first days of work

i've started my first days at work, which is basically in downtown london. the buildings around here are pretty cool, i will take some pictures tomorrow. work seems ok, but i will have to do a lot of phoning manufacturers and stuff like that, which i don't really like doing, so that's kinda too bad.

as for my house, my landlady is an older woman who, once she starts talking, doesn't stop. she rambled for upwards of 2 hours the other night, just after i gave her back her telephone. all i did was nod and smile and occasionally say "oh yeah, uh-huh" (thomas you know what i'm talking about).


i think I will get a mobile phone soon, and apparently I can call canada for 5p a minute, which is pretty decent. also that way, I don't have to ask my landlady for her telephone, and thus avoid her rambling.

I have only met a few people here so far - boss (seems like a good guy), boss's wife (from halifax, nice person), boss's wife's friend (also from canada, and she was cool), landlady (see above), and flatmate (from turkey, learning english at a college here). I pretty much just stay in my room at home, which sucks cause as most of you know, I don't have the internet.

Anyway, I am on lunch break at work, so I should probably eat my food and whatnot. I am eagerly awaiting visits from Lauren, John, Emma and Marie. They really can't come soon enough. Bye for now,

Stan