Notes from a Big Country

Reporting has been - and will continue to be - sporatic for the next few days. Tonight we make the big move and actually move into our new apartment - but that means living without luxuries like high speed internet, unlimited long distance and 200 television channels.

But after two long weeks, it's the first concrete step in the right direction.

Being here in America has been awesome, but things have not exactly gone smoothly. The apartment needed to be fixed up, the car needed to be inspected and the job interviews are being held by committee, so until today we'd failed in achieving any of the three most important American goals. A home. A car. A job.

To spend the first night under our own roof will hopefully be the turning point - and our other ambitions will swiftly fall into place.