Luda

...they let me in and I am now a resident of New York - whoop whoop!  I can't quite believe we're finally here.

The view from our bedroom window last night...quite a change from South London!

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I am fed up to the back teeth of dealing with incompetents, whether it's..

I just had my first one of these:

how have I made it to this grand old age and never had a fig roll before?

It was...kind of delicious (in a very english biscuit-y type of way)

You tried anything new recently? (Keep it clean..)

I love questions, just as I love lists. I believe this shows there's an organised mind fighting to get out of this otherwise very disorganised person.

Give me some answers, go on...

What is your earliest memory?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Aside from a property, what's the most expensive thing you've bought?

What is your most treasured possession?

What makes you depressed?

What is your favourite book?

What is your fancy dress costume of choice?

What is the worst thing anyone's said to you?

What is your guiltiest pleasure?

What is the worst job you've done?  

What has been your biggest disappointment?

What single thing would improve the quality of your life?

How would you like to be remembered?

Tell us a joke.

Tell us a secret

Ok - having a very quiet day on the temping front (long may it continue) so I'm diving into google and trying to find an apartment for my friend and her friends to rent in SoHo/Greenwich Village this summer.

Anyone rented an apartment in NYC before and know good websites?

In other news, I finally moved house last weekend and into Mr C's flat. Or should I say OUR flat. It was exhausting - so many stairs, so much stuff, but omg did the boy prove that he loved me. He worked like a little trooper and went above and beyond which was wonderful.

So - I now have to fit all my clutter into what was previously a very nice organised adn tidy little flat. It's going to be a challenge.

I caught one of these skulking round the bathroom this morning

I'm ashamed to say I squealed.

I am perfectly happy wih spiders, earwigs etc but for some reason centipedes really give me the willies - even looking at that picture gives me the creeps

....and as for doing google image for 'centipede' - well, just don't!

I'm moving in with my boyfriend into his rented flat.  We've asked for a new contract with both our names on, as it'll be helpful for all this visa application stuff.

We've said he's still going to be the one paying all the rent (as I'm temping and will just give him money as and when)

His landlady is lovely though and forwarded on email from esate agent where they suggested to her it was a good opportunity to wangle a rent hike out of us (even though he's only 6 months through his tenancy) so I am already mistrustful of them.

As expected we have to pay a huge sum for a new contract and also have said I have to pay for credit referencing, and I've been asked for lots of info about myself including employer,income etc

My question  - do you think this credit referencing is legal/necessary? Officially I'm not the one paying any rent surely so is my credit is  even relevant?  And especially being a temp I'm not even sure how I fill in all the employers stuff anyway, as I'm only temping here for another week.

Help!  What do you think?

So, the temping agency I am working for are total idiots.

Last week they underpaid me - got the wrong (ie too low,of course) hourly rate so I was left nearly £100 short.  This I only know because I am being super anal and keeping track very closely of my cash and checking how much I am paid. Had I not done this nobody would have been any the wiser.

And this week I double check my pay and they've done it YET again. How can you be so monumentally stupid as to do it twice?

Supposedly it was "all sorted blah blah hush now Luda". And of course, I can't now get hold of the little moron responsible.

Argh!!!!!!!!

My blissful life as a temp continues - I'm sure at some point I would get bored of not being challenged etc but after such a stressful time at work over the past year I am luxuriating in an environment where there's no back-stabbing, no terrorising boss, no working late, and just no stress. It's wonderful. And these offices are super swanky and, (it's the small things) I can wear whatever I want to work.

Mr C is still in New York on a pre-big move trip over there - they want him there "NOW!" they say. Apparently my boyfriend is an indispensible cog in their big corporate wheel. I keep telling him he's just a geek but I may have to start showing him some respect.

I'll be a lot happier about our move over there once I have a plane ticket and a visa.,,I'm still at that point where I'm worrying that it's not going to happen.  However, I've cashed in my mum's cute homemade christmas present voucher and I have a sparkly new camera on it's way. Ta-daaaaa!

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Brace yourselves.

I shan't offer an update on New York until I know for sure what's going on. Having been home last weekend got my family's blessing, I am 100% excited about the prospect and hoping that it doesn't all fall through now. So - just waiting to hear more from Mr C's bosses and his HR department about what's going on. But - all being well...mid March we should be having an adventure over the other side of the world.

My only concession so far has been to set up an "Us having a lark in New York" blog on blogger.com...just in case. If we go ahead and, if you're interested I can you round for a cup of tea to have a read.

9 days left working here - I am floating along. It's wonderful. Though handover notes are very tedious to write. Though it's hard to motivate yourself to write detailed helpful ones when your boss has been a queen beyatch who is the primary reason for you leaving.