the mother land

Its been a hectic 19 days since we returned to the shores of the mother land. First up was the jet lag. Traveling though 11 time zones with a short stop in the US took more out of us that we had expected. We did the right things like sleep in line with UK time but nothing stopped our bodies from waking up at 4 am and deciding it was time to get up. Back to normal now though.

Seeing our families has been lovely. We have just about caught up on a years worth of news. James and Carol have shopped and talked, Paul has decorated and drank with us and Hilary has taken us walking. On the friends front its like we have never been away. We have had 3 big nights out and after 20 minutes we are back to our usual self. There is one slight change though... with having no jobs to go to our curfew times have somewhat extended. Rolling back in at 5am is no bother! We have regailed all with stories from our adventures opting for the shocking and the funny. The best being killing the chicken in India, elephant washing Laos, guest house management, massages of the erotic and painfull variety, moped riding in Thailand, rugby world cup and our friends in NZ.

Now we would not like to suggest that we have had some from of radical transformation and become sloths. Most certainly not. We have applied for 16 jobs between us, transformed the back garden including decking (thanks Kevin) , painted lots of windows (thanks Paul) and began negotiations with estate agents. One had the gall to say they 'deserved 1% for selling our property". James has rented a flat for us in York (move in next week) and I have bought a car. Not just any car but a ford cougar. Some would call it a penis extension others a pimp car but for me it was a bargain at 650 quid! I also think its quite sexy but don't tell anyone!! I have also had a job interview and James has one next week. Hopefully there are more in the pipeline too.

In short its been a whirl wine few weeks. We are really looking forward to moving into the flat and get a proper base and begin to feel like we have a bit of structure. We have decided that we will live in York for 6 months and look for jobs after this who knows....