I’ve decided to document my little adventure in America. My previous attempt at a blog (http://adam.killingmachines.org) has fallen by the wayside somewhat, but I think with some of Blogger’s extra features, I should be able to rectify that situation. Besides all that – it will give me somewhere to moan about the red tape infested wold you end up in when you immigrate into the US these days.

Anyways, on with the blogging – after nearly 6 weeks in the country I finally have a new place to live – right next to Reston town center. The rent is reasonable and the big bonus is that I’m within walking distance of the job for Sky Bet Promo Code, which is good given how hard it is to get a drivers license in the state of Virginia when you were born outside the US.

Go take a look at the requirements (pdf) for yourself and try to figure out how many of those documents you might have. It turns out that the only thing I can use to prove my identity besides my passport is the I-797 form I got when applying for my Visa. Not too bad you might think, but then I applied for the Visa in January, so my memory of forms I obtained is a little hazy. It was only when I got desparate and started Googling every form listed on the sheet to see if I could get one that I found out I had the I-797 already. Once I get the learner’s permit it’s just 30 days until I can take the test – that should be just in time for delivery of the new car

Other than that things have been going pretty well. I’m finally going to learn PERL tomorrow – properly this time too – not my usual half assed attempt – the company are paying for an intensive 3 day advanced course – it would be nice to know at least one programming language properly.

Most importantly, my lovely (and far too good for me) girlfriend is visiting in a couple of weeks – all I have to do now is make sure there are things like a bed, chairs, tables in the new place before she comes. Another trip to IKEA is needed methinks…..

That’s enough for now – more when I get bored

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