snow snow snow!!!!
Yesterday morning Susie woke me up with the words I have been waiting to hear all month - "Becky it's snowing!!" Woo hoo!!!! I ran to the window and saw big fat chunks of ice floating up down and around in the wind, seeming to joyfully defy the rules of gravity. It was beautiful! Of course being in London it didn't last very long, but enough did settle for me to walk down the road in my brand new boots (thanks dad!) and create really cool footprints. I felt like I was in a murder mystery! Of course I was the only person outside; everyone else in the neighbourhood had seen snow before and had the sense to go back to bed... so I had it all to myself. So there you go - one more 'achievement' on my travel list done! (finally!)
There are only three working days this week in the UK so the company I work at is pretty much closed and I had to find myself another job for this week. Last Friday and this week I am 'holding the fort' for a small company connected to Macquarie Bank that specialises in some part of investment or real estate and business at a level that I have no hope of understanding, so I probably won't even try. Basically I am only here to answer the phone if it rings- and that's not very often, and otherwise I'm just reading, surfing the net and looking out at the amazing view of London that I have from the 35th (top floor) of the very cool Macquarie building in the middle of the city. I have almost the entire floor to myself!!!! How do I always get these jobs in such amazing locations? They just keep on getting better and better... Expect more dribbling posts as the week goes on as I have a feeling there's only so much time I can spend staring out at the city from so high up that I can't see much movement.
I still don't have any set dates, housing or jobs set up for Edinburgh - it's too risky to book any of that in until I find my replacement for the flat. Cassie has been trying for almost a month to find someone to replace her so it doesn't look so promising for me and I must have someone in there as I'll need my bond back and can't pay rent once I leave. People have been asking me what my plan is after Edinburgh and I wish I could answer but there are just too many options and not enough money for all of them. I would still love to volunteer somewhere but that would mean saving a lot of money, or I could go back to uni so I can get my degree then maybe get sponsored in a job in the UK, but that would mean probably two years at home first, and I don't think now is the time for me to be home. Or I could always just keep on doing what I'm doing now - I could get a visa in Ireland, or France or Canada and keep on working and traveling until I get bored... All I know for sure is that my working visa here is running out and I have a round-the-world ticket that I need to use before September, which means I'll be home some time in the 3rd quarter of next year for an uncertain amount of time.
Anyway I'm bored with this post, might read my book for a bit...
But first I'm going to copy jaan and tell you what song I'm singing in my head at the moment (no ipod to listen to and I'm going a little bit nuts!) :
'Around the world' - East 17.
ciao
There are only three working days this week in the UK so the company I work at is pretty much closed and I had to find myself another job for this week. Last Friday and this week I am 'holding the fort' for a small company connected to Macquarie Bank that specialises in some part of investment or real estate and business at a level that I have no hope of understanding, so I probably won't even try. Basically I am only here to answer the phone if it rings- and that's not very often, and otherwise I'm just reading, surfing the net and looking out at the amazing view of London that I have from the 35th (top floor) of the very cool Macquarie building in the middle of the city. I have almost the entire floor to myself!!!! How do I always get these jobs in such amazing locations? They just keep on getting better and better... Expect more dribbling posts as the week goes on as I have a feeling there's only so much time I can spend staring out at the city from so high up that I can't see much movement.
I still don't have any set dates, housing or jobs set up for Edinburgh - it's too risky to book any of that in until I find my replacement for the flat. Cassie has been trying for almost a month to find someone to replace her so it doesn't look so promising for me and I must have someone in there as I'll need my bond back and can't pay rent once I leave. People have been asking me what my plan is after Edinburgh and I wish I could answer but there are just too many options and not enough money for all of them. I would still love to volunteer somewhere but that would mean saving a lot of money, or I could go back to uni so I can get my degree then maybe get sponsored in a job in the UK, but that would mean probably two years at home first, and I don't think now is the time for me to be home. Or I could always just keep on doing what I'm doing now - I could get a visa in Ireland, or France or Canada and keep on working and traveling until I get bored... All I know for sure is that my working visa here is running out and I have a round-the-world ticket that I need to use before September, which means I'll be home some time in the 3rd quarter of next year for an uncertain amount of time.
Anyway I'm bored with this post, might read my book for a bit...
But first I'm going to copy jaan and tell you what song I'm singing in my head at the moment (no ipod to listen to and I'm going a little bit nuts!) :
'Around the world' - East 17.
ciao
