Oh, and while I'm on the subject, (well picking it up from yesterday anyway), that's another thing that is taking a bit of getting used to. Americans don't appear to drink much. Which of course is a good thing! But it makes making friends kind of an angst-ridden process. So Einar and I are learning to be good and not embarrass ourselves in company ;) The culture over here on fridays for example is very different to the UK. This Friday (today) Einar is playing football after work....at 10.30 pm...10.30!!!! If we were still in the uk we might be eating out, or having a meal at someone's house, or in the pub. Whatever we did we'd be relaxing and greeting the weekend with a few drinks. Not a drunken rampage, just a few. It's just that just a few for an american seems to mean 2 glasses of wine or 1 pint, drunk slowly over 2 hours and that's it. Anyway there will be nothing like that tonight, instead it's football for einar and knitting for me :) Yes people, that's right, knitting. I am learning to knit and chose a placemat for my first project. Of course it may be easy, but it is also I am discovering, incredibly dull. So yes, mum, I may let you down on the knitting front. I can do it, but perhaps a placemat was a bad way to start. only a million more rows of green plain knit stitch to go..... I may pass out with sheer excitement.

Well I'm all blogged out for now, so I'll sign off. But before I forget, I've put a few pictures of our current home in Ithaca on flickr here. Oh and I'm also trying to get a job...all very exciting. I've applied to Wells college, so I'll update you on how that goes as and when I hear anything. Bye for now! xx
P.S , here's a view of Wells, which is in the village of Aurora, 30mins drive from Ithaca

and here's the view Wells has over Cayuga lake. Looks lovely. Cross your fingers for me!