It’s been a good couple of days.

I got my first paycheck from Vision 21 (my first environmental job).  The UK Department of Inland Revenue gave me an unexpected tax rebate (I’ve been on an “emergency tax code” for the last couple of months, since starting work at Clarks) which basically doubled my paycheck from Clarks this month.  This morning, the UK Border Agency decided to give me back my passport, after holding onto it for almost four months.  Better still, they gave it back with a new visa in it - Indefinite Leave to Remain!  I am officially settled in the UK!

Even better, despite me being an idiot and swanning off this morning, leaving my keys dangling prominently in the front door’s lock for, oh, six hours, no one decided to walk off with any of our things.