The start of my acting career...

I just want to say that all of my friends have been so nice and helpful in going out of their way to try to find me a job.

My one friend who has a children's TV show even offered to let me make a guest appearance on her show. The only catch was that I had to dress like an elephant, but hey, with the offers I've been getting lately (none), how could I pass it up?

So, I made my debut as the Elefantaki (little elephant) on a show called Leoforio Kokkino (the "Red Bus") that airs on the local public tv station here. It was pretty amusing. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing because my friend was busy doing other things and everyone was giving me instructions in Greek. I finally realized that they were saying to just act out the words of the children's song that was playing. Funny, because it was also in Greek, so I still had no idea what I was doing! So basically I just danced around like a big dumb elephant and did whatever the little kids around me were doing. I'm not sure when it will be aired but I have a feeling it will end up on YouTube, so stay tuned. And yes, I'll be signing autographs in December.

While you probably think that the money I raked in from my one-time appearance on the Red Bus would make me set for life, Cyprus is an expensive place so I had to pick up another job too. Thanks to my awesome friends Eleni and Max, I am working (very) part-time at their job at a travel trade publication. Not a whole lot to say about that, other than I'm doing stuff that I used to pawn off on my interns at my job more than three years ago. But it's fun because I get to sit across from Eleni and we drink frappes, laugh about our adventures of the night before, (and about how our boss found out that I don't actually have a boyfriend at the American embassy), and take lots of balcony breaks with Max Smokealot. Oh and my Philly friends will be happy to know that Max gives me daily updates on the Eagles. So, while I'm still looking for another job, I'm grateful to have something in the meantime (while I wait for my acting career to take off).

Other good news is that our STUFF finally came! I thought it would never happen. I was getting sort of used to being a minimalist. Now we have the daunting task of unpacking everything, finding places for things, and putting a computer desk and our bikes back together with no instructions. At least the next blog I write will be on our desktop computer and not this tiny little laptop I've been using for the past 2 and half months. Til then...