Changes

Well, here I sit on the kitchen counter in my new apartment. In case you're wondering, NO, I don't actually have a new computer yet. I hand wrote this entry on paper and posted it a little while later (a la eurotrip).

So yeah, as the title suggests, some pretty big changes have taken place since I last posted. First and foremost: I got a new car!!! It's a 2006 VW Jetta TDI!! It's absolutely amazing! I bought it on Saturday and proceeded to spend the remainer of the day out joyriding around the city and the countryside. Goodtimes. I'll throw a pic or two up once I take some.

Then, on Sunday, I officially moved into my new apartment! (Changes indeed). It's pretty sweet to finally be out of the motel and begin to really get settled away. However, there is one catch: my furniture wasn't able to be delievered to me until today (Tuesday). Luckily for me, Jaime - another fellow new engineer at CGC - gave me her air matress. So that's what I crashed on for 2 nights while I waited for my bed to be delivered.

I got into my place Sunday, dropped my suitcases and spent the remainer of the day between Sears and Walmart getting myself all of "the essentials" (bed clothes, dishes, pots, pans, cleaning stuff, etc). I actually need A LOT more than what I actually picked up, but I was esentially limited to what I could fit into one cart cause there was no way I was becoming one of those "multiple cart" people. No dice. I'll just come back.

Brad - another new engineer from work - and his finace Trish had me over for dinner last night. That was very cool and hospitable of them. Steve, another engineer from work, had me over last week as well - so I've been doing pretty good! It's good to see that hospitality is not a Newfoundland thing.... it's a Canadian thing. (Ask me about my UK experiences sometime).
I'll definitely be returning the favor once I get all straightened away.

I took today (Tuesday, Jan 17th) off from work because, as I said, today is the day my furniture arrives. That also probably explains why I'm wriring this from my kitchen counter. For now, it's the closest thing I have to a chair (unless you count the twirlet).

But yeah, my apartment is pretty sweet. It's about 500 sq. feet (which after living in a motel room for 2 weeks, seems like a palace). It's got a new fridge, stove & tub, is freshly painted, and the best part - it's got a balcony! I'm on the 5th floor facing west, so I've got a great view of Dundas Valley & west Hamilton. I can already tell I'm going to be enjoying some quality time relaxing out there with a cold beer and some tunes in my ear.

So yeah.. I'm pretty pumped man. But I'll be even more pumped when all my furniture arrives and my cable gets switched on at some point later this afternoon. It kinda sucks waiting around here all day with nothing much to do - but hey - it could be worse! After all, I'm getting paid to sit on my counter and write this.

I'm hoping I'll have my computer very soon, so I'll be in touch then.
Peace