Back in England

Hello everyone!

Well this is my first ‘English’ update. I have now been here for almost two weeks.

I would like to begin by saying that the area around Basildon is beautiful! Really! Matt and I have done a lot of walking - around parks and in the country. It is lovely. It is really not far until you are walking in country areas and I love the parks here. When I was overseas I really missed just chilling out in parks and reading books / having picnics etc. We have certainly made up for that over the last couple of weeks.

Matt is working every day at the school and I have been job hunting. I have just been given 6 weeks temporary work – at a credit card / bank card company. It doesn’t sound awfully exciting but it is certainly better than sitting around getting frustrated. I am still waiting to hear back from a couple of interviews and applications I have completed so hopefully something better will turn up soon.

Life here is very good. We have quickly settled down and it feels like I have been here for much longer than a couple of weeks.

Some things are strange – every now and then I hear a loud English voice and turn around – then I remember that everyone speaks English!! Doh! Also crossing the road is a bit of a nightmare – I have no idea which way to look, luckily I haven’t been run over yet.

I haven’t had chance to meet up with any of you here in England and I am sorry for that but hopefully when things have settled down and I have money coming in I can travel down to Hampshire and visit. I can’t wait to catch up with you all after so long.

Thank you for all the support and emails – it is nice to know that you haven’t yet forgotten about me!

I will update this again when I have more to say. In the meantime…. Take care everyone!

Love
Laus
xx