What can I say...

Many apologies for my lack for update dear readers. Lot's has happened in the week that I have been in the great UK. My home search has been a bit of a headache perhaps somewhat of my own doing. I viewed some fantastic places in both Dartford and Sevenoaks. Dartford is cheaper so I settled on that pretty quickly I mean I'm a Social Work $60,000 in debt with school loans... Spare money can evade me quite easily if I'm not careful. I did only view one bedroom places though so after talking it over with other people and thinking about it more I have a place lined up but will be viewing a 2 bedroom place that I would be sharing with the landlord tonight that looks fantastic and is well cheaper than the other places I was looking at so my fingers are cross! Will keep you all posted on how it goes.

I met up with Emma in London on Friday evening and had a fantastic time. It's was hard to believe that I wasn't just visiting and we were able to actually make future plans to hangout. We went to an Indian Vegetarian restaurant that was really good, highly recommended. Emma said that we could either take the tube or walk and we voted for walk which may or may not have been the smartest choice. She knew the way there but wanted to see if another way might get us there quicker. Well, after fighting our way through Soho and checking Emma's phone map about a million times Emma's directional landmarks... sex shops... got us there and we made it to Tottenham Court Road Station which is the area the restaurant is in.

I met everyone else who came over with me from the U.S. on Sunday evening and everyone is so friendly. We all have similar anxieties and concerns so it's great to be with everyone and talk to people about things. Right now it kind of feels like we're living in dorms or something as we eat most meals and hangout together when we can. It's great especially given the journey that we've all embarked on

Since I arrived early and was able to go out and view places early I had the opportunity to go out to my new office and meet people and shadow some people for a couple of days this week. It was very comforting as everyone seemed really nice and approachable and it doesn't seem like it's as high stressed as most Social Work jobs. No doubt my opinion on that will change but it all seems manageable and I don't feel as much pressure to be perfect as I normally do as everyone is very understanding. Most of my time was spent with the social work assistant on my team and he was a fantastic help and was very open and told me all about the work and the team. Very chatty bloke as they would say here which was definitely what I needed since I want to know all I can about my job and also I'm taking so much in at the moment that I enjoy not having to make forced conversation and just have the opportunity to process everything.

Finally.... Today I drove in the UK for the first time!!! It was a bit nerve-wracking but alas I did it and passed the initial driving assessment although they recommended I do another 2 hours with them to build up my confidence, which I'm actually happy about. I have to say that when I basically stopped driving after Ron's demise a month ago I did not think that my driving skills would be effected but I really don't think it helped that I hadn't driven a manual car in so long! Oh well, with some practice and time I'll be fine and will think nothing of it.

Anyway, I believe I have babbled on enough and have sufficiently bored you all so stay posted for more updates!