Thursday, November 29

now my mind is free to walk the streets we used to walk so quietly

time flies.

as you all may have guessed or heard, i made it to halifax! i'm here! i have a place to live and a job and a new room mate. i kept monica, of course. don't worry, we're still friends. but we had a third girl move in to be able to afford this place we found. plus she's nice and cute and needed a place to live.

i have been working on the pictures thing. in fact, i designed a nice page for them, prepped them, uploaded them... they should be ready for your viewing pleasure. but for some reason they hate me and won't work. i can't figure it out. and i'm too stubborn and angry to give up and post them some other way. so those of you that are still patiently checking this page and waiting for something interesting will have to wait longer. but i thank you for your interest. it is appreciated. and hopefully, someday, it will be rewarded.

my mom's coming to visit me! i'm a little excited about that. i've been telling everyone. all the ladies i work with are giving me tips as to what we can do while she's here. she'll be here on sunday. i'll play tourist with her and get some pictures of the city to add to the list of pictures i'm going to post here one day. in the possibly distant future.

so apartment... it is technically called a flat here (makes me feel a little european). not all apartments are, just those that are parts of a house. we have the top floor of a cute blue and yellow house with a nice view of the ocean and the bridge to dartmouth. it's big and open with lots of windows. i'm actually a little surprised by how great of a place we found. hardwood throughout, laundry in the building, only two other suites, landlord is very nice, and we can have the dog. we're slowly accumulating crappy old furniture. it's fun starting over. i do miss having nice things tho. i'll just have to find new ones.

and job... one thing you notice immediately here is that wages are drastically lower and the cost of living is actually higher. i wasn't worried about the wages at first because you assume the costs would be lower as well, but because there are two universities here and it's expensive to have things shipped here, it's quite the opposite. graphic design does not pay particularly well - but i am still looking. in the meantime, i have a job at a cheque processing office and i rather like it. i work with a bunch of middle aged women who are a hoot. you heard me, a hoot. i'm being trained by henry and marty. those are both women. good times. the work itself is even kind of interesting, at least for now.

i'm at the library and the computer is telling me time is up, so i'm off. sorry this took me so long. i really wanted to have the pictures done. but i'll fight with it some more.