Tue, 04 Mar 2003

author Tim	location Golders Green, Greater London, England
posted 12:18 GMT	section Europe2002/Europe/UK/England/London/Working in London 1 ( all photos )

Feeling a Little Off ( No photos )
Not quite sure what the actual problem is, but both Liz and I have stomach bugs at the moment, hers seemingly worse than mine. A few others at work report similar symptoms so it seems like it is just something going around.
Thought I'd get the bad news out of the way first - most everything else is going quite well. Liz has been offered a shift here and there, and is currently getting some blood tests done. Apparently they think the Australian nurses are going to bring all sorts of horrible diseases over here. And here was me thinking they just wanted to bring their skills over...
I am now doing twelve hour days, still working in the same place. That's a lot of work, and it's making me fairly tired of course. Liz is trotting around the place tidying up various loose ends.
After not having any bank account at all for a long time, we now have two - one each. Wonderful.
Other than that, there's not a great deal of news. We are planning on moving to our new house on this coming weekend, which will be interesting due to the fact that it is right on a high street, and hence parking is at a premium. We have to apply for a parking permit for Percy.
Looking slightly longer-term, I am contracted here at work until the 18th of April, just in time for our ANZAC trip. After we return from that, we will probably be looking for a Kombi van (if not earlier), in which we plan to drive across to France and continue our exploration of this side of the planet in April-May.
Speaking of the ANZAC trip, Liz has been reading up on Turkish food in the book she got for her birthday, and as such is really keen to get moving. We will be able to come back and talk to the lads at Brothers Kebabs in their own language too - her research is coming along well!
Oh, and apologies to those who couldn't get the email link to work to wish Liz well for her birthday - I forgot to mention that it probably wouldn't work for those who use Hotmail or similar to access their email.
We could have predicted it. Just when we want to send money home to pay off rising credit card bills and HECS, the exchange rate goes completely in the wrong direction and we stand to loose hundereds. Annoying Australian economy!

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