6 Month Update!
Mar 26th 2013, 11:29 pm
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6 Month Update!
Oh my gosh!
Oh my gosh!
I can't believe I've been here 6 months, but it was exactly 6 months to the day on March 7!
For the record: I still wake up and get all excited thinking "I'm in England! I'm in England!"
I've officially started planning my first visit back to the US, to be had in July and I've already got this knot of anxiety that I'm going to go back and somehow get forced to stay (mum and dad would never do that, but I tend to panic about impossible things
It's been cold as all get out lately! I mean, really bloody freezing- snow flakes whirling around, and when you step in somewhere warm, it's almost worse because it's not quite warm enough - it's that cold. And yet, I'm still quite happily prancing about in a certain gold and burgundy 'school' scarf and plotting my visits to places like Brighton and Dover come summer...
One of the things I dearly love about being here is that I've started thinking of going to other places. I've applied for a Foreign Correspondent's course in Finland, and I'm suddenly desperate to visit Germany and France, and maybe breeze through Italy if I get the chance.
It's like the whole world is suddenly open to me, and even going to Australia or Japan or China isn't really that far away anymore. I know it's not that much closer, it's really more that my perspective of travel has changed; I'm able to decide where I go, when I want, and how I'm going to get there and back! It's been absolutely incredible to see flights to Finland going for £100. My uncle is going to Hungary for £78 roundtrip. I'm jealous because technically, I can afford a trip like that.
A year ago, a trip like that would've been impossible until I had a full-time job with benefits, and three piddling weeks leave. At which time I most likely would have wanted to sleep, and probably would've laughed at myself for wanting to do something as massively stressful as leave the country for a holiday.
Even finding work is proving to be less scary than it might otherwise be, because things in my field are simply advertised better here. I don't know if this is just a thing with Journalism, but there are loads of website that give vacancies and listings, whereas in the states, there's no one reputable source (and I definitely did the research! At one point I thought I wasn't going to see England again until I had my first job, so believe me, I was all over it).
/gush
I'm going to follow that up with things I don't like about England, just so that no one's teeth start to rot (I'm looking out for you guys
)
1. Checks take too long to clear!
2. Checks take too bloody long to clear!
3. Checks really do take too bloody long to clear and it's annoying!
4. Difficult to find a good hamburger that doesn't come from McD. However, my family typically doesn't eat beef anyway, so I guess that's not all bad. And I could just make a hamburger myself out of all that lovely, affordable mince I've been able to get, but I'm lazy.
5. Things like 'horse meat' are a thing. It just shouldn't be a thing. I'm pretty sure I've eaten horse meat for most of my formative years as God only knows what was in those school lunches back in the States, but there you go. It's a thing. And it shouldn't be.
6. It's this cold in March. Late March. Nearly April. I'm spoilt by Georgia weather- no denying it.
7. Mum's hugs are too far away. Very annoying. I bloody needed one the other day.
8. Mum's cooking is also too far away. Increasingly annoying. Especially when my massive collection of lovely but irritating flatmates are all crammed into the kitchen at once and I'm left with a bag of lettuce and my annoyance for dinner.
9. When I make lists like this, I run out of things. Boo! Still can't find Broken Britain, but maybe I'm just not looking hard enough?
Oh my gosh!
I can't believe I've been here 6 months, but it was exactly 6 months to the day on March 7!
For the record: I still wake up and get all excited thinking "I'm in England! I'm in England!"
I've officially started planning my first visit back to the US, to be had in July and I've already got this knot of anxiety that I'm going to go back and somehow get forced to stay (mum and dad would never do that, but I tend to panic about impossible things
It's been cold as all get out lately! I mean, really bloody freezing- snow flakes whirling around, and when you step in somewhere warm, it's almost worse because it's not quite warm enough - it's that cold. And yet, I'm still quite happily prancing about in a certain gold and burgundy 'school' scarf and plotting my visits to places like Brighton and Dover come summer...
One of the things I dearly love about being here is that I've started thinking of going to other places. I've applied for a Foreign Correspondent's course in Finland, and I'm suddenly desperate to visit Germany and France, and maybe breeze through Italy if I get the chance.
It's like the whole world is suddenly open to me, and even going to Australia or Japan or China isn't really that far away anymore. I know it's not that much closer, it's really more that my perspective of travel has changed; I'm able to decide where I go, when I want, and how I'm going to get there and back! It's been absolutely incredible to see flights to Finland going for £100. My uncle is going to Hungary for £78 roundtrip. I'm jealous because technically, I can afford a trip like that.
A year ago, a trip like that would've been impossible until I had a full-time job with benefits, and three piddling weeks leave. At which time I most likely would have wanted to sleep, and probably would've laughed at myself for wanting to do something as massively stressful as leave the country for a holiday.
Even finding work is proving to be less scary than it might otherwise be, because things in my field are simply advertised better here. I don't know if this is just a thing with Journalism, but there are loads of website that give vacancies and listings, whereas in the states, there's no one reputable source (and I definitely did the research! At one point I thought I wasn't going to see England again until I had my first job, so believe me, I was all over it).
/gush
I'm going to follow that up with things I don't like about England, just so that no one's teeth start to rot (I'm looking out for you guys
)1. Checks take too long to clear!
2. Checks take too bloody long to clear!
3. Checks really do take too bloody long to clear and it's annoying!
4. Difficult to find a good hamburger that doesn't come from McD. However, my family typically doesn't eat beef anyway, so I guess that's not all bad. And I could just make a hamburger myself out of all that lovely, affordable mince I've been able to get, but I'm lazy.
5. Things like 'horse meat' are a thing. It just shouldn't be a thing. I'm pretty sure I've eaten horse meat for most of my formative years as God only knows what was in those school lunches back in the States, but there you go. It's a thing. And it shouldn't be.
6. It's this cold in March. Late March. Nearly April. I'm spoilt by Georgia weather- no denying it.
7. Mum's hugs are too far away. Very annoying. I bloody needed one the other day.
8. Mum's cooking is also too far away. Increasingly annoying. Especially when my massive collection of lovely but irritating flatmates are all crammed into the kitchen at once and I'm left with a bag of lettuce and my annoyance for dinner.
9. When I make lists like this, I run out of things. Boo! Still can't find Broken Britain, but maybe I'm just not looking hard enough?
Mar 26th 2013, 11:42 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Excellent update, made me smile 
Mar 26th 2013, 11:55 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Mar 27th 2013, 1:16 am
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Awesome! So happy for you! And thanks for the lols 
Mar 27th 2013, 10:38 am
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Wonderful update!!
Great news that checks take too long to clear, IMHO. I am all for going back a few years "technologically" speaking - way too fast in the USA!!!
Great news that checks take too long to clear, IMHO. I am all for going back a few years "technologically" speaking - way too fast in the USA!!!
Mar 27th 2013, 2:38 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
So I gather it takes too long for cheques to clear? LOL But thanks for the update...sounds great from where I'm sitting. 
Mar 27th 2013, 3:19 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Cheques take to long to clear. I can live with that.
Mar 27th 2013, 5:01 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
You are such a good writer
great update - thanks for the smile.
great update - thanks for the smile.
Mar 27th 2013, 5:05 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Re cheques - at least when they're cleared, they're cleared. Not like that here in Canada, and also you can't cancel the buggers! I prefer to avoid the annoying little "slips of satan" whenever possible 
Mar 27th 2013, 5:17 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
I'm going to have to go through it and change it all back to the 'right' way of spelling.
Mar 27th 2013, 5:26 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Also remember to change the paper setting on your word processing software. In America they use letter-sized paper but in the UK it's A4. Changing that setting will mean your resume prints out properly in England.
Mar 27th 2013, 5:27 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Mar 27th 2013, 6:16 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Oh my gosh!
Oh my gosh!
I can't believe I've been here 6 months, but it was exactly 6 months to the day on March 7!
For the record: I still wake up and get all excited thinking "I'm in England! I'm in England!"
I've officially started planning my first visit back to the US, to be had in July and I've already got this knot of anxiety that I'm going to go back and somehow get forced to stay (mum and dad would never do that, but I tend to panic about impossible things
It's been cold as all get out lately! I mean, really bloody freezing- snow flakes whirling around, and when you step in somewhere warm, it's almost worse because it's not quite warm enough - it's that cold. And yet, I'm still quite happily prancing about in a certain gold and burgundy 'school' scarf and plotting my visits to places like Brighton and Dover come summer...
One of the things I dearly love about being here is that I've started thinking of going to other places. I've applied for a Foreign Correspondent's course in Finland, and I'm suddenly desperate to visit Germany and France, and maybe breeze through Italy if I get the chance.
It's like the whole world is suddenly open to me, and even going to Australia or Japan or China isn't really that far away anymore. I know it's not that much closer, it's really more that my perspective of travel has changed; I'm able to decide where I go, when I want, and how I'm going to get there and back! It's been absolutely incredible to see flights to Finland going for £100. My uncle is going to Hungary for £78 roundtrip. I'm jealous because technically, I can afford a trip like that.
A year ago, a trip like that would've been impossible until I had a full-time job with benefits, and three piddling weeks leave. At which time I most likely would have wanted to sleep, and probably would've laughed at myself for wanting to do something as massively stressful as leave the country for a holiday.
Even finding work is proving to be less scary than it might otherwise be, because things in my field are simply advertised better here. I don't know if this is just a thing with Journalism, but there are loads of website that give vacancies and listings, whereas in the states, there's no one reputable source (and I definitely did the research! At one point I thought I wasn't going to see England again until I had my first job, so believe me, I was all over it).
/gush
Oh my gosh!
I can't believe I've been here 6 months, but it was exactly 6 months to the day on March 7!
For the record: I still wake up and get all excited thinking "I'm in England! I'm in England!"
I've officially started planning my first visit back to the US, to be had in July and I've already got this knot of anxiety that I'm going to go back and somehow get forced to stay (mum and dad would never do that, but I tend to panic about impossible things
It's been cold as all get out lately! I mean, really bloody freezing- snow flakes whirling around, and when you step in somewhere warm, it's almost worse because it's not quite warm enough - it's that cold. And yet, I'm still quite happily prancing about in a certain gold and burgundy 'school' scarf and plotting my visits to places like Brighton and Dover come summer...
One of the things I dearly love about being here is that I've started thinking of going to other places. I've applied for a Foreign Correspondent's course in Finland, and I'm suddenly desperate to visit Germany and France, and maybe breeze through Italy if I get the chance.
It's like the whole world is suddenly open to me, and even going to Australia or Japan or China isn't really that far away anymore. I know it's not that much closer, it's really more that my perspective of travel has changed; I'm able to decide where I go, when I want, and how I'm going to get there and back! It's been absolutely incredible to see flights to Finland going for £100. My uncle is going to Hungary for £78 roundtrip. I'm jealous because technically, I can afford a trip like that.
A year ago, a trip like that would've been impossible until I had a full-time job with benefits, and three piddling weeks leave. At which time I most likely would have wanted to sleep, and probably would've laughed at myself for wanting to do something as massively stressful as leave the country for a holiday.
Even finding work is proving to be less scary than it might otherwise be, because things in my field are simply advertised better here. I don't know if this is just a thing with Journalism, but there are loads of website that give vacancies and listings, whereas in the states, there's no one reputable source (and I definitely did the research! At one point I thought I wasn't going to see England again until I had my first job, so believe me, I was all over it).
/gush
Apr 13th 2013, 1:28 am
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Wonderful update. I am so happy for you and I am sure you will get to do all the travelling you want and you will also find a great job when the time comes. Thanks for keeping in touch with all at BE
Apr 13th 2013, 4:58 pm
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Re: 6 Month Update!
Oh my gosh!
Oh my gosh!
I can't believe I've been here 6 months, but it was exactly 6 months to the day on March 7!
For the record: I still wake up and get all excited thinking "I'm in England! I'm in England!"
I've officially started planning my first visit back to the US, to be had in July and I've already got this knot of anxiety that I'm going to go back and somehow get forced to stay (mum and dad would never do that, but I tend to panic about impossible things
It's been cold as all get out lately! I mean, really bloody freezing- snow flakes whirling around, and when you step in somewhere warm, it's almost worse because it's not quite warm enough - it's that cold. And yet, I'm still quite happily prancing about in a certain gold and burgundy 'school' scarf and plotting my visits to places like Brighton and Dover come summer...
One of the things I dearly love about being here is that I've started thinking of going to other places. I've applied for a Foreign Correspondent's course in Finland, and I'm suddenly desperate to visit Germany and France, and maybe breeze through Italy if I get the chance.
It's like the whole world is suddenly open to me, and even going to Australia or Japan or China isn't really that far away anymore. I know it's not that much closer, it's really more that my perspective of travel has changed; I'm able to decide where I go, when I want, and how I'm going to get there and back! It's been absolutely incredible to see flights to Finland going for £100. My uncle is going to Hungary for £78 roundtrip. I'm jealous because technically, I can afford a trip like that.
A year ago, a trip like that would've been impossible until I had a full-time job with benefits, and three piddling weeks leave. At which time I most likely would have wanted to sleep, and probably would've laughed at myself for wanting to do something as massively stressful as leave the country for a holiday.
Even finding work is proving to be less scary than it might otherwise be, because things in my field are simply advertised better here. I don't know if this is just a thing with Journalism, but there are loads of website that give vacancies and listings, whereas in the states, there's no one reputable source (and I definitely did the research! At one point I thought I wasn't going to see England again until I had my first job, so believe me, I was all over it).
/gush
I'm going to follow that up with things I don't like about England, just so that no one's teeth start to rot (I'm looking out for you guys )
1. Checks take too long to clear!
2. Checks take too bloody long to clear!
3. Checks really do take too bloody long to clear and it's annoying!
4. Difficult to find a good hamburger that doesn't come from McD. However, my family typically doesn't eat beef anyway, so I guess that's not all bad. And I could just make a hamburger myself out of all that lovely, affordable mince I've been able to get, but I'm lazy.
5. Things like 'horse meat' are a thing. It just shouldn't be a thing. I'm pretty sure I've eaten horse meat for most of my formative years as God only knows what was in those school lunches back in the States, but there you go. It's a thing. And it shouldn't be.
6. It's this cold in March. Late March. Nearly April. I'm spoilt by Georgia weather- no denying it.
7. Mum's hugs are too far away. Very annoying. I bloody needed one the other day.
8. Mum's cooking is also too far away. Increasingly annoying. Especially when my massive collection of lovely but irritating flatmates are all crammed into the kitchen at once and I'm left with a bag of lettuce and my annoyance for dinner.
9. When I make lists like this, I run out of things. Boo! Still can't find Broken Britain, but maybe I'm just not looking hard enough?
Oh my gosh!
I can't believe I've been here 6 months, but it was exactly 6 months to the day on March 7!
For the record: I still wake up and get all excited thinking "I'm in England! I'm in England!"
I've officially started planning my first visit back to the US, to be had in July and I've already got this knot of anxiety that I'm going to go back and somehow get forced to stay (mum and dad would never do that, but I tend to panic about impossible things
It's been cold as all get out lately! I mean, really bloody freezing- snow flakes whirling around, and when you step in somewhere warm, it's almost worse because it's not quite warm enough - it's that cold. And yet, I'm still quite happily prancing about in a certain gold and burgundy 'school' scarf and plotting my visits to places like Brighton and Dover come summer...
One of the things I dearly love about being here is that I've started thinking of going to other places. I've applied for a Foreign Correspondent's course in Finland, and I'm suddenly desperate to visit Germany and France, and maybe breeze through Italy if I get the chance.
It's like the whole world is suddenly open to me, and even going to Australia or Japan or China isn't really that far away anymore. I know it's not that much closer, it's really more that my perspective of travel has changed; I'm able to decide where I go, when I want, and how I'm going to get there and back! It's been absolutely incredible to see flights to Finland going for £100. My uncle is going to Hungary for £78 roundtrip. I'm jealous because technically, I can afford a trip like that.
A year ago, a trip like that would've been impossible until I had a full-time job with benefits, and three piddling weeks leave. At which time I most likely would have wanted to sleep, and probably would've laughed at myself for wanting to do something as massively stressful as leave the country for a holiday.
Even finding work is proving to be less scary than it might otherwise be, because things in my field are simply advertised better here. I don't know if this is just a thing with Journalism, but there are loads of website that give vacancies and listings, whereas in the states, there's no one reputable source (and I definitely did the research! At one point I thought I wasn't going to see England again until I had my first job, so believe me, I was all over it).
/gush
I'm going to follow that up with things I don't like about England, just so that no one's teeth start to rot (I'm looking out for you guys
)1. Checks take too long to clear!
2. Checks take too bloody long to clear!
3. Checks really do take too bloody long to clear and it's annoying!
4. Difficult to find a good hamburger that doesn't come from McD. However, my family typically doesn't eat beef anyway, so I guess that's not all bad. And I could just make a hamburger myself out of all that lovely, affordable mince I've been able to get, but I'm lazy.
5. Things like 'horse meat' are a thing. It just shouldn't be a thing. I'm pretty sure I've eaten horse meat for most of my formative years as God only knows what was in those school lunches back in the States, but there you go. It's a thing. And it shouldn't be.
6. It's this cold in March. Late March. Nearly April. I'm spoilt by Georgia weather- no denying it.
7. Mum's hugs are too far away. Very annoying. I bloody needed one the other day.
8. Mum's cooking is also too far away. Increasingly annoying. Especially when my massive collection of lovely but irritating flatmates are all crammed into the kitchen at once and I'm left with a bag of lettuce and my annoyance for dinner.
9. When I make lists like this, I run out of things. Boo! Still can't find Broken Britain, but maybe I'm just not looking hard enough?
Good to hear that jobs for you are advertised much more clearly in the UK. My experience trying to find jobs in the USA is that it is easier to find a needle in a haystack!