broken, or fallen out the windows of the car! We had help getting everything up the two flights of stairs to the flat. We dumped our stuff, and found the place in mayhem with everyone there, including the landlord and her dog! We signed our lives away on the contract etc, handed over a cheque for a lot of money (deposit and one months rent) and breathed a sigh of relief. We did a little unpacking, and then at about 1.30pm we all went out for lunch. Landlady included! It was fun, sitting around chatting and laughing with people. We then did a little bit of a pub crawl, trying out two pubs. One, called The Green, has a great seating area out the front. A little expensive on the drinks side of things, but we could sit outside! Amazing. :-) Then it was off to the next pub, not as nice, but they had a pool table. Played a couple of games, once Laurie beat the guy already playing. So then the table was ours. Played a couple of games of doubles. Then it was home to new flat for dinner. Well, we got Chinese take away on the way home. We checked out the Down Under Centre too, which is an internet cafe and they sell Aussie food. Expensive, but nice to know if I really need a packet of Tim Tams I can get them (even though they cost the equivalent of about $6 Australian!!!).

I am happy in this house. We have a nice room (with a brand new bed), the people are easy to talk to, and we have a huge park as our back yard!! And there are more Aussies in the area too.

So there you go.