Thanksgivings Greetings!!

Hello all,

Just realised how long it's been since I updated this, so I figured I best write something.

I've been in Chicago for about a month and have settled in well. Chicago is an extremely easy city to find your way around. You get to most places downtown by only making one turn (if you're walking, the one way streets mean you can't if you're driving). My time has been spent either working, exploring or setting up a new social circle.

Work is going well, I've been placed on shift so I work 12 hour days but get more days off. In fact at the moment I'm enjoying a long period of days off due to Thanksgiving. I last worked on Tuesday and am not working again until Monday evening. The major downside to shift work is I go on night shifts next week which is guaranteed to mess up my sleep cycle. But I have holiday left over so I'll be taking a few shifts off. I'm working on a pilot plant based in the main office which is great cause I'm not stuck at a desk. I can get my hands dirty and do some hands on work.

Thanksgiving was yesterday and I celebrated it with some people from UOP. Had them round my apartment and enjoyed an amazing roast chicken dinner, which was well cooked by Chris who is leaving Chicago to go on the road tomorrow. He's also from England and enjoys introducing me to people at UOP as "My replacement as the token British guy". The great thing about Thanksgiving is I get 2 days off for a holiday that doesn't really have any significance to me, plus it also means that you don't get Christmas adverts as early as we do in England.

Well there are loads of things I could write about but it would result in a stupidly long post that you'd get bored reading. The countdown to Christmas had started and the festivities have started in Chicago. Various parades and things for the turning on of various lights etc. No snow yet but it's starting to get cold so shouldn't be too much longer.

Til next time,