Settling In

I am finally starting to get settled in and this place is starting to feel like home. I am completly moved into my new place and most everything is put away. Below you will find a picture of the front. The car I had borrowed is on the left. The other car is my neighbors. We share a driveway. I got my Explorer about two weeks ago! I was so excited to be able to drive my own car again. I had been without it for nearly 6 weeks. The house has two bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen and one and a half bath. I also have a nice back yard... or as the Brits call them, 'garden.' I have found that the language is not much of a barrier. They do use quite a few different words over here but it is pretty easy to pick out the meaning when you hear the sentence along with it. The only hard part is understanding them because they talk fast and some of them have such strong accents I would n't be able to understand them even if they were using the same words we do. Some of the things they say are a bit different... for example... you don't fill up the car with gas you 'top it up with petrol.' Another one I heard on the tely (TV)... "Well, did you have a good snog with him?", if I hadn't of known I would have had to ask somebody what that meant. Snog means to make out or french kiss somebody. I don't know about you but snogging doesn't sound like a very pleasant thing to me...

Anyway... I like my job so far. I am learning a lot which is what I am here to do. I talked to a guy today that has been in the AF for 21 years.... but I out rank him because I am an officer. Seems kinda weird to me. That is a lot of responsibility too. I have always enjoyed the challenge of leadership. Hopefully somebody will notice that I am capable and let me give it a try here in England.