Update on Sarah

Good morning to all! Well not too much is new with me, hence the lack of recent blog posts, but some of you have been asking for some updates, so here goes! I'm still at my job with the financial investments company working as a receptionist, but I am currently looking for another job. The job itself is fine, it just doesn't pay nearly enough for us to live on....barely covers our expenses in fact, so I'm still searching. I have had a couple of bites, so I have some interviews this week. We'll see how they go! The problem is that Europe, as you know, is in a credit crunch right now because of the fragile economy, and lots of people are getting laid off from their higher level jobs, which means they are taking the lower level jobs, like receptionist positions. So those jobs are few and far between.

Rob and I are finding Edinburgh to be an extremely expensive place to live. It's a little disappointing because although everything is more expensive, we don't get better value for our money...we actually get less. It would be fine if we could say that we're spending the majority of our money on travel, but we're unfortunately not able to do that....we're spending it on trying to live over here. Hopefully my new job, when I get it, will help.

Due to the fact that the city is so expensive (and our flights home look like they're going to cost us about $4,000), we are realizing that we probably won't be able to do much of the type of travelling that we want to do, which means that we'll, in all likelyhood, be home sooner than we had expected. Rob is done school early June, so we figure we'll have about two weeks to travel, and be home around the 26th of June. There isn't much we can do, so we'll do our best to see 3 countries of our choice ( not sure which ones those will be yet though).

As for travelling, well we haven't done much at all lately, due to the $ situation. We're hoping to check out Edinburgh Castle soon, but we don't know when that'll be yet. As for Christmas, we know that we'll be heading down to England to stay with Pat and Mike's close friends (and ours too!) Ian and Maria. They are kind enough to have invited us to stay with them over the holidays, so we'll go do that.

The leaves are beginning to change here and the weather is starting to get cooler, as we're sure it is doing at home. It gets down to about 7-8 degrees at night and stays constant at about 13-15 degrees during the day. So we're also feeling the crisp fall weather. Apparently Scotland, or this part of it at least, doesn't get much snow....so we're assuming the weather during the winter will be much like that of Hamilton....cold and dreary (but not as cold of course).

The Scots don't celebrate Thanksgiving....so we're missing out on that one.....but I'm going to be sure to get a turkey and make the traditional dinner for Rob and I. We couldn't miss out on that great dinner! However, the Scots do celebrate Hallowe'en....so that's great news!:)

That's about it that's new with us....not too exciting. But we've love to hear what's new with all of you!!! Send us an email at camerosm@hotmail.com to let us know what you're up to!

Lots of love,

Sarah

P.S. I've got some updated pictures of Edinburgh, so I'll make sure to post them as soon as I can. Look for some of them down the side column of our blog. Ciao for now!