Things are looking up :)

Ok, so the obvious place to start is: WE BOTH HAVE JOBS!!!!!

Sophie is starting at Hungry Jacks (Oz's Burger King) next week, which she is actually very happy about. Not just because we have no money and have now been forced to transfer some more of my hard earned savings across from the UK, but because it looks like she'll actually enjoy working there. Her manager is in a metal band, there are no under 18s working there and she gets paid more than most Hungry Jacks workers do because it's a franchise store at the aiport and is owned by a different company.

I, on the other hand, am working in the Adelaide Festival Centre (basically a huge theatre/arts space/dance studio/indoor & outdoor venue) doing merchandising and sales. The only downside is that it's casual so no guaranteed hours although it should be around 10 a week on average. This does mean I'm unfortunately still applying for jobs as we need to be on about 35 hours a week each to manage our savings target of $2000 (£1300) a month between us. The beautiful thing about this country is that Hungry Jacks pays over £10 an hour thanks to pound being damn awful so when we've earned enough we'll be heading back home via New Zealand and (at the moment) the USA.

Yes, we we're supposed to be going over Asia after Oz but it's... just... so... hot! I'll mention more about it in my Singapore blog, which I promise won't take me as long to write as this one did. And who can miss the opportunity of seeing the US over thanksgiving, christmas and new year. It's going to be epic!

Jon

Hungry Jack's Rejection

Well well. We're in the new house now and it is an epic house. We have a pool that we haven't used because it's so dirty, a massive TV that we barely watch because it's next to our landlord's room and no door. Well, the house has a door (with a keypad!) but our room is just up a flight of stairs. It seemed adventurous when we moved in but now it's just annoying because of the noise. Last night I was coughing a bit and this morning our landlord offered me some cough medicine. His room is a floor down and on the other side of the house.
Everything's been a bit gloomy today. I must have applied for over thirty jobs by now. Jon has been rejected by Hungry Jack's (Australian Burger King) but I've heard nothing so maybe they're considering my application. Part of me hopes not. It's been cold today too and we've worked out that the washing machine didn't actually wash our last load, it just made them wet as it flooded the outhouse so they all smell a bit still. But they only start to smell after you've left the house and you're on the way to chat to someone about a job. It's like they know...
More job applying tomorrow. Fun fun. We're employing a tactic of walking up and down rows of shops tomorrow instead of applying by phone or online. Maybe it will change our fortunes but so far I want to ditch Australia, write it off as a loss and head on to Asia. But it's not been all bad. While Jon's been online I've had plenty of time for computer games. Bad day.
Sophie