It's all takin and no givin

I am feeling a bit bereft of interesting ideas for blog titles just now, hence the repetitive dolly references. Sorry about that.

My first week at work went well, and since they have allowed me to return today I will take that as a good sign. Everyone here is very nice and chilled, and it seems like a great place to work. We have a casual dress policy, drinks every Friday and whatnot. They treat everyone like grown ups here, basically assuming that you will manage to do your work and in return you can do what you like around it. Which is a very nice refreshing change from some recent office policies I have worked under! I have even done an actual piece of work which has gone to an actual client, which was quite a nice change from the usual first week fish out of water feeling that you get. Also there's a possibility that I might have to go to Canberra this evening with the MD, so they can't think I'm a total numpty. In response to queries about the coffee machine it looks a bit like this:
and I am now quite the expert at frothing milk and whatnot. Should it all go horribly wrong here I can now pursue a career in Starbucks.

Not a massive amount of other news though. Had quite a quiet weekend, as we are poor and tired, but we're starting to get really itchy feet now and can't wait to get some money together so we can actually get out of the city! I have become a bit obssessed with this website which is an excellent way to while away some time and get ridiculously overexcited at the thoughts of seeing this great country. I can't wait! Oooh I tell a lie, there is an event today which is very newsworthy down here - rain! I don't know whether you know but there's a massive and very serious drought in Australia at the moment, so in a bit of a role reversal from the UK whenever there is rain forecast everyone gets really excited, and it goes straight to the top of the news broadcast. I'm not sure whether it'll be enough to get us out of level 5 water restrictions, but hopefully it'll stave off unprecedented level 6, where presumably you can't wash at all. This will not help us stave off the general opinion of poms being a bit bath shy.