For the first time in many months we haven’t scoured the Sunday papers for job adverts. Not sure why, but I miss the routine. I’ve read some different sections of the papers. I am still considering whether they made better reading…
Today we are in Buffalo. I have made my mind up about the job offer, but want to be absolutely sure that the whole family is behind the move we will be making. The kids, especially, have been through a lot of turmoil in the last 6 months and I want them enthusiastic. That isn’t to say that I am going to turn the job down just because one of them doesn’t like the shape of the lamp-posts, but if one of them were to be able to voice a real issue with the move then I’d have to see how that could be dealt with.
But so far, so terrific. We’ve visited the general area in which we would probably live and even viewed a potential house. We’ve looked at a taekwondo club. We’ve checked out the malls (yes, there’s a Build-a-Bear Workshop nearby, one of the key criteria for the 5-year old). We’ve driven around large chunks of the city and surrounding area. And yes, we even dropped in at the zoo. And they have the 5-year old’s favorite animal - elephants!
So, what could be better? Nothing really. I’m not suggesting the situation is perfect - no situation is, even if you think so! However, the job offer is good, the area has lots of opportunities for the family and our migration can come to an end as we settle.
Perhaps…
Today has been rather hectic in the job hunt arena. A telephone interview (after last week’s failure to communicate) with a bank in Cleveland and arrangements for a face-to-face set of interviews in Buffalo. Things are looking up. We must be on the “quick, quick” part of the employment tango.
I think today’s telephone interview went well, but should I be joining a bank while the economic turmoil is as it is? Will the bank still be there when I turn up on my first day? It wouldn’t be the first such event - old news, but topical, from the Independent newspaper. I wouldn’t like, after all our efforts to relocate, to end up in that position. Which bank? Right now, does it matter? No bank seems to be ’safe’.
All the phone calls today have highlighted the dead zone for cell signals in our rental house. We knew it existed, but today it has been particularly problematic. It isn’t just AT&T….the Jolt phones we had to tide us over when we first arrived had the same problem. Just one room seems to be affected, and unfortunately it is the room we’re using for our technology stuff. Sod’s Law strikes again 
Tomorrow I think we’ll nip over to Cleveland to do a bit of on-the-spot research into houses, districts, etc. The trip last month to Buffalo was very useful so let’s go look at Cleveland! (Where did I put the Satnav?)
