Tag: american ex-pat

  • Happy Anniversary to me!

    Today marks 8 years since I moved to the UK from the States! It was a no brainer when I made the decision during the early stages of the very long-distance relationship with Hubby and it has been the best decision of my life. I can’t imagine how things would have been if I had…

  • Changes Afoot

    Well it is OFFICIAL!! I’m a UK Citizen!!! As of last week (12th November 2008) I am a full UK citizen. 🙂 The last step in what has been a long, expensive process is to get my UK passport. I’ll be doing that in the new year. YAY! Otherwise there is not a lot going…

  • Urgh.

    Well it’s still Autumn-y outside, and colder now, so I’m happy about that. I helped a really old lady cross the street yesterday, too! That made me smile. Work is quite busy and stressful at the moment. I sat down with my boss today and we worked out a schedule for me for this month,…

  • Autumn

    Autumn is my absolute favorite time of year, season wise. Usually from September to November the blue of the sky changes hue, the sun light turns more golden and the air becomes crisp and clean. The changes are very distinct and specific and I always noticed them in VB, especially at the beach. The ocean…

  • WOOHOO!

    Yesterday I worked from home because I wasn’t feeling very ‘people-y’ for various reasons I won’t get into. A courier knocked on my door and gave me a letter. The letter was from Home Office, along with all my documents supporting my Citizenship Application – which has been approved!! Now I’m waiting for the invitation…

  • Things.

    I’m in one of my “funks” (I don’t think of it as a mood). Things at work could be better, would be better if I was allowed to do my real (new, wonderful, great) job instead of my old (crap, horrible) job. It’s important for it to get done and I understand it, but that…

  • Summer!

    It is……..81.9F in our office right this minute! It’s 4:43pm. It’s warm. It’s even bloody warmer outside. It’s nice, sunny, BEAUTIFUL weather and no one should ever be indoors for it. FYI: We don’t have air conditioning in our office. Only desk fans and a few portable A/Cs that don’t do any good unless you’re…

  • Tish! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh (Sung to the Flash theme)

    My eyelid stopped twitching! It’s all good now. Except for my headache, but I’ve had some ibuprofen so it should be OK. This job is definitely different (read: challenging!). I think it’s because there is just SO MUCH that the CEO and my manager want to do, and rightly so, it needs doing! But it’s…

  • Done, Dusted and DRAINED

    I am so very tired. Just the thought of having to do anything that requires me to move hurts. I think I will be going home in 20 minutes and going to bed for a nap! In completely related news, the reason I’m so bloody tired is we got up at 4AM on Wednesday morning…