I moved in to my new place today. It smells of dog and just a little cat. My new housemate, David, is stressed out as the previous occupant is an alcoholic on medication who seems to have taken little responsibility for moving out, so right now he’s trying to sort her out. The dogs have just found my suitcase and toiletries littering the floor so they’re doing the doggie sniff-strech-explore thing. I’ve uploaded and tagged some pictures if you’re curious.
I also popped to a nearby bank and opened an account. There’s no chip’n'pin services for buying here but the account has an ATM card and net access. It felt a bit odd explaining chip’n'pin and direct debits to Edward, the assistant bank manager of my local Wells Fargo, he was extremely helpful though.