Bath: First Fortnight Roundup

Our first 2 weeks in Bath have just flown past!
Since settling into Jesse Hughes, it's been a flurry of job applications, telephone calls, travelling to get things organised/bought, and, where possible, stopping to relax and enjoy our new surrounds.

Johnny put his CV onto one of the big job websites late on the first Sunday night and by lunchtime Monday had fielded 6 phone calls and had an inbox full of emails. Bec quickly followed suit. While we are both still unemployed, Bec has some excellent and interesting prospects. Johnny, despite stressing at having never been unemployed for so long, chants his "it'll be better in the new year, it'll be better in the new year" mantra and keeps searching/taking calls/emailing.

A trip into London by Death Bus (4 hours plus - not recommended!) secured us UK mobile phone numbers and a bank account, so at least we're ready to receive wages when we do finally get employed! We stayed the night with friends Beth and Dan who are now beautifully set up in Islington (yes, near The Angel!) having moved from Melbourne after marrying a few months ago. We checked out the fantastic Natural History Museum with Beth before a cracking French dinner - cheap too! Big thanks to B & D for having us - you guys rule! Lunch with Bec's uni friend Kate the following day, a bit more sight-seeing and then it was back on the dreaded bus...

Back in Bath, the days started to take a familiar format. One of us would wake early and drive Amanda to her work at the hospital, so that we could then use her car to get us around to do things. We'd spend the morning wading through the new emails from job agencies/recruiters/spammers/time-wasters, while fielding calls on multiple phones. Often we would drive into Bristol (a bit of a hell-hole, but where most of the work is) to talk to work-type people and/or check out used cars. Back to Bath by 4pm to pick up Amanda and get home. If it all sounds rather casual and relaxed, believe us, it's not!

However, we do try and keep in mind that we're not just here to work - so we have done some fun stuff too. And we'll be blogging about that soon!