Saturday, November 04, 2006

to Fife or not to Fife that is the questions.

hello hello? so here's the q for you hope you all have some a's or an a or an idea. so the job hunt/home hunt has been going well so here's the word i have 2 options but i'm not sure what to do so i need some input.

option a) stay in edinburgh, move in on the 12th to flat on chancelot street (10 min) outside the city work for the city council with 3 surveyors helping them file things at 6pounds an hour+ holiday monday-friday 9-5, job ends in april

option b) move to fife work for the pillars of hercules organic farm cafe. live 1.5 hours from edinburgh, in a small village(20 minute walk from the farm). Help them develop there all organic all vegetarian menu for 5.80 pounds and hour + holiday, 35 hours a week.

so pros and cons for a: live with some cool people, live in the city meet more people my own age have kind of a crap job but i can supplement by being able to go to hogmony (new years eve, day). 2 art house theaters i can go to. must by a monthly bus pass and commute, a little, if you can call it a commute. and i can volunteer at the forest, this ultra alternative cafe where i would get a free meal and meet more arts fartsy people.

pros and cons of b: live in a village, the owner of the farm said he could find me accomadations (not so sure what they would be). help develop the menu and work in the kitchen but also have to do the things i did at down to earth and the coop like stock shelves, use the register, wash dishes, serve customers in the coffee shop. but i get to work in a kitchen and make food, that's organic with cool people who believe in similar things as i do. but probably not talk to too many people besides my coworkers. but i can slip out in march and go to italy for a month. uuuuu!

so i'm going to call farmer bruce, and see if i can work for 2 days and see how i like it. and perhaps see my accomidations. so that's the plan i guess. write me with what you think either blog or email. thanks guys for listening to me. hope to hear back soon.

xoxo,
christie

p.s. by the way the forest (coffee shop from a) has a dark room so i could potentially develop some film and photos there.

1 Comments:

At 8:59 PM, Blogger Traveling Teacher said...

my .02 would be to stay in Edinburgh. I think for you, and the experience, it'll offer more variety in case Fife ends up not having a night-life. There are pros and cons either way, because I'd really enjoy the rural experience myself.

But like Mom said, it's what YOU want out of it. I just wouldn't want you to shortchange yourself by being away from a cultural center. That's my 2 cents.

Just remember: if you need some quick company; I can send a tube-mailer with a fluffy cat inside ready to unwrap for lots of fun and frolic. She'll just need a flea collar :)

 

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