So, I’ve finally had some time to just relax midday.  What else is there to do but post a blog with no real purpose or theme?  Woot!

So, I am quickly approaching one month in London, and while I’ve done a lot, I’m not yet feeling accomplished.  I took my first ICAEW exam today and am waiting on pins and needles for my CPA exam results.   Naturally, BEC and REG scores were released to NASBA (The general process: Scores go to NASBA for release, NASBA holds the scores for 24-48 hours for validation and then releases them on their website and sends scores in the mail).  I am waiting anxiously for my BEC and REG scores.

The ACA (ICAEW) exams are more applicable now that I’m working in the UK, but I don’t get to worried about them *knock on wood*  Instead, I’m focusing on more US-UK adaptation.  For example, the keyboards are different!!  I couldn’t believe it!  I am used to having a weird keyboard, though.  My personal laptop has a Spanish keyboard (I like being able to type accented characters quickly), but I never would have thought that the UK keyboard would be different from the US keyboard.  It’s small differences, just punctuation.

I took for granted how well I was set up in my house in the States.  Here, I have not yet purchased cookware or furniture.  I have one pot, which I have used to boil rice, fry eggs, and saute vegetables. I have step ladder, which I have used to sit on and balance curtain-rods-turned-drying-racks. It’s fun, though.

I start work again tomorrow.  I’m quite excited.  I am unassigned, which I hope means that I will finally do some client work.  I love working on clients.  Client work is why I chose auditing.  Finally doing some work on a client is making me very excited.

It’s still a bit uncertain what this week will bring.  Here’s to hoping it is exciting and challenging!