Sorry about the lack of a New York blog yet but it is coming soon I promise! So after delightfully telling you all last time that my work permit has come through I am now stuck waiting for something else.... It seems that even though I am legally allowed to work, no one can employ you until you have a social security number (which you can't apply for until you have authorization to work) At the office they told me it would take two weeks.... that was on the 5th of February, but it seems for a immigrant it can take up to 6 weeks!!!! I'm getting fed up of all this now, I just hope it arrives before I run out of money! On a more positive note at least a couple of people are benefiting from this, I have been doing a ton of hours volunteering at the Metroparks and I am having a lot of fun keeping our new digs shipshape with Amanda :)
Since New York there hasn't been to much going on really, I'm cutting down on exciting things to try and save some cash in case this waiting never ends! Also the weather has been atrocious - today is a nice cloudy wet day and some of the snow is finally starting to melt - I believe that this morning is the first day I have seen a blade of grass since November :)
Next weekend is buzzard day in Cleveland, a lot of people head out bright and early to the Brecksville reservation to see if they can be the first to see a Buzzard (although it is an open secret that they have actually been flying around for the last week or two!). I think I shall go and join them, hopefully the weather will have improved by then too - it is amazing how your body can adjust to the cold, a couple of days ago the weather rose to a heady height of one degrees and sunny, it felt so warm I was walking around in just a sweatshirt, if that had happened last year back in England I would have been wrapped up in about seventeen layers!
I havn't taken many pictures since New York but here are a few from a nice walk me and Amanda went on :) except for the whole Social Security Card thing I am having a great time here, married life is going swimmingly and I have settled in brilliantly and I don't know what else to write to rhyme with brilliantly! any ideas anyone?
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| got a bit wet taking this... |
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| Me looking very cool in my awesome new jacket! |
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| Amanda looking groovy. |
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| A perfect day for a swim.... |
We shall catch up soon when I shall tell you all about New York :)
