Bits and Pieces
So let's recap my last couple of weeks, shall we? Starting a week ago last Saturday...
Sat: worked 8 hours, 8.30-4.30
Sun: worked 8 hours, 8.30-4.30
Mon: training @ new job (9-5)
Tue: school all day, including a quiz
Wed: work @ new job (9-4)
Thur: school all day, including a quiz
Fri: work 9 hour conference, 7.30-4.30
Sat: wedding and dinner with family
Sun: wrote a paper
Mon: continued writing and revising paper
Tue: school all day, handed in paper, had a presentation worth 15%
Wed: work @ new job (9-5), looked at a condo for renting come August
Thur (today): school all day, including an exam (25%, on Buddhism), looked at a townhouse for renting come August
Fri (tomorrow): work @ new job (9-5), looking at a townhouse for renting come August
Sat: a day off!
So it's been a busy two weeks. But I get a day off on Saturday... only one more day. I hope I can make it... cuz I need to fight off this sore throat that's coming. But yeah... that's basically all my news. Saw a really nice condo yesterday, but it'll be too small (darn big ole computer desk). Then today was an awesome townhouse: 3 bdrm (one would be used as an office), 1 bath (bedrooms and bath upstairs), kitchen, living room area, laundry w/ storage, a wood-burning fireplace, dishwasher (yay!) and fenced-in patio. The area it's in is beautifully landscaped, with mature trees all over. Really nice and quiet, and just on the edge of the University Research Park (which features a duck pond!). It's about a 10 min walk to campus and 5 to the train, as well as about 5 mins to shopping and groceries. The landlady seems extremely nice, and would be a really good landlord, and she said that we'd be free to paint, etc. to our hearts content, to give it a personal touch (we'd have to check the colors, etc. first, but if they approved, they'd reimburse us for the paint).
Tomorrow we go to see another one in the same complex, but from the pictures I've seen, it looks more modern and whatnot. It is a bit cheaper, and supposedly has only 2 bdrms, but the same # of sqft, so there should be desk space, etc. The plan is to go see it tomorrow evening, assuming that works for the current tenents.
I really like the area these townhouses are in, and I'd love to live there. Just the atmosphere of the place... J and I spent about 1/2 an hour, just wandering around thru the complexes, listening to the birds in the trees. There's pathways everywhere, and a nice mix of open spaces thrown in. Including a nice space for throwing a ball around :-)
On an unrelated note, Canada Post sucks. On Monday, according to USPS (United States Postal Service), my laptop had entered foreign (Canadian) customs. However, according to Canada Post's parcel tracking...
2005/06/13 11:21 VANCOUVER, BC Item has entered Canada from International location
2005/06/15 10:51 VANCOUVER, BC International item has been sent to Canadian Customs for processing
2005/06/16 17:53 Item arrived at the Canada Post sortation plant and is now enroute to Customs
as of today it hasn't even reached customs yet! It wasn't even dispatched to customs until today!! *Sigh* this is just agonizing.
Sat: worked 8 hours, 8.30-4.30
Sun: worked 8 hours, 8.30-4.30
Mon: training @ new job (9-5)
Tue: school all day, including a quiz
Wed: work @ new job (9-4)
Thur: school all day, including a quiz
Fri: work 9 hour conference, 7.30-4.30
Sat: wedding and dinner with family
Sun: wrote a paper
Mon: continued writing and revising paper
Tue: school all day, handed in paper, had a presentation worth 15%
Wed: work @ new job (9-5), looked at a condo for renting come August
Thur (today): school all day, including an exam (25%, on Buddhism), looked at a townhouse for renting come August
Fri (tomorrow): work @ new job (9-5), looking at a townhouse for renting come August
Sat: a day off!
So it's been a busy two weeks. But I get a day off on Saturday... only one more day. I hope I can make it... cuz I need to fight off this sore throat that's coming. But yeah... that's basically all my news. Saw a really nice condo yesterday, but it'll be too small (darn big ole computer desk). Then today was an awesome townhouse: 3 bdrm (one would be used as an office), 1 bath (bedrooms and bath upstairs), kitchen, living room area, laundry w/ storage, a wood-burning fireplace, dishwasher (yay!) and fenced-in patio. The area it's in is beautifully landscaped, with mature trees all over. Really nice and quiet, and just on the edge of the University Research Park (which features a duck pond!). It's about a 10 min walk to campus and 5 to the train, as well as about 5 mins to shopping and groceries. The landlady seems extremely nice, and would be a really good landlord, and she said that we'd be free to paint, etc. to our hearts content, to give it a personal touch (we'd have to check the colors, etc. first, but if they approved, they'd reimburse us for the paint).
Tomorrow we go to see another one in the same complex, but from the pictures I've seen, it looks more modern and whatnot. It is a bit cheaper, and supposedly has only 2 bdrms, but the same # of sqft, so there should be desk space, etc. The plan is to go see it tomorrow evening, assuming that works for the current tenents.
I really like the area these townhouses are in, and I'd love to live there. Just the atmosphere of the place... J and I spent about 1/2 an hour, just wandering around thru the complexes, listening to the birds in the trees. There's pathways everywhere, and a nice mix of open spaces thrown in. Including a nice space for throwing a ball around :-)
On an unrelated note, Canada Post sucks. On Monday, according to USPS (United States Postal Service), my laptop had entered foreign (Canadian) customs. However, according to Canada Post's parcel tracking...
2005/06/13 11:21 VANCOUVER, BC Item has entered Canada from International location
2005/06/15 10:51 VANCOUVER, BC International item has been sent to Canadian Customs for processing
2005/06/16 17:53 Item arrived at the Canada Post sortation plant and is now enroute to Customs
as of today it hasn't even reached customs yet! It wasn't even dispatched to customs until today!! *Sigh* this is just agonizing.
