Tag: american ex-pat
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Things Gallore
Hubby and I are finally going on our honeymoon! We fly out Saturday night for 12 wonderful nights in Mauritius. I can’t wait to go for a myriad of reasons the biggest ones being I get to be near the ocean for a while and NO WORK! In other news, happiness seems to be a…
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Follow the signs
Okay, so yeah. It’s been a little while since I updated at all, let alone with something GOOD! So for this one time only I thought I’d update with some happy news!! I got a car! I bought (well my hubby bought for me) it last week and have been happily driving around Great Britain…
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A day all to myself!!
I am in the midst of the first day in ages where I am ALONE! Hubbyboy is away working today and even though I’m on CD-1 (ugh) I am determined to make the best of it. So in oldskool oceanchica fashion, I have 96x streaming out of my computer and am cleaning, in between all…
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Merry X-Mas
Well today marks the first Christmas I’ve spent 1) in England, 2) with hubby (and married for that matter!), and 3) away from any of my own family. 1) Christmas in England is not much different than Christmas in the US. The UK has Christmas crackers and not so much Christmas TV. I miss Frosty…
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Going depressive.
Things aren’t good. This weekend was supposed to be easy. Saturday clean the house and get organized, go to the post office and send xmas cards and pressies. Sunday go to the cinema and shopping in Bath. Instead… Saturday race to Swindon with MIL to meet a hungover husband and pick up computer + monitors…
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Well!
There was an obvious reason I didn’t get the crappy job. A week later I had another interview and got that nicer job! I start working Monday. It’s a small office in Chippenham and the people I met during the interview were very nice. I’m not excited or apprehensive or, well, ANYTHING, about this yet…
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C’est la vie.
Like I said, I didn’t get the job. I think my motto for the moment should be ‘Keep on truckin’.’ Feh! In other non-depressing news: Saturday was Guy Fawkes Day! Fireworks galore. We went to Devizes for the Fireworks/Bonfire display. We both felt very cheated since there was no bonfire! Granted it was very wet…
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Things are bad.
Money is bad. Stress is bad. Job search is bad. Money is the main one, though. When I was on my own and working (once I had finally started making enough so my dad didn’t have to supplement my income) I was pretty good about not spending what I didn’t have. Don’t get me wrong,…