Progress! And nostalgia.

Funny how fast these things can turn around if you just ask. I have to learn to be more assertive, obviously. Anyway, I now have faster internet in my apartment and HR will cancel my previous service and reimburse me. Which meant I had to sign up for a local bank account in order to receive reimbursements, which was kind of a hassle, but oh well. No more trips downtown for show downloads! Although downloading here will not be as fast as it was there, it will be much more tolerable.

And I can try Skype chats again and possibly sound like I'm speaking English!

I asked my coworkers for advice about what bank to choose, but in the end I decided it didn't really matter much since I won't be using it too much and ended up just doing HSBC since I'm already HSBC, although everything is separate and new anyway, so I might as well have just done the bank closer to me. And HSBC Australia has this weird little device you have to put on your keychain so you can press a button and generate a new code everytime you want to log into online banking. What's wrong with a memorable music artist?? All this high-tech mumbo jumbo.

I have been thinking of the list of things I miss about Bermuda right now, and besides of course all you wonderful people, I have:
1) Red pepper hummus. Or, you know, any hummus flavor other than hummus.
2) Special K with red berries.
3) My lil blue car and my lil blue bike.
4) Driving my lil blue car or bike
5) My kitties from both homes! - this should come above transportation, actually. Maybe above Special K, even.
6) Acceptable speeds of internet at home - oh, hey!
7) I think my bed, although my bed here is pretty good. My bed at home is softer.

I have to think of actual small little things we can get there but not here so I can ask my parents to bring me some in a few weeks! I guess I'm doing OK if I can't think of any.