So, that's one week at the arts institute. It passed fairly uneventfully. A few meetings, lot's of introductions to various students and faculty, and a big dose of thumb-twiddling. It's a pretty laid back work environment, which is very nice for a change. Going home early on Friday's is quite a perk (the uni closes at 4:30 on Fridays)!
Next week will probably be a little more active because the director of the department comes back from holiday so I'll have to do a few more "induction" activities and he's the person that has to OK the expenditure of getting a computer for me. Other than that, we'll see what happens.
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In other news, we have been officially approved for the apartment in Bournemouth. There was a delay in processing the paperwork, but it's done now. We gave 33 days notice to our lettings agent here. Unfortunately, we got a bit of an unwelcome acceptance from them. They said that we should have given notice in May and that we would then have had to move out at the end of June, so basically, we have to pay July's rent. We're moving out on the 9th, so if they get someone in here after that, we'll get a refund for the remainder of July. Naturally, we weren't very happy with this. K went to the Accomodations office at her university to have them look over our contract to see if we are being cheated. Unfortunately, the lettings agent is within their rights to do this. Not a great way to start a move. They did say they were going to do their best to get the apartment rented to someone as soon as possible.
Today is cleaning day. Need to get this place looking as inviting as possible so someone takes the bait.
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And in other other news, exactly two years ago today, K and I did THIS, so tonight we are going for a nice dinner at the Wykeham Arms to celebrate.
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