Updates!!!

Work/Visa Update
Last Thursday I submitted my application for the new visa. Woohoo! It arrived on Friday thanks to UPS and their quick deliveries, but my app fee still hasn't been taken from my account. I am wondering if this means the application process is taking a while. boo!

Anywho, I also found a part-time job, but the people need my passport. UGH! If I had only called these people 5 days prior I would be working and getting a visa. :( Thankfully the guy said they will still be hiring in December when I get my visa and passport back. The 'real' job search is a nightmare, but luckily I'm not the only one having issues. (I was starting to have self-esteem issues.) 2 other girls I know are just as miserable about it all.

In the meantime, I have a catering shift this Saturday and next for some rugby matches. That should be fun. Serving drunken rugby fans...just hope they are hot to make the time go by faster!

Personal Updates
Today is election day, so get out there and VOTE!!!

We are having an election party/G's birthday party tomorrow due to the time difference here. By the time results start coming in we will all be sleeping snuggly in our beds. G turns 27 tomorrow. OLD MAN! haha. I'm still a fetus compared to him.

But back to the election party...Paul, one of G's friends, really wanted to have an election party even though he's English. In the UK people laugh at the Republicans' claims that Democrats are 'liberals' and 'socialists'. The USA honestly doesn't have a liberal mainstream party, but there are the Libertarians which are much more liberal than the Dems. (if you want to read about a more liberal stance go to Patrick Rhamey's site). And socialism is in no way about to make its way into the USA, so claims that Obama is a socialist are absurd. No matter your party and/or presidential choice, you at least need to keep yourself educated on political terminology and stances. But then again, those people calling Obama a socialist are ignorant and choosing to remain so.

At the end of the month I'm going down south to G's mom's for a family weekend. I've been to a few other family functions, so I feel pretty comfortable. There will be a few extras that I haven't met before, but Southern charm has its perks. Meeting new and strange people is one of those!! Hopefully the weather will be nice because we are only there for one night.

I am still living in my 'new' flat. It's going well. I do wish I could decorate more as the flat is VERY minimalist, but it's not mine and I don't know how long I'll be here. That said, my bedding is absolutely lovely. VERY high count cotton duvet cover that is super soft and cosy. Unfortunately it does wrinkle quite a bit. But you know, whatever.

We had a Halloween party on Friday. I went as the crazy radical Sarah Palin. What a freak. Why did McCain have to pick her? He was actually a decent choice for president until he had a stroke and picked a wacky, barely educated, freak. Enough said. But pictures are to come from that party. G went as the Hitcher from "The Mighty Boosh". Click here for a similar picture of his character. The show is absolutely hilarious, but very British. If you like Flight of the Conchords you just may like this show. :)

More to come! Promise I have crazy stories.