Don't jinx it!

Alright, fuck, sorry I have been so abysmal at keeping up the blog this week. I feel like I've neglected my baby and now all my friends are messaging me, being like,' why did you leave your baby behind that dumpster?' We want to see your baby!' So here she is, fresh outta the back alley!

Shit has been crazy this week and I haven't had a moment to breathe (or good wireless connection) so this will have to be a mega catch up blog.

So holy shit, I hate Spencer's Property Estate Agency and all the douchebag cocksuckers that are employed there (excuse my French - but they really are shit heads). Yesterday after Jamie the dill hole had been avoiding my calls and emails, we got real on his ass (actually, we had Franca's godfather give him a stern talking to). Turns out Jamie has no spine (and even fewer brain cells. I know it doesn't make sense. That's how stupid he is) and wouldn't tell us that our stupid landlord didn't like the fact that Franca and I aren't employed (even though Franca has a job at Goldman fucking Sachs, so put that in your pipe and smoke it). Anyway even though we had provided him with UK guarantors (which is totally acceptable and the way most ex-pats get leases here) the landlord wasn't having it. So yesterday, after five hours of waiting to figure out what was going on, jerkface Jamie calls Franca's godfather to say that the landlord was pulling out of the deal. He didn't even call Franca or email her to tell her!

COCKSUCKER!

Anyway we were both sad but determined not to lose steam. Today after my interview (more on that later) I met up with Francs in Islington (great area right near Angel) to see another place. I fell in love with it right away - it's a lot smaller but everything is brand new - kitchen, bathroom, wood floors. One bedroom is smaller but I actually really dig little spaces (it's literally a room with a double bed and about a foot of space on one side - but the windowsills are really big so you can stack a bunch of stuff up there) so I'm happy as a clam and going to take it! It's also the same price as the last place so it's a steal of a deal in this area. We put our deposit down and we are going to finish the paperwork this weekend so HOPEFULLY this agency guy doesn't screw us over. But he was cute, and cute boys never break your heart. Wait a minute, that can't be right...

So the flat situation (pending any unforeseen disasters) is taken care of which is a huge weight off our shoulders. I am sick of living out of a suitcase and feeling like a perpetual guest. Living at Ian's (my second cousin, who knew I even had one) has been nice. I have a key and can come and go as I please. I usually spend all day at Starbucks on my computer (I literally cannot believe I am one of those people. I am actually writing this right now at a Starbucks in Angel. Who have I become?) hacking away and applying for jobs or going to interviews or meeting up with Franca to plot ways to kill Jamie. No, just kidding. I do that in my own time.

Can I write that? I hope I don't get sued.

Anyway so the job interview. I had a fantastic interview today (DON'T JINK IT!). I'm really scared of getting too excited for anything and jinxing it since I've been let down so frequently about jobs and flats this past week but I'll tell you about it anyway because I haven't been this excited about a job for a long time.

So the company is called Justgiving.com and it's one of the biggest charity communities in the world. I would describe it as a LinkedIn for charities but it's more than that - they provide data, networking platforms, researching tools, etc. to charities big and small, fundraisers and individuals. They have a really fun culture and a really great brand and I would essentially be taking over communications for their charities section (if I got the job). I had a 45 minute phone interview with the managing director on Tuesday, she liked me so she called me in to their office today and it just felt right. I've only felt that way about a job twice in my life - once at Pigsback and once at Yahoo! I haven't felt that way about any of the jobs I've interviewed for since I've been here - they felt like things I had to do to pay rent but this feels like something I want to do.

Anyway my first assignment when I got in was to write down four of my most important values in a crest with pencil crayons and then write out my life motto. Fun, right? For values I wrote Friendship, Family, Learning and Exploring (sexually, WHAT! No, I didn't write that.) My motto was an Emile Zola quote that goes: 'The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.'

Deep, huh?

I also had to do an assessment of their website and write a paragraph describing why charities should join their site and they seemed to like that stuff too. So I think they liked me (DON'T JINX IT!). I really want this job and I f-ing hope I get it. Both the people that interviewed me (one was the managing director) seemed warm and responded well to me so I have to wait until early next week to see what they say. So wish me luck!

Other than that, not too much to report. I am going out with a bunch of Jess' friends this weekend - Jenny Creed tonight and Kate Cherry tomorrow. I'm excited to be expanding my social circle and meeting new people all alone - it's something I would have been terrified to do in Toronto (WHO ARE YOU? YOUR UNFAMILIAR FACE FRIGHTENS ME! AHHH).

But I will update more frequently and I will never put my baby in the dumpster again. I promise I will give you all a debrief on Sunday about how the weekend went. I miss you all terribly.

Cheers,

Patsy

xoxo