You don't understand what it's like being the only newbie in the village...

I'm not even going to bother apologizing for not updating more regularly because... well it's just a waste of space, so in lieu of taking up space here actually apologizing I will just talk about not apologizing. Makes sense right????

Anyway dear readers, life has been ticking along rather swimmingly. The job has been rather crazy. Several of my cases seem to have enjoyed blowing up in my face and slapping me around for good measure. In the interest of not divulging too much information I will just say that for one of my cases I had to go with my co-worker Tom to take a child to live with her grandparents in Wales. Before the trip we discussed the multiple ways the trip could go but fortunately she ended up being an angel and just sat in the back seat and slept. Tom and I even got to bond through hours of good conversation and laughter over being the strangers in a very small Welsh town. Let's just say we walked in to a pub for some grub and every head turned to see who these two strangers were and what the hell they were doing walking into this exclusive pub. Our accommodation was also spectacularly sketchy. We dubbed my room the D.V. Room (Domestic Violence Room) as there were holes all over the walls. Wales is beautiful though and worth another trip. Overall my cases are not bad though, they just never end up being as straight forward as they should be and end up taking way longer than they should. It is good to be busy though!

Outside of work life has been going well. I appear to be spending most of my time either in London or Maidstone at the moment as I have several friends who live in the Maidstone area, and London is just always a happening place to meet up with people. Four of us; my co-worker David, his roommate Jonas and another U.S. recruit Robyn, have developed a habit of hanging out quite a bit in their area of Maidstone on the weekends. It's always a fun time of hanging out and making fun of each other.

My co-worker Tom and his fiancee Laura have been trying to get me to join their running club too. They meet at 8am every Saturday for a 4K (2 1/2 mile) run at a mall about 5 minutes from my flat. I have gone once and do plan on continuing but must say that it is not easy to find the motivation to go. I have been a little slack with this and my regular gym routine so I do need to step it up for sure!