Thank goodness for the library! After a week in Aus I’ve found a source for free, reliable, internet. We joined the library at Noarlunga yesterday and I spent an hour in wireless surfing bliss. It would have been more than an hour but apparently there is a download limit that I exceeded fairly rapidly. I had a lot of music waiting…

But it’s a daily limit and I’m back at a lovely little suburban library this morning. While the stated purpose of this child-free jaunt was job searching, I couldn’t resist a little update. Don’t tell Dr. O’C.

I’m slowly finding my feet. Every little accomplishment – finding the bus to town, sorting out my mobile phone, getting a library card – makes me feel a little bit more grounded. This adventure today, on my own is another minor victory. This isn’t my first intercontinental move but it’s much harder than the one to Oxford. For that one, I arrived and went to work pretty much immediately. Dr. O’C was left with the trivia of getting all the things we needed. For this one, I’m intimately involved and I’ve got to tell you I’d rather be headed to work on a daily basis.

Lack of work is part of the uncertainty and discomfort. I haven’t been jobless for any significant period of time for the past fifteen years or so and I haven’t a clue what to do with myself. I also seem to have this reflex reaction of emitting a grumbling sigh every time we spend more than about $5 on anything.

So, I guess I should get on with it. Here’s a picture from our successful trip into the city center the other day. Look for more pictures coming down the pipe as I conquer jet lag and the hills of the southern suburbs.

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