Wow...

Doesn't a week go fast?

Settlement progresses well in the United States, but not quite as swiftly or as smoothly as we'd like. But then again, I think it was Robert Burns who pointed out the falibilities of planning ahead!

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Robert Burns.

But things are going in the right direction.

We're working - just temporary assignments until one of the really juicy jobs I've been chasing works it's way through the pipeline (fingers crossed that one of them does!) But it's nice to have the focus (and modest income) from a job of work.

Since I'm spouting off random quoatations, what was it the guy with the cigar said?

Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness. Sigmund Freud

I think that's true. Being without employment for three weeks is surprisingly disspiriting. Work focuses your ambitions in a way idleness doesn't. Now free time is more limited, I've learnt to use it much more effectively to acomplish the things I need to do.

It's ironic, really. I moved to America thinking I knew all the answers - but instead it becomes a fresh new learning experience. But that in itself gives our unsettled life fresh new flavour and makes this American adventure everything I'd hoped it would be.