Getting stuff done!

First full day in Oz, and since Tony and Katrina are at work I'm just trying to get a bunch of stuff done. I decided to start with a healthy breakfast of toast which is all I usually want in the morning. No toaster, but no problem, I can just use the broiler in the oven. Waited FOREVER for the oven to get to 250 Celsius (whatever that means) but got impatient and basically ate warm sliced bread for breakfast. Not a good start so far.

Anyways I walked 10 minutes to the bank, trying really hard to walk on the left side of the sidewalk so as not to crash into every single person going the other way. I did successfully open an account, but my cashiers checks take a full four weeks to deposit so I have to figure out how to do an international money transfer instead. So I DO have an Australian bank account now, but just no money in it and no debit card for a few days. But some progress.

Still no cell phone. That's a long boring story as well, but hopefully will get one by this weekend. I DID buy a hair straightener and blow dryer that won't blow up when I try to use them here so at least I'll be walking around with great looking hair. I also got asked three times today what kind of "accent" I have which was kinda cool.