So, today I got my request for the nursing transcript to go from my Uni to the US to be assessed sent in. Thankfully it’s only cost £25 this time – being a repeat of my previous request. This allowed me to tick the first box of my items in the ‘the great escape (list)’ in the kitchen. Kathryn’d already made a start on her items…
…to be fair, a second one is just waiting on that International Money Order from the bank arriving – then that can be ticked off too. Of course, these ticks are the ‘application sent’ ticks, not the ‘oh yay, oh yay, we’re moving oh yay’ ticks.
I’ve also popped off an e-mail to a few shipping companies, and I’ve also mailed a bunch of random customs brokers in the SeaTac area too. And I’ve spoken to Jonathon at JLH about fitting costs for the Escort axle / diff / brakes / sierra box – which is a bit painful, but he’s going to get back to me with a quote.
So that’s all in progress.
I’ve also made bread-and-butter pudding (but with Rhubarb and Cranberries instead of Sultanas. I know, WILD!).
Aaaand in less good news, I think the bearings on the washing machine are starting to go. It’s fairly abused – with both Kathryn and my work being uniform-wearing working places it gets used a lot. I also am not the nicest in terms of keeping loads light… So it wouldn’t be entirely surprising, but it would be quite upsetting. I’ve looked at what’s involved in changing washing machine bearings – and it’s definitely doable, but given the thing weighs approximately 80,000 tons (it is an insanely heavy washer/drier) the idea of moving it – probably outside – and then stripping it down pretty much completely does not fill me with deep, deep joy.
