home fried

we have been in australia for two months now.

my visa has cleared, bartlebee's fellowship is approved, and today i'm getting a new driver's license. goodbye california. hello victoria.

we've managed to hang our laotian fabrics on our brick walls, plant some lettuces, sweep the cobwebs off the porch light and hang some new, non-stainy curtains. they're botanical.

despite earlier reservations, the neighbourhood is growing on me. i'm getting used to the tram ride into town. found a friendly cafe or two. made friends with the lebanese guys who run the veggie market.

the big hole is the lack of work. or lack of clear direction on what i should be looking for. i've applied for full-time writer, editor, communications jobs. i've applied for part-time assistant jobs. i've pitched myself for contract and freelance gigs.

so far i've had one meeting, but that was with a couple who didn't have any work for me. i got a letter today and an email last week confirming receipt of my resume from two places i applied, but that's it outside of google writing back to say "thanks but no thanks."

it's december so i'm sure that's a big part of the lack of opportunity. still, i'm home fried. trying to stay busy and productive but floundering.

big achievements for the week include vacuuming and returning library books. i know i oughta start up on some big project but i'm having a hard time figuring out what that could be.

so i suppose this isn't the cheeriest blogpost.

if anyone knows anyone at lonely planet, they have a job opening i'm going to push hard on. i've got one connection there already, but more couldn't hurt.