Heatwave

It's seriously hot here right now, 33 degrees today... Last night I couldn't sleep, it was so warm, so after a while I put the air conditioner on, on 22 degrees... In Sweden, i it was 22 degrees in the bedroom, I would have thought it soooo warm, here it was really nice and cool. Makes me wonder what temperature it was before I turned it on!

The temperature (and humidity!) makes it a little hard to go running, but I've been good for the last day, following the schedule Sussi sent me (thank you, btw!). Today was a really good day, first day since... well, feels like forever, but probably two weeks, that I haven't had a cough! Finally rid of this stupid cold.

The job hunting... isn't going that well, but I suppose I've only been here for, well, a month exactly today! So I guess I should be patient, but I just want a job now now now! Hopefully we can lodge my new visa application soon, and then I might have a better chance. I have this theory that since most people on Working Holiday Visa (the type I have) are here to travel around and work just a little bit here and there, they might not wanna hire me, cause they think I won't stay for long enough for the job. Oh well, at least Mick has a job now, so we'll survive, and I will get one eventually, or I'll just have to start studying again.

As for pictures... I'll try and be better, I just never take any, I'm too busy experiencing! I haven't been into the city too much, I stay around the house when Mick's at work, if I go into the city I'll wanna buy stuff, and until I get a job, I really shouldn't!

Well, that's all for now, I miss you back in Sweden!

//Let

Little update

We're slowly getting more acclimatized. Mick has a job that starts tomorrow, we've been filling out form after form after form for my Visa application, I'm still applying for all the jobs I can find... 

Last week we had a few birthday dinners to go to, all really nice. Both me and Mick have gotten colds, so a fairly large chunk of last week was spent in bed (me) or in front of the computer (Mick). Also, we've been starting to plan what to buy now that we'll be getting money, making budgets, looking up prices of things, that stuff. I really like it though, all the planning and browsing, that is more than half the fun!

We did take a quick trip to IKEA as well, we bought a dresser (it was getting a bit old to keep our clothes in piles on the floor), "påsklämmor" (things you use to seal plastic bags) and food... Lingonberry jam, cream sauce mix, caviar and Daim.

Now I just have to figure out what to do when Mick is at work...

Night night!

//Let

The beach!!

Today we went to the "real" beach, and it was sooooooo nice! 

White sand, blue sea, HUGE waves (Mick disagrees...) nice warm sun, cool barbecue area... I love it! 

Me, on the beach...

Also, remember that spring started 6 days ago... imagine doing this in the beginning if March in Sweden...

Unfortunately I forgot to put sunscreen on my legs, so the back of them hurt a little now... Tomorrow I'm gonna try and buy some aloe vera!

Now it's bed time, we got up at 7 this morning, so I'm a bit sleepy.

//Let

Living in Taringa

Sorry about the lousy updating...

We've been keeping fairly busy, and are now living in Taringa with Stefan, Olga and Andre, sooo much closer to the city!

Our main "job" right now is applying for jobs, and, in Mick's case, going to interviews. I have so far not had any calls, but I'm waiting patiently.

Everything is getting settled, we've got our bank accounts and cards, we've gotten some furniture and life is getting back into normal mode.

I have a goal, to get out of the house for a bit everyday and do something I enjoy, and so far we've been doing good. 

On Tuesday we went for a long (9 km) walk into Southbank, in the middle of Brisbane. Wow, there are some steep hills around here! There we went to the man made beach, I thought it was soooo nice, Mick didn't really agree. So tomorrow we're going to the "real" beach!

Other days I've joined Olga to the mall, and for the last two days I've been running/jogging at the little oval near our house, it actually feels OK! Yay!

Yesterday we went for "late night shopping", the stores in the city stay open until 9 on Fridays, so we went in and had a look, shopped for some birthday presents, had dinner, and when Olga got off work at 9, went for dessert at the casino café.

Right now we're having pizza and I'm watching my first ever game of Australian Football, it's actually quite easy to grasp, a lot easier (and faster) then American Football!

I'll try to write some more tomorrow when we've been to the beach.

Bye for now!

//Let