I've been commuting for a month now. I still don't like it, but I'm coping ( Read more... )

For the first time since 2009 I spent Christmas in Austria with my family, and Mark came along for the ride.

( Here's what happened )

I'm super excited, even though it was "only" the local election, not the general one (since I'm not a British citizen and may well never be, seeing how Austria doesn't allow dual citizenship). It also feels vaguely appropriate that I'm posting this almost exactly a year after my post about never having voted in the UK (and why)It helped that one of ( Read more... )

Once again it's been a month since I last posted ( Read more... )

Back in June I wrote a post about the changes I anticipated coming to my life with my new job. While "more money" and "less free time" were definitely on my list, I have to admit that I didn't quite anticipate just how profound these change would feel to me ( Read more... )

I keep meaning to write - to show that I'm still alive if nothing else - but working life is just too busy. I still haven't finished the last assignment for my business admin course, which is really stupid of me because it's the LAST ONE for Christ's sake, but the last couple of weekends I've just been so knackered and in desperate need of ( Read more... )

Facebook is full of people talking about voting today, what with the European elections and all. It makes me feel weird ( Read more... )

My dentist texted me yesterday to say that I was due for a check-up. Calling them to tell them that I've moved made me want to cry. It was such a hassle to find a good dentist last time around and I was so glad when I finally found one that I was 100% happy with... I'm not looking forward to having to go through that again here ( Read more... )

I have to start this post with a bit of a confession, namely that I wasn't actually particularly keen on going to Austria again so soon, mostly because I felt that I had enough things to worry about at home anyway. I kind of had to go though, because my mother wanted to legally transfer ownership of her flat to me and had been working on getting it ( Read more... )

My, what an exciting year this is shaping up to be! It's only the middle of March and I've already been to London twice! I lead such a wild life ( Read more... )