A new life... Chapter 3

More's happening as the days go by.

First of all - I still don't have my goddamn Social Security Number so everything I try to do here screeches to a halt because I don't have that number. No bank account, no loans (for the car), no internet/phone/TV, no credit cards - NADA.
Trying to get the car business sorted out and the car dealer's been great so far, trying to sort it all out for me but even he is running into problems. With insurance for example. In this country you can't register a car without having insurance (pretty standard I'd say) but then when I called some companies for a quote they quoted some ridiculously high prices and you wanna know why? Because they don't take into account the 12 years driving experience I've accumulated over the pond. AARRGGHH. I'm being treated like an 18 year old driver who's just gotten their driver's licence. Oh well, fingers crossed I'll find another company who's giving me a better rate.

I'm getting more aquainted with my immediate surroundings (aka the Daniel Webster Highway which is a shopper's paradise!!!). Have just bought the Sunday Nashua Telegraph and came across the local section which talks about the Nashua Choral Society so I'm definitely going to join them at some point (if they want me, that is... they looks quite a bit more serious than Woking's choir...)
On Friday one of the bigwigs of the company got an ice cream truck to come to us and we had ice creams after lunch and then were allowed to go home. I didn't go home as I was trying to get a lot of other stuff done but it was still a nice idea.

What else - this coming week will be interesting as the company's big yearly user meeting is happening for the next few days and I will be pretty much on my own with one or two colleagues. Let's hope it'll be quiet and if not, let's hope I'll manage ok. I can't say I'm worried though - I've taken to this job like a fish to water. I always knew I was good with IT stuff and this just proves it. I know once I've settled in I'll be great at the job. I just hope I won't have time to get bored though...

I'm loving this new laptop and the fact that I can connect to the internet using whatever connection through its WiFi capability. It rocks!!! My new cell phone is crap though, I don't like it much, it's a Nokia 6102i and whilst it looks very fancy and can do quite a few things, it annoys me. Why on earth would you want to have one of those "open up" cells that make you put the screen to your ear when you speak and then you spend the next minute or so cleaning it after each call. Totally stupid, honest. Give me an old, fat, heavy cell phone from 5 years ago anytime!!! But I really can't complain that much since it's a free phone and I've got 900 free minutes/month. The company's taking good care of me :-)

Not much else to say for now - I'll need to make a decision on when and what to order from IKEA, furniturewise, I mean. Thankfully the airbed I bought is quite good quality and whilst I don't sleep perfectly on it, it's good enough to hold out for another few weeks. So no hurry there.

If I remember anything else I shall add it to my next entry - until then, buh bye!!!