Two days ago I got my first post-college job -- Woohoo! I'm now the casual administrative goober for a Chocolate and Patisserie School, which means I'm surrounded by the smell of chocolate all day, get free DELICIOUS lunch and get to play around with that journalism degree I earned. Basically, I write up flyers, labels, event invitations, press releases, etc to the tune of about $100 a half-day and I don't even have to wear business clothes! Sounds great to me.
It was definitely a challenge even getting that job with a 4-month visa, since most places here are looking for long-term employees and few are willing to train you for your particular line of work. But if you get here and get a bartending license right away, you're good to go as far as I can tell. In any case, I got a job so now I'm good to go on the whole "I'm living here" thing.
In my off time, I hang out with Patrick, walk around the beautiful park areas of our great city and write my novel, of which I now have 121 pages, and screenplay, of which I have 40 pages.
We've been here a month already, I can't believe it. Patrick has settled into his classes and is working on an OCRemix.com score, which means the apartment is always filled with music. And we've recently discovered that he will get 2 weeks off at the end of September for Spring Break, which means we will have to find an exciting trip to take -- either to the tropical northeastern coast, the hot red desert center or even to New Zealand. Maybe I can take him volcano luging, volcano hiking and to see the hot springs there, all of which I've visited before and which are GORGEOUS. It's pretty impressive for such a small country. Also, I never had a chance to see the Lord of the Rings Hobbiton when I visited last time so we might have to go.
In the mean time, we're planning little minitrips out of the city -- to Sydney and Ballarat (a gold-mining town near Melbourne) at least.
Will write again soon!
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