Boxes They Must Tick

I've pasted in entries made offline over the last few days in order to catch up. No workable internet connexion at the bungalows. Spoke to the management this morning. Apparently the theoretical connexion costs £800 pound a month, and I suggested they were being ripped off.

For the first time, this morning, I began to ask myself if I'll stay this course, and whether I should be looking for something else to start in the autumn, the 08/09 academic year. There are three boxes this company must tick over the next few weeks to keep me with them:

• sort out a reliable quickish internet connexion, which is indicative of their ability to get things done out here;
• get the second bedroom in the bungalow furnished: this will indicate their willingness to put their hands in their pockets to honour a commitment made at my interview, that this was a suitable situation for a family;
• provide a system to get post and packages from the UK, so that, for example, I can buy books and CDs online and receive them here

If these aren't sorted by the time I come back from my first UK holiday in early May, then I'll be looking elsewhere.