Reality sets in

Life is starting to settle down a bit. So it's been a while since the last post. We've been spending our time doing fun exciting things like getting the bank accounts up and running, getting phones so we're contactable, organising accomodation for when we get kicked out of our apartment here and so on... As the company paid-for accomodation runs out on July 8th, we have had to find another place to live for the short term. Most of the places require a 12-month lease but we've been lucky (?). We've found some more temporary accomodation in Plainville, Massachusetts, at an apartment complex called Village Green. We've signed a three month lease (the shortest we could get) to give us a bit more time to try and get everything organised. The new place looks good, has a nice outdoor pool and lots of grassy areas for Lexie to explore. It's a 2-bedroom place on the 3rd floor and has a balcony. It's sorta like a gated community, with a laudromat, the pool and a gym. Looks really nice. Andy's being sent to New York for training at the start of next week. He is going down on the AMTRAK train leaving Providence on Sunday arvo. The trip is 3 hours and he arrives at Penn Station. However due to a bridge being replaced in Conneticut, he can't get the train back. Fortunately he's going with a work collegue who is driving and he's been offered a lift back. At least he doesn't have to do the driving. These Yanks are crazy!!! Lexie and I would love to go with him, but it just didn't work this time round. But hopefully he'll have some fun and Lexie and I will have fun trying to get around without him and without the GPS system. Thats right.... we had to hand back the hire car today and we got Andy's work car. What a beast of a car!! It looks like a car a Mafioso would drive, but very nice inside. Not as blue as Jen was hoping, but what can you do? The only problem is, without the hire car, we don't have the GPS system, which has actually been a godsend, especially whilst househunting. Without it trying to find our way around would have been very hard, we got lost enough times as it was.... The bank we are with (who shall remain nameless) has finally decided to give us credit cards. Tim: it is the same deal as you and Anna had. A very small credit limit. And we have to follow the same guidelines as you had to. That is: put all purchases on it, don't spend any more than 50% of the credit limit and pay it off immediately. In a few months we'll have the bank falling over us to give us an increased credit limit, more cards, etc. It's all necessary to build a credit rating in the USA. Without one you can't do anything! Anyway there are no photos with this post - we are going to see another Waterfire tomorrow night, and then NYC for some of us.