Life so far

So, been a while! But we have been pretty busy so the weeks have flown by.

In summary, since we got back from lano, we have done the following:

1. Started work - me with peedubs (don't want this blog to pop up on anyone's radar at work!), Phil as a travelling salesman... without car or business card. I've been totally thrown in at the deep end - eg ended up working a 16 hour day yesterday... so trying to decide whether this is a good thing (ie get to prove myself) or not (er... I have no life). People seem lovely though and had a Christmas social already, with another tomorrow afternoon. Phil is finding it a bit slow at the moment but says "it's ok" (I just asked). The act of working hard has certainly helped us to feel like we've settled in though. Just need to work on the whole social life/friends bit...

2. I've bought a racing bike. It's very pretty. It even has clip on pedals, so expect some photos of scraped knees etc.

3. We've found a flat!! It took long enough, and hour after hour every evening trawling websites but we've finally found somewhere in cottesloe so are being royally ripped off I'm sure but we are only one road back from the beach. Excellent. Phil already hates the estate agent though.

4. Moved home again - this time we're in Fremantle courtesy of some very generous friends who are letting us house sit whilst they're in the uk.

5. Drunk lots of wine (work has turned us into alcoholics).

6. Finally put some photos up http://picasaweb.google.com/phil.cutter hopefully works!

7. Bought a new boiler for the Bristol house (poor tenants are apparently filthy and cold).

8. Looked at lots of 4x4s (pictures) and Phil has become very excited about getting a land cruiser now that he has a work car allowance. I suspect we shall be getting a bogan-mobile though (ford falcon) as they're the Aussie equivalent to a big sensible Volvo estate but with a bigger boot!

9. Failed to windsurf after work apart from yesterday when Phil went out but there wasn't much wind. The weather seems to be improving though so we've got our fingers crossed for Geraldton for Christmas (although we've been told we're crazy for wanting to camp in that weather! Ah well, mad dogs and Englishmen and all that...).

10. Enjoy the sunshine. Despite all of the hours of work and general life 'admin' we're still enjoying it here and it is just beautiful, and when the sun is shining it is an incredible place. Even when the sun isn't shining (we've had weird weather patterns for the last couple of weeks) you know it's not far away. Even the commute to work is relatively pleasant as I always get a seat and there are lovely views of the ocean for part of it.

Anyway just one more day of work left before we break for Christmas and although we've only been working 3 weeks it definitely feels like we deserve some time off! Moving countries etc takes it's toll!

Merry Christmas to anyone reading this, and keep in touch xxx