1st November 2011
White rabbits my lovely little Anglophiles :)
I come with good news, we have been accepted for an apartment! A lovely 2 bed gaff just round the corner from where we are now on Rue de Lyon, on a street called Aire!
Phew, not homeless just yet then, big thanks to Mrs. B for the offer of the ski chalet, I will hold you to that once I become all outdoorsy and want to trot off and do a spot of apres-ski, I am reliably informed this is the best kind of skiing!
So that has put a smile on my face, for all of 5 minutes admittedly but it's a start.
We have a guest at the moment, a lovely chap who has just started with our company so we did the nice thing at the weekend, met him from the airport, offered him a bed, took him to get a bus pass, showed him where the local supermarket is and gave him a brief tour of Geneva, I say brief as obviously we hardly ever know were the hell we are, never mind give anyone a proper tour!
He seems chuffed and our original smugness came back for a while as for a few hours we felt like old hands!
Mr. H is still doing well at work, I am still stressed but there is nothing new there! I tried to explain to my boss today that I worry about worrying, he just didn't get it, I didn't get why he didn't get it and started worrying that maybe I worry too much!
Just as a crazy side note, we are helping our guest find accommodation and went to see a Studio with him today, the sign on the shared laundry room (yes your read that right, people have to share washing machines, amazing isn't it, I cant think of anything more gross!) the sign on the door once we tracked it down was washing can only be done from 9 till 5.30 Monday to Friday......I shit you not, so not only do you run the risk of seeing some freak man-handling his wangers, but your screwed if you work! Either that or you hog the machine for the day and run the risk of some spiteful person (a little like Grumpus herself) pinching your smalls as payback for hogging it!
What sort of country have I moved to were they have a rule about when you can do your washing.......that takes being anally retentive to a WHOLE new level, it is apparently so that the whole apartment block can enjoy the peace and quiet....shame that nobody has explained that to the tw**s above us that moved in last week, if the baby isn't crying it sounds like somebody is using the floor above as a bouncy castle, seriously SHUT UP!!!!
The Swiss seem to be very fond of rules and regulations, every other billboard you walk past is saying NO! to something, Mr. H described it as the country version of Grumpus, moan, moan, moan, fitting I thought!
But with lots of red tape, regulations and rules, come an amazingly safe city, rated one of the top ten cities in the world to live in so I guess they must be doing something right!
Mr. H has just pointed out that it will be our Anniversary this weekend, obviously I had remembered this, whilst trying to find us a new home, run a office and genuinely try not to have a massive meltdown due to all of the above and homesickness on top!
GUTTED that we cant go to the Fireworks at Lakeside, really hope that Mr & Mrs. C and Mr & Mrs. H.W actually manage to get there on time this year if they end up going,.....no excuses, don't miss the bloody thing if you end up going and plenty of pictures please!
Cant imagine the Swiss go in for fireworks, if a washing machine after 5pm or on a weekend is too loud but watch this space.
That's all for tonight folks
Grumpus x
Do your washing one every 3 weeks like we do, shame you'll have to take a days holiday from work to do it though lol
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