At the start of October we were planning on moving to St. Leonards in an endeavour to save money on housing. However, sadly our property fell through due to our student status and we were advised by local estate agents that it was not a good area for students. Fortunately our landlord in Brighton was very understanding.
We had the opportunity to go and visit Chris' cousin Anthony and his wife Christine in Eton. They are a wonderful couple and we really enjoy their friendship. Anthony is an Engineering (and Chris is studying Engineering) whilst Christine did her bachelors in Law (like Beckie). We played board games and enjoyed a scenic tour of Eton and Windsor including the castle.
Chris is currently working part-time around his studies at a McDonalds store in Brighton. Like everything Chris does he puts his whole into it and at the end of October he discovered that he was employee of the month. In addition he has also been asked to work towards a promotion. He has a few online tasks he has to complete but once they are done he will officially be a crew trainer.
Beckie has been working hard on her PhD applications and has spent countless hours fine-tuning her research proposal. Now the challenging stage is finding a suitable supervisor. She too has had a heavy world with her studies and will be glad when PhD application season is over in January.
For halloween we had the opportunity to host a fun halloween party with a group of our friends. We ate halloween themed food, played several games including 'witches scattegories', charades and a quiz. It was a great way to celebrate halloween and hopefully we can hope a party next year as well.
That was our October for the most part :)
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14:27