Teething trouble!

Posted by: Nic

Hi guys, we had been hoping to publish lots of pretty pictures of Durham. Unfortunately, due to a combination of crap computers and server troubles at Blogspot (that are out of our hands) it hasn't happened yet. Blogspot has apologized and the problem is allegedly rectified. Sal and I bought a computer that should arrive this time next week. Hopefully once it arrives and we get it set up things should start to happen blog-wise.

In the mean time you will have to deal with visually boring posts.

Sal is soldiering on with her PhD. I think the two days spent baby-sitting me where she couldn’t work have left her stressed out. Meanwhile, I am over the worst of my jet lag. Things here are still freaking me out. The Americans go out of their way to add laborsaving devices and optional features to all their equipment, which results in things breaking down or becoming harder to use. This is what is currently driving me nuts. American TV also sucks worse than Australian TV, which was already pretty crap. I met a Czech researcher yesterday and we spent a while giggling about how funny America is. To be fair though NC has some great aspects (like when you ask for a large coffee you get a LARGE coffee) and scenery that I am still finding beautiful.

What’s currently happening? I found a running route this morning. The hills here are killing me! It was really cold though and all my warm gear is still on the ship from Australia. I may need to go to Target to buy some cheap stuff (yes, they have Target here). Sal and I are hosting a party tonight, which will be my first chance to really meeting a lot of people. It should be interesting seeing though we have no stuff like chairs or wine glasses. We are also seriously discussing buying a house. I am sold on the idea of buying a semi-rural property. The concept of having to protect a vege garden from deer is amusing. I have never tried venison…

Once again my lovely wife has given me jobs to do that I am neglecting because I am blogging. So I need to go.

Nic