31-Aug, 2007
Well, it’s been a few days since we’ve moved in, and I think I can finally start referring to the place as home. Most of the furniture is here, and Leah and I haven’t wasted any time with adding a few personal touches here and there. (eg. Television, wireless router, toothbrush holder, etc.) Since getting the internet here, I feel like I can resume job hunting. I just got a call today for an interview on Friday of next week for what I expect to be a great job. Needless to say, it’s got me in a great mood.
So the learning for me continues around here. If you have a problem looking like an idiot several times a day, its better to stay home. Sometimes it feels like you’re learning how to live all over again. I found myself at a grocery store the other day not knowing where to get bags for the groceries nor how to swipe my credit card. For something so simple, I was fighting back to urge to demand that they place a big sign over the registers (tills) telling me how to buy things. Its ok though. Sooner or later I’ll figure it out and I’ll have the chance to unleash a loud menacing laugh when I see someone as lost as I was. I can’t wait…
The other day, Leah and took a walk a little ways north of our apartment (flat) and walked around a sizeable park reserve. I don’t think I’ve ever plucked anything from a branch in a forest and ate it, but there are wild blackberries that grow here, and that was more than enough for me to end that streak. We’re gonna have to go back up there at night and rip a few out of the ground and plant them in our garden.
Yeserday I met Leah at her work and met her co-workers. Except for the one girl that they all affectionatley call “The Brick Thrower”, they all seemed quite nice. After meeting the gang, we signed ourselves up with gym memeberships. My only complaint is that now instead of benching like 190, I bench about 80 because of the metric conversion. I was told it’s unlikely for me to get back up to 190 unless I’m willing to undergo a few intensive months of human growth hormone and steroid treatments. I’ll pass.
More later. Peace out. (Cheers)
4 comments:
Wait, so let me get this straight. You've been there just over a week and you've already stolen government property (produce) from a public park reserve?
This has international incident written all over it.
Indeed it does.
I'm not sure how we will wriggle from the clutches of this infraction, but what would sure help our circumstances is 200lbs of dried prunes and 8-12 garden shovels of various sizes.
Do you think you could look into the cost of shipping these items to us? I'm not sure what the rest of the plan is...but this should be a good start.
Thanks for the heads up.
The items you requested will arrive via seaplane from Cairo along with a box of endangered lizards. Someone will be by a week later to pick up the lizards.
Make sure those lizard bastards are declawed. If I get lizard rabies just once more, my insurance is going to drop me.
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