Greetings from Hamilton, Ontario!!
Here I sit at the internet terminal in the lobby of my motel! I'm hold up here for the time being until I get my situation sorted. Work is going great so far. They've been very accomodating with regards to time off to get myself straightened away, so that's awesome. My first week was mostly spent out of the office apartment hunting and what not - and it payed off. I managed to get myself a spot on Friday! Awesome stuff! It's not the cheapest of the lot I looked at, but that being said, the cheapest of the lot were absolute shit holes, and this place is Very nice, and in a great & safe location to boot. It won't be ready until the 15th (it's getting painted and cleaned), so I'll be here in the motel until about that time.
Yesterday morning I hit the road again (in my rental car) to start test driving vehicles. I've decided I'm gonna go with the VW Jetta TDI - a very swank car with great preformance and amazing fuel stats (something ridiculous like nearly 1000kms to the tank). So yeah, I had a busy morning hopping around dealerships and trying my hand at "the haggle". Hopefully if I get my insurance crap figured out tomorrow (Monday), I could have my car early this week! Exciting!
After the test driving sessions were over, it was time to hit The Brink for some furniture for my apartment! Ended up hitting some pretty amazing boxing week sales that were still in effect - got myself a quality bed, a bedroom set, couch, thing to hold the tv/dvd, and a table - all the essentials. It was awsome cause the bed I got was on 30% off, and it came with a free 20" tv, dvd player & 3.2 mp digital camera!! Score!! So yeah... I did good. The only small downside is that they won't be able to deliver the goods until the 17th, so I'm in the motel until then... but dem's de breaks!
Anyway... today yet another busy day in trying to get settled away. I'm here searching the net for insurance quotes so I can have an idea of what's out there. I'm also in the process of sourcing out my internet/cable/phone situation... fun times.
So yeah... lots to be at, but all in all things are going great. I've been too busy to really think about how much I miss home (so that's good.... I guess). But yeah, of course I do miss my fam... it's a bit of a culture shock to suddenly be moving out on my own after 4 months under the umbrella. But that's it! Life moves on.
I'll keep ya posted on life in the hammer!
Reid
1 comment:
Hey man, good to hear things are getting settled there for you.
Who are you checking out for car insurance. TD Meloche Monnex will most likely give you the best rate. As an engineer, you'll get better rates once you join the Ontario Eng. Association. Until then you can sign on with them as an Alumni of MUN. That'll still give you a good rate, but not as good as when you join the association. I'm with them now as a MUN alumni, until my application with APEGA gets approved. Even as a MUN alumni, Monnex beats the heck out of the other insurance companies.
Ricketts
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