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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Important item: shelter

The thing that has been occupying my mind the most is housing.  It’s really not the first priority (that would be getting visas) but I’ve started spending ridiculous amounts of time combing through housing ads.  Here are some things British housing ads feature that Canadian ones generally do not:

rents are generally listed weekly; the monthly [...]

First order of business: Money.

As you may or may not know, studying and/or working in another country involves getting a visa. I need a student visa, and my husband comes along as my dependent - odd, since *I* won’t be making any money, and his official job description is now Sugar Daddy. In any case, the British [...]

Abrupt change of subject

As of now, this blog is gonna be about going back to school and being an expat. Why? Because I’ve been accepted to the MA Social Anthropology of Development program, at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
In other words: Moving to London. In two months. I’m [...]

Semi-annual Eastward Migration: Complete

James and I have just returned from our vacation, visiting family in the eastern US.  We flew from Seattle to Washington, DC, where we rented a car and made a loop northward to PA, south to NC (via the Blueridge Parkway), east to the Outer Banks, and north again to DC.  Without further ado, a [...]