London Calling

The time has come. Andrew and I are thinking about moving to London. Andrew's contract finishes in January and he has started looking at jobs in London. I myself am also looking at teaching jobs. We have seen some flats that are quite nice and with two bedrooms. They are expensive, but the salary's are more than they are here in Manchester.
We are quite excited about the propect of a move and I am keen to move on from Daytona. The managers here know that I am thinking about leaving, but they don't know how soon it could be.
Andrew was in London for a few days last week and he was surprised how easy it was for him to get around especially on the tube and the prices of things weren't a lot more expensive than they are here.
The only thing I am a little nervous about is getting jobs. We won't be doing anything until Andrew has got a job. He will then go down a little earlier than me to get a place and I can get everything sorted out here.
Will keep you all updated!

Borat

We went and saw this over the weekend. What can I say about this movie. I didn't know whether I felt sorrier for the American's or the people of Kazhkstan. Although there were definitely moments of hilarity there were some really cringe worthy stuff. There is a particular scene where Borat and his friend are naked and wrestling, this then continues into a fight that goes all over the hotel, including into a conference that is being held there. It didn't completely live up to all they hype and people telling me I would be in stitches the whole way through, but at the same time I enjoyed it. The scene with Pamela Anderson, well, I will leave it up to you to watch.

Another year older

This is the first time in a few years that I feel older on my birthday. I am not sure why, I didn't have a significant birthday, just 27. Maybe being away from friends and family, or maybe because everyone I work with is younger than me. I had a nice day though.
I walked into work and one of the managers started singing happy birthday. When I opened the laundry door to put my bag away there was a teddy bear, chocolates and a card from everyone at work. Then later in the day the marshals came out to sing me happy birthday. It was really nice.
Andrew came back from London that afternoon after his exam so I got home and he was there with my present. He gave me the board game 'Lost' and an iPod Nano. Very cool. I can get 500 songs onto it. So far I have 147. As soon as we get a new computer I can get lots more.
Thank you to all your well wishes.

Finished

I have finished uni for the year. I am very relieved to be finished, though now I am not really sure what to do with myself. I have bought a couple of teaching books since I have been here so I might read through them over the next couple of months.
The exam wasn't easy, but I finished with enough time to go back over everything I had written and do some editing. It was weird sitting in a small room with just myself and the person observing me. I have to admit though i did like doing the exam that way. It meant that I had no other distractions around me and I seemed to be able to concentrate a lot easier.
For the few days before the exam I went over the past exam questions. I am glad I did because a couple of the questions were similar and thankfully I was able to remember what I had written.
I think I did okay. I passed both my assignments for this subject so as long as I pass the exam I will be okay. Now I just have to wait for the results.
Thank you to all who were sending me positive thoughts, I appreciate it.

Guy Fawkes

We survived our first Guy Fawkes night, actually I should say week.
Since Thursday last week there have been fireworks going off all over the place. The first couple of nights there were just the odd ones going off. It was a bit scary riding home when you have kids all ove rthe place in possession of fireworks. It seems you don't need a licence so it isn't all controlled and in one place like back home. Over the weekend we were sitting in our living room watchign the fireworks going off from about 4 different places. It was actually pretty cool to watch it all from the comfort of our own living room. It did get a bit much after awhile with the same types always going off and well it was a bit tiresome, cool for awhile then we had enough.
What we did miss was actually going to a bonfire. We assumed that it would all happen on the night of November 5th, silly us, it was actually on the Friday night at the park near us. We will have to make sure we don't miss it next year.
It all seems a bit much though to celebrate a terrorist act. But I guess any reason to celebrate is a good one.
Andrew and I are in major study mode now for the next couple of weeks so you probably won't here from me for awhile.

Winter

Winter is fast approaching here and I am not sure how I will cope. The last couple of days have got down to 2 degrees and it is only November. I am absolutely freezing. The boiler at work is also having issues so that means it is often not very warm at work at all.
With winter comes darker days. The sun is setting at 4pm, though it will get early over the next ouple of weeks. I am not sure whether I prefer to be riding to work or from work in the dark. It is so weird to see this happening. It should be lighter, not sure how I will go. I may have to stop riding to work for a couple of months as well. With it being so dark it can get dangerous riding around. So I will have to opt for the bus for awhile.
I just want it to snow, at least then it might actually be worth it.