Tomorrow I have an interview at The Body Shop (o, ye place that is so far removed from Lush) and then on Wednesday I have an interview at the Gap (look! you can see my ethics sliding down the drain as we speak!). I'm hoping that the Gap will hire me, pay me lots of money and keep me after Christmas is over. Why is it so difficult to find a real job???

The incredibly helpful people at the Home Office were totally unable to tell me when I might be lucky enough to have my passport back from them. They were also totally unable to tell me if I got my residency, whether or not I might know soon, or anything else useful in any way, shape, or form. Go all forms of government, you just rock so much.