A bank account!

Today was a very good day :)

But first! Shipping my stuff: I'm waiting until I'm gainfully employed to ship my small things, but no furniture :( That would have cost thousands upon thousands I think...it will cost approx. $800 to ship 100 cubic feet of my stuff (12 boxes). My rule for myself is: if I stay after my two years is up, I'll ship my furniture (I'll probably have bought a place by then anyway).

We now return you to our regularly scheduled ramble: Barclays rocks! Not only did they let me open a bank account with just my address (as in, I verbally gave it to them), but they let me open a current (checking) account...very happy am I :)

HSBC, who'd been my first stop, were far less helpful...they wanted a utility bill. Oh well.

The start of my day was rather comical to my Washingtonian senses...the food saga drags on, but the grossness is hidden in the cabinets, so I'm ignoring it for now. So, after my nice and healthy breakfast of buttered toast and a banana, I opened the door to go for a run...and nearly froze to death instantaneously. I could see my breath. It is 20 August, right?? August. My, my. So, slamming the offending door closed, I changed my shorts to my lined running pants. Brrr.

Now suitably clothed for the arctic wonderland I now inhabit, I went for my run...I was gone far longer than I intended, but it felt great...I ran through a bit of Kensington Gardens and around a bit. And didn't get lost! Actually, I'm frequently not lost these days. Plus, I ran for some serious continuous lengths, which I'm quite giddy about.

Back to the flat to clean up, knocked the bank saga out of the way and spent some time catching up on email and whatnot before heading off to meet with the recruiter who arranged last Friday's interview.

A quick stroll around after I got back and it was dinner time...and I got lost. Oops. And I'd been doing so well! I was off in search of a pub a half mile away, that according to my googling had free wifi. I was terrified to go to a pub alone, as I'd be that alone dork. But I forced myself.

Unable to find the silly place, I came back to attempt the Japanese place across the street - who say they have wifi, but it doesn't appear to be free...and as I passed one of the two pubs across from my flat, I noticed that one of them has wifi. Woohoo!

So here I sit...it's quite a nice little pub, quiet and there aren't nearly enough people here for me to feel like a geek.

The company from Friday's interview are quite aggressively pursuing me, which is at the very least incredibly flattering...so we shall see where that goes.

So all in all, today was a very nice day :) a meetup.com event tomorrow night, drinks with Card Guy Thursday and a platonic theatre date Friday...I love London ;)