Sorry I’ve been slack with blogging…definitely not slack with bogging though! I-thank you J
Anyways - it has been a crazy couple of weeks so let me fill you.
LOVE
- Kristy is coming! Yay. Next Tuesday, my friend Kristy will arrive as our first guest at the Clapham residence! She has been frolicking in the European sunshine for the past weeks. We are planning a day trip to Brighton for next Friday. I can’t wait to actually have a friend! Gosh - how sad does that sound! Lol.
- I’m lunching with my friend Michelle on Saturday. Ela and I stayed with her in Epsom when we were here last yr so it will be great to catch up with her and of course see her lil baby, Ethan. Friends all around me this week! Yeyah!! Ha.
- I got my hair done. Feel so fresh and clean. After not being able to shower (see Hate No. 3) it was so good have a good hair scrub - cut and colour. And the best part was that the hairdresser is directly across the road from our apartment. Best.
- Our boxes arrived…not without a hassle of course. See Hate No.1
- I’ve been working as a temp and now have a permanent job. I finished temping with the FA in the legal department last Friday and had an interview for a permanent role at the FA the following Tuesday. I start my new role on Monday so it’s been nice having the week off! I’ll be working in the MarComms function of the FA but primarily with Communications (there are about 8 press officers) and Marketing. I’ll also be working on game days (once they start). Definitely a exciting opportunity and hopefully open the door to other roles around the place. I’ve still got my lil agency friends working over-time to find a specific role for me…but for now, I’m happy and relieved I’ll have permanent work! The role is only 3days a week so I’ll be able to take up another unit at uni and hopefully knock it over quicker than expected. Quite convenient actually.
- We’ve got internet. So I’m feeling quite connected with everybody so expect a lot more emails, face book stalking and maybe some skype dates (if your lucky!).
- I’ve been playing football. I’ve had a few trials with a local team and Chris and I go down to the Common some nights to have a kick. It’s good to be active.
- We’ve booked our tickets to Rome to go see my Uncle. We leave in 2wks today actually. Woohoo…can’t wait! Bring on the wine, pizza, pasta and all things Italian J
- Chris and I have our first Olympic test event coming up. The Badminton World Champs. Ha! Chris and I will both be working at the event - testing out our staff and practicing for the big thing next year. We are very excited about it!
- DHL=HaTe. Nothing is easy in London. Chris took the Monday off work to make sure he was home for DHL delivery of the boxes. We were expecting them to deliver by about 11am so when 11.02am ticked over, Chris promptly rang up DHL to see what was going off. Chris was told that delivery of our boxes wouldn’t be occurring today because the dumb woman who I spoke to on Friday sent the email about re-delivery too late on Friday night. They accepted that this was there fault and that they would re-arrange for delivery the next day. Well that’s all well and great customer service BUT Chris took the flippin day off so he could be home for delivery and we can’t keep doing that. Anyways…Chris had to go down to the depot himself and collect the boxes and bring them home in a mini-cab. FAIL. Since then, we’ve sent several complaints to both Pack’n’Send and DHL so watch this space…..
- Rain. So I know in my last blog I was raving about how hot it’s been. Well obviously the weather man is a follower of my blog and decided to fuck things up. He did a good job! Sigh. It’s been raining for at least 4days now. Now I don’t want to whinge too much coz I signed up for this…but seriously. Shoes made in Australia were not built to handle rain. I’m getting use to have soggy shoes and feet. Gross. Rant over!
- And when you’ve been out in the rain all day…one thing you’d like to do is come home and have a nice looonnnggg HOT shower. Not in our apartment. Yup, our hot water is still broken. We worked it out that out of the 21days we’ve been in our apartment, we’ve had 14days with no hot water. Lame. They are meant to be replacing the whole thing tomorrow so hopefully I’ll have some good news to report over the coming days (Don’t tell Kristy!!). Don’t worry I’ve still been washing, just with a bit more effort than normal - we have to carry the water buckets from the kitchen to the bathroom so we can bath. I must admit, I’m getting use to it!
Chris is doing well (in case you were wondering). He’s still enjoying his job and of course loves having me around because I’m the best. We’ve been watching heaps of the Tour seeing as it’s on at a reasonable time over here not like back home. Definitely been some interesting stages and massive achievement for Cadel - woohoo.
Anyways - email me and tell me what you’ve been up to! I know some of you are up to no-good. Ha.
Mind the gap…
Kate xxx
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