Cold Summer

I got a bank account at the Royal Bank of Scotland with the help of the organisation that also got me a working visa. My flatmate from Spain had to wait six months to get a bank account. Edinburgh is pretty anti-foreigner, at least if you immigrate here. What I miss about the US (in addition to people) is the modern conveniences that I have taken for granted my whole life. Few places let you use a debit/credit card because of the huge fees they get charged by the credit companies. In addition, it will take more than two weeks for the Royal Bank to send me an ATM card but I am too "new" to get a debit card. I don't even want to ask if they have online banking.

But at least now I have a temporary National Insurance number (emergency medical care is fully covered by this, even for an American, because of the visa type) and a place to deposit chzzzecks.

Also, I have cut off my dreadlocks. If there's a betting pool on how long I would last, I demand a 50% share of the winnings.

Motivated by what Charity tells me to do (still!) I style it like a mohawk:

It's warmer in Edinburgh now, today I was sweating on my walk to work. So not much "to report" (as the Halls would say) but some humdrummy stuff. I hope you all have a good day!