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Yes, I know I'm not staying with Luna right now, and that this image is a few months old now. But I was looking for an image for this post, and I couldn't resist posting her adorable face. Pupper! \o/

I have just updated the privacy policy for my blog. Please read it carefully before continuing.

More seriously, though, I am apparently obligated to make sure that readers of my blog are correctly informed about Blogger's use of cookies. I hope you're all getting some kind of automatic notification about this? Because I'm not, but maybe I already clicked something like that months ago...? If I end up in trouble with European law, I will be forced to flee to Canada.

Speaking of fleeing to Canada, I'm now a couple of weeks into Life in Kelowna. I've had some really productive days. I've cleaned, I've written, I've toyed with C# a little bit, I've bought groceries, I've gone on exploratory walks, I've meditated by the side of the lake. And I can go meditate by the side of the lake whenever I like right now. I am loving the crap out of all this.

I feel like the job prospects at Golder are still promising, though I'll be looking other places as well this coming week. Otherwise no news on the employment front.

I am starting to feel a little bit more settled in. I now know most of the streets near the house, and the major ones around town. I now know where to find a lot of the local services. And even just little things, like where to find the cutlery drawer. It can take a little while before you can find a fork without thinking about it after you've moved into a new place.

In any case, I'll be in touch in about a week! I hope everyone is doing well.

Week 1

Technically it has been over a week now, but some of that was sorta-vacation-ish rather than I-live-here-now-ish. Though it will take some time before the latter really starts to sink in.

The weather was really hot initially, though we thankfully got a reprieve for a few days where it was more overcast. We will be heading to 31C soon again, but I think I'm starting to adapt a little bit. Mostly this involves washing a lot of shirts, because they get sweaty pretty quick.

I went to the farmer's market with Jason yesterday. The first photo is from the walk home. There's a vineyard in the middle of town, which you can see in the distance. Makes for an interesting view on the walk though.

I just spent some time today wandering around what I think is the the Mission Creek area of town, named after the missionary Father Pandosy who is a historical figure here. There were a lot of coffee shop, fitness shops, gyms, and restaurants. It felt like Whyte Avenue if the bars turned into gyms in order to burn off the beer bellies they'd created.

Starting to get used to the routine a little. Or maybe I am developing a routine? Early days though. :)

No major updates otherwise. Take care.

Flowers

Google did an automatic "stylized" photo of a picture I haven't posted yet, and it looks pretty good so I figured I'd share it:

Pictures!

In no particular order. Pardon the layout, but I don't have a ton of control of it.

Ma-ma-ma-my Kelowna!

I am in Kelowna!

Had a great day of unpacking, going to Cora's for breakfast, buying useful tidbits like clothes hangers from the dollar store, etc.

I am still getting flashes of "this is real" only to return to the vague hazy notion that I am still an Edmontonian. Apparently my friends here went through (or are still going through) the same thing.

Anyway, I am off to do a little more cleaning up of my computer desk now.

Cheerio.

Kelowna Ho!

One last picture of Edmonton before I go. Finally, spring is here! And by spring, I mean, "instantly, it was summer." Temperatures were over 20C today with lots of sun.

Anyway, this is just a quick update for those of you who have been waiting with baited breath for a blog update--and I apologize, because you must be getting light-headed by now.

I am hopping in the car with Jim tomorrow to drive out to Kelowna. We may stop in Valemount as a halfway point or not, depending on how the drive goes. If we take our time and dawdle, we'll stop, otherwise we should be able to push through. Google says it's an 11 hr trip, and Valemount is almost exactly in the center of that, so it's a pretty lazy two-day trip or a moderately busy one-day trip.

I'm just trying to pull the last details together now. I think I'm overpacking some things, but don't want to miss anything either. I packed some things as though I'm moving my whole house, and other things like I'm just going for a short trip. I think I will have way more t-shirts than I need.

No word yet on the work front, though I'll be in a better place to pursue that when I get there.

In any case, Jim has elected to bus home. It'll be pretty brutal but he's happiest with the price on that option. Renting a car in Kelowna is, for some reason, enormously more expensive than renting one in Edmonton.

Anyway, I'll keep you all posted, and I'll be updating this blog weekly-ish once I've moved out, since it'll be my main way for sharing news.

Cheers!