Adventures

Photos

I have finally been able to upload my photographs to Flickr, so here's a sampling.

The flowers Andy sent me for my birthday:

The only photo that i took at Madame Tussaud's that actually came out:

Bath:

The wilds of Hampshire:

Brighton:

The Flickr sets: Sparsholt | Bath | Brighton

You are getting sleeeeepy…

Actually, it's me who is getting sleepy. I'm working my last day today, and i have been put on Activities Office duty for the morning. That means i get to sit in a room and hope no one calls with an emergency. This afternoon i'm taking a bunch of Turkish kids to the airport.

The past 2 weeks here have really been a rollercoaster ride that i may or may not post more about later. Let's just say my first task back at Janette & Scott's on Monday is to write a scathing letter to the owner of this joint.

Anyway, just wanted to put a note here saying that i will soon be back in the land of mobile phone reception and an internet connection i actually understand.

Question:

Do you think i should spend a chunk of money (like £700) to go to Seattle for a month before i go to Glasgow? I have a friend here urging me to do it for the mental/emotional rest it will offer, but i'm hesitant to drop the cash (i do have it). I'm curious what others think.

Image credit: Solkoll

Life in the wilds of Hampshire

I have been in rural Hampshire for three weeks now, and it feels like months. I have one day off per week, and if that happens to fall on a Sunday, i'm pretty much trapped out here (there are no buses on Sundays). My mobile phone has little to no reception, and my internet connection won't allow me to upload any photos.

Oh well. It could be worse.

We were all told this week that our contracts are being cut short. A number of groups have cancelled their reservations, and the center just doesn't need all the teachers and activity leaders they have on staff. I'm ambivalent about this, because the job is very tiring, but it would have been nice to have the money from working the whole six weeks. So, unless i get a very unlikely transfer to another center, my last day of work is July 28.

In other news, i got word this week that the University of Glasgow has awarded me a £4000 scholarship. I was hoping for the £10,000 one, but beggars can't be choosers. This means i only need £8500 more to pay my fees and accomodation. I applied for a loan this week.

I also just found out that my uncle Derek is quite ill, so i may take some of my extra time in August to visit him and my aunt Yvonne.

Andy starts his new job on August 10 in Seattle, and he and Sofia will be renting a house in the Fremont district for a year. This way he can take his time looking for a permanent home.

I can move into the university accommodation in Glasgow as early as September 14, and the term starts on September 25. But what the hell am i going to do for the next 2 months?

Andy’s new job

Here's the trailer for the game Andy will be working on in Seattle.

Strangeness

I was idly procrastinating doing some real work tonight by taking a look at my blog stats, and i was shocked to see a massive spike in page views yesterday (my hit numbers have been 15-40 per day lately, but yesterday was 189).

The reason is that my post of the weird Evian ad was posted to some kind of meta blog, sending traffic here.

I'm not sure if i'm creeped out by people clicking on my blog because they read a thread titled "The mini-penis scandal." It's not as bad as it sounds. Click the first link in the list to find the reason for the title.