Cheers!

The fact that cars drive on different sides of the street here than they do back in the U.S. hasn't really fazed me. The closest it came was when I saw a car ad on TV where this guy was using a magic door handle to get places. He opened a door at the beach and found himself in the jungle; he opened a door there and was suddenly on top of a snowy mountain; and so on until he used the handle to open the door of the whatever-brand-of-car-was-being-advertised and got in...on the right side. My brain froze for a little while there.
The alternate spellings and strange words have been pretty easy to get used to; so has the famed fries-chips-crisps dilemma. The use of the word "wee" just amuses me; I've gotten used to hearing people say "cheers" instead of "thank you", "you're welcome", "hello", and "goodbye" but am afraid to try it out myself--what if I use it the one time it's totally wrong?
The big news, I guess, is that I finally landed a job--at least for the next month. I'm a general administrative person at an organization called EVOC, and from what I can tell my branch runs workshops in which people are trained to train people to work at charity organizations. Or...let's just say I work at a charity organization. Having watched both the American and British versions of "The Office," I was prepared for the mind-numbing dullness I encountered at my first day of work, during which I labeled envelopes and put sheets of paper in piles for the monthly mailing. The people seem nice, at least. There's no Dwight, but unfortunately neither is there a Jim (or a Tim, I guess, seeing as I'm on the other side of the pond). The one guy remotely my age works at reception, but I don't think I'll see him much.
But I'll have money soon, which is nice, although between rent and groceries and a bus pas and possibly weekend travel, I don't think I'll retain much, if any, of it. Good thing I've been too stressed and busy to go out drinking much. Sigh.