Alive and well in the U S of A

So it's been over a month since I posted, so first I want to say, yes I plan to keep using this site. I probably won't post as often as before, simply because life probably won't be quite as exciting as it was living in Europe...thus less to post about.

But nonetheless a lot has happened in the last month. But that will have to wait. Why the long wait?

Well i still don't have a computer. I finally got one ordered and got confirmation that it was shipped on Friday. So i hope by next weekend I will be online again.

I've had quite a few problems down here so far. The first started when I went to buy the laptop. I decided if they were offering 6 months no interest....why not. Well when i went to apply...I got turned down. Turns out, that I don't have any credit history down in the USA. So when I gave them my Social Security Number it basically said..."I've never had a job, never had a bank account"

So I had to do some working of the bank accounts to get the cash in hand to buy it. So I went to buy it and....turns out they only accept USA credit cards!!! What is that? Credit Cards are supposed to be international. So I had to call my Mastercard and get them to change the permanent address on file to my US address. So i went and bought the computer, but the order was 'pending.' Well they had to verify the order, so they called me on the phone. Problem is they have no way to verify it because it originated as a Canadian card. Sigh..... so we had to do a three way conference call, me, HP and Mastercard. So after an hour on hold...(while i was at work) we got things settled.

Next I went to open a bank account and deposit my first paycheck from work. Once again...turns out i'm a gliche in the system. I have dual citizenship to the USA and Canada but my both of my ID's are Canadian, my Canadian passport and my Alberta drivers license. Well i guess thats a no-no. If i have USA as one of my citizenships then atleast one of my ID's has to be US. So then I had to go to the Department of Licensing and get a Washington State ID card....even then they had to do some hand waving magic, because the bank laws say they can't give a account until the Washington state ID card is 90days old!! Luckily since i'm a 'special' case they made an exception.

So that is it. Hopefully by friday I will have my laptop and I can post some pictures of my workplace, and my new home, my new roommates and all that good stuff.

Peace to all!

Logan