Weekend update
A week is a long time in politics...
This coming week will probably seem pretty long to one particular politician, however. I guess January 20th won't be able to get here quickly enough for Barak Obama.
This past week has been pretty productive for us in a few areas. First up, paperwork has come and gone for my upcoming NHS job. References have been asked for (and provided - despite my referees having to ask me what my dates of work were) and assurances provided that I'm not suffering from any horrible ailments or contagious diseases. I'm now waiting on them to get back to me about when (or perhaps 'if') I'll be starting next week. I also went for an interview with Anderson Anderson Brown who are a local accountancy firm. I figure I may as well keep looking in case the NHS pull the plug (maybe not the nest choice of words, but you know what I mean) on the job before I get started. The interview went well enough I thought, but they won't be making a decision for a few weeks so I'll probably have started work for someone else anyway.
Tracy got a couple of phone calls with offers of temp work and will be working at Aberdeen University all next week. It'll be in the department of modern languages - the same department as Tom's girlfriend - so that should be interesting. Unfortunately it does mean getting an early bus into town again. In the meantime Trace has been keeping her hand in with freelance proofreading for RGU. She's had a couple of assignments to proof-read and although it's plenty of work, she's had them both done on time.
The big news of this past week, however is that we've managed to find ourselves a flat (or apartment for those American readers - or piso for any Spaniards or Latinos). It's a top floor flat in a small street just off Rosemount Viaduct called Baker Street. While it would have been cool to live in 221B, the numbers only reach 60 or so as it's not a very long street.
It's quite similar to the flat in which we were living in Edinburgh, but a little smaller and one floor closer to the street. It's also fully furnished so we don't need to lug huge items of furniture up the stairs - or bring them back down again when we move out. If all goes to plan we'll be in there on Wednesday.
So much to do - so little time...
This coming week will probably seem pretty long to one particular politician, however. I guess January 20th won't be able to get here quickly enough for Barak Obama.
This past week has been pretty productive for us in a few areas. First up, paperwork has come and gone for my upcoming NHS job. References have been asked for (and provided - despite my referees having to ask me what my dates of work were) and assurances provided that I'm not suffering from any horrible ailments or contagious diseases. I'm now waiting on them to get back to me about when (or perhaps 'if') I'll be starting next week. I also went for an interview with Anderson Anderson Brown who are a local accountancy firm. I figure I may as well keep looking in case the NHS pull the plug (maybe not the nest choice of words, but you know what I mean) on the job before I get started. The interview went well enough I thought, but they won't be making a decision for a few weeks so I'll probably have started work for someone else anyway.
Tracy got a couple of phone calls with offers of temp work and will be working at Aberdeen University all next week. It'll be in the department of modern languages - the same department as Tom's girlfriend - so that should be interesting. Unfortunately it does mean getting an early bus into town again. In the meantime Trace has been keeping her hand in with freelance proofreading for RGU. She's had a couple of assignments to proof-read and although it's plenty of work, she's had them both done on time.
The big news of this past week, however is that we've managed to find ourselves a flat (or apartment for those American readers - or piso for any Spaniards or Latinos). It's a top floor flat in a small street just off Rosemount Viaduct called Baker Street. While it would have been cool to live in 221B, the numbers only reach 60 or so as it's not a very long street.
It's quite similar to the flat in which we were living in Edinburgh, but a little smaller and one floor closer to the street. It's also fully furnished so we don't need to lug huge items of furniture up the stairs - or bring them back down again when we move out. If all goes to plan we'll be in there on Wednesday.
So much to do - so little time...
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