*Just finished my last exam of the three summer courses I took. So glad.
*Took the Québec students back to Montréal by train on Saturday and then hung out there with some other YMCA staff until Tuesday morning.
*Spent an exorbitant amount on a meal at La Queue de Cheval restaurant!
*Stayed in a hostel two nights and then upgraded thanks to Hotwire to the Delta Centre-Ville!
*Had la meilleure massage ever! Another splurge, but so worth it!
*Finally found that wine I looked for last time!! Au marché Jean-Talon! Now need an occasion for it...
*Experienced a fantastic brunch place, thanks to local friend, Val!
*Checked out the wild hippy Sunday Tam-Tam thing in Mont-Royal Park and realized that I am so not a hippy. Who was I fooling in high school?
*Was reminded again that my French conversation skills are considerably lacking. Continuing to consider immersion experience...
*Decided this week to NOT buy out my Civic when the lease ends in two weeks! Even though I kept the mileage real low and kept it all in good shape, the HST makes the buy out ridiculous and too much effort to re-sell to make a few hundred dollars, if I even could! And now that I am a student, I probably really should get a much cheaper kinda car. Gonna check out one tomorrow. The search begins.
*Found out recently that I'm gonna be an auntie again!!
*Been really wanting a dog lately. Resist. Resist.
*Been watching an insane amount of television on dvd. Firefly, Smallville, Alias, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (I always had a thing for Dean Cain as Superman in the 90s) And many of these I bought!
*Also have got into True Blood, thanks to someone's recommendation.
*Our community garden is exploding! Very cool to see.
*I found out last night that I won a draw I entered at the local market for $15 worth of food! I never win things like that!!
*Summer job finishes officially tomorrow! Three weeks ahead with few commitments.
*The humidity has kept me from biking as much as I thought I would this summer. Now I have to push myself.
*I've had cravings for ice cream almost every night this summer!
*The Cold Stone that is inside Tim Hortons in Kitchener, was a big disappointment. I went the other night and the guy really didn't know what he was doing; he didn't know he had a serious reputation to uphold!
That's all I got!
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Thursday, 19 August 2010
Thursday, 5 July 2007
Don't bet the farm
Just picked up my pay cheque and said goodbye to my farm friends. Who knows? I may be back there in August, but seriously, I need something closer and that pays more for less work. Yup, hoeing is hard work. Putting up with insistent, lonely Jamaica men isn't always easy either. But, I made it. Successfully so, since the older, German grandmother (whose actual name is Barnhill! (I may not be spelling that right)) quite likes me "Ee-lee-zabet" and she's the most hardcore, hoeing farmer lady I have ever met! Apparently I will be missed there and I think I may miss parts of it too. But on to other things.
Flying to London tonight! Yippee! I must admit, my suitcase is kinda heavy. I like to think that it was heavy to begin with, before I put anything inside. But it is kind of nice to do a "holiday" trip and look like a fancy tourist with a suitcase with wheels rather than a work trip where I look sweaty, unkempt and am lugging around a huge backpack. Not to mention the group of young 'uns trailing behind me whose tickets and passports I am so carefully holding. I don't really get to holiday much, so this is great!
Everything is coming together--we have accommodation all secured right up until the 12th. I am really looking forward to seeing my friends in Switzerland and am so thankful that they are able to host us. We have two nights in a fancy Paris hotel for which I had to redeem Aeroplan miles (the same amount of miles would have bought me more TWO return flights in North America!) since everything is so expensive. And we have a few nights stay at a Bed and Breakfast outside of Verona in a farm house.
Anyway, I am just kind of rushing this blog off since I am still getting the house cleaned up, the car washed of its farm dust, calling the fam, changing our answering machine (we're pretty much ALL away), refreshing my French knowledge....We leave in three hours for the airport.
Most exciting is that I had a digital camera given to me recently! My first one. So I intend to blog some more during the trip and hopefully share some amazing photos.
Flying to London tonight! Yippee! I must admit, my suitcase is kinda heavy. I like to think that it was heavy to begin with, before I put anything inside. But it is kind of nice to do a "holiday" trip and look like a fancy tourist with a suitcase with wheels rather than a work trip where I look sweaty, unkempt and am lugging around a huge backpack. Not to mention the group of young 'uns trailing behind me whose tickets and passports I am so carefully holding. I don't really get to holiday much, so this is great!
Everything is coming together--we have accommodation all secured right up until the 12th. I am really looking forward to seeing my friends in Switzerland and am so thankful that they are able to host us. We have two nights in a fancy Paris hotel for which I had to redeem Aeroplan miles (the same amount of miles would have bought me more TWO return flights in North America!) since everything is so expensive. And we have a few nights stay at a Bed and Breakfast outside of Verona in a farm house.
Anyway, I am just kind of rushing this blog off since I am still getting the house cleaned up, the car washed of its farm dust, calling the fam, changing our answering machine (we're pretty much ALL away), refreshing my French knowledge....We leave in three hours for the airport.
Most exciting is that I had a digital camera given to me recently! My first one. So I intend to blog some more during the trip and hopefully share some amazing photos.
Friday, 4 May 2007
I Gave In
Joined Facebook tonight. Sigh. More time spent online. You have to admit though, it's pretty cool. Excellent to see the Global Youth Network group (with lots of alumni, current travellers and photos)! Then there's the many lost high school friends...yikes. I hope they contact me first. :)
I also rented a Renault diesel, manual wagon today! To be picked up in Paris in July! Very exciting stuff. As much as I would have loved to take the train, this is going to be an excellent deal and we can tread off the beaten path as much as we'd like and not be on specific schedules. Next step, find some affordable accommodation in Paris.
I really love how God is one step ahead of me. Once again, on the topic of employment, he is spot on! I've been contemplating an extra summer job lately and wonder of wonders, a friend approached me today to tell me that the boss of the sign shop I have previously worked at is looking to hire someone. And my friend mentioned me to him without knowing that I may even be interested.
Now even though I had been thinking about a farm job over the summer (seriously, I like weeding, the heat and the sun), the way that this topic randomly came up is striking me as a bit of a possible God thing. God even has a sense of humor, since one of my trained tasks at the sign shop is actually called "weeding"!
I have story after story of how God faithfully has provided income and/or employment at just the time I needed it. Ever since I joined this crazy YWAM/Global world. There were my days at The Pita Pit--as low-paid as it was, it was flexible and exactly what I needed at the time. Then right as that shop closed up, there was this sign job opportunity which also was flexible and a marvelous blend of fun, technicality and art! Then one day, there was no more work there. But when I started to be concerned, these ESL tutoring jobs came up. Then the students all went back to Korea, but Global got its act together a bit and started helping us out!
Now there's school and holiday costs to cover and here my most amazing Friend goes. He's so generous, I love it!
"For God is sheer beauty,
all-generous in love,
loyal always and ever."
I also rented a Renault diesel, manual wagon today! To be picked up in Paris in July! Very exciting stuff. As much as I would have loved to take the train, this is going to be an excellent deal and we can tread off the beaten path as much as we'd like and not be on specific schedules. Next step, find some affordable accommodation in Paris.
I really love how God is one step ahead of me. Once again, on the topic of employment, he is spot on! I've been contemplating an extra summer job lately and wonder of wonders, a friend approached me today to tell me that the boss of the sign shop I have previously worked at is looking to hire someone. And my friend mentioned me to him without knowing that I may even be interested.
Now even though I had been thinking about a farm job over the summer (seriously, I like weeding, the heat and the sun), the way that this topic randomly came up is striking me as a bit of a possible God thing. God even has a sense of humor, since one of my trained tasks at the sign shop is actually called "weeding"!
I have story after story of how God faithfully has provided income and/or employment at just the time I needed it. Ever since I joined this crazy YWAM/Global world. There were my days at The Pita Pit--as low-paid as it was, it was flexible and exactly what I needed at the time. Then right as that shop closed up, there was this sign job opportunity which also was flexible and a marvelous blend of fun, technicality and art! Then one day, there was no more work there. But when I started to be concerned, these ESL tutoring jobs came up. Then the students all went back to Korea, but Global got its act together a bit and started helping us out!
Now there's school and holiday costs to cover and here my most amazing Friend goes. He's so generous, I love it!
"For God is sheer beauty,
all-generous in love,
loyal always and ever."
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