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!

Check-In: 2018-04-10

Yesterday:

Health: Stretching and exercise in the morning and a walk to the store in the afternoon.

Job/BC: (Merging these because they are becoming one and the same) Discussed some logistics with my friends in Kelowna.

Misc: Taxes are done! Ugh. Also laundry.

Today:

Health: Not much.

Job/BC: Applied at a game studio in Kelowna. Discussed logistics of a move next month with friends & family.

Misc: Not much.

Honestly, I think for today I'll take the job application as a win, because Overwatch just put out a major patch so I might be playing quite a bit today. :) But hey, every day that I make a job application is an automatic win in my books.

Check-In 2018-04-06

For the last few days...

Health: Not much. Got out to Costo but could probably do with more exercise soon. :)

Job/BC: Looked on the Accelerate Okanagan board a little bit today. Need to do more.

Misc: Costco run! Actually kind of fun and efficient.

Check-In 2018-04-03

Health: Meditation & stretching over the weekend. Walked to the grocery store this afternoon.

Writing: I am actually going to remove this field. The problem with making it mandatory is it creates a guilt-driven motivation rather than a fun-driven one. So my goal is instead to create space for me to write in.

Job: Applied to a company in BC.

BC: Applied to a company in BC.

Misc: Groceries. Also picked up some tax software (Turbotax) so I can do my own filing this year. Should be an easy return, so this might save a chunk of change.

Check-In 2018-03-28

Yesterday

Health: Not much.

Writing: Not much.

Job: Put together resumé and cover letter.

BC: The job I applied to is in Kelowna. (Alas, no luck; they changed their requirements.)

Misc.: Not much.

Today

Health: Walked to store and back with a good amount of groceries.

Writing: Edited a few paragraphs and read some recent stuff to try to get back into the mindset.

Job: Not much.

BC: Not much.

Misc: Condo business.

Summary

All categories have been looked at recently. Tomorrow it'll be time to look into BC and job stuff again.

New Round of Check-Ins

Construction downtown. Well, destruction downtown.

Today is the first Monday of being back in Edmonton, and I tried to act a little bit Monday about it. I got a bunch of walking done, renewed my driver's license, did some banking, and did a little shopping.

Last time I was unemployed, I did regular check-ins, so I think I'm going to do so again. However, my mental health is really good right now, so rather than focusing on that, I'm instead going to focus on these categories, in rough order of priority:

Health - Because it's always good to take care of this.

Writing - Because that's what I'm going to try to do now, so I should do it. :)

Job - Because I need to pay the bills somehow.

BC - Because I need to figure out where I'm living this fall.

Misc - Because there's always something.

Today's report:

Health - I did a bunch of walking all afternoon!

Writing - Not yet. I will try to at least write a paragraph or two before I relax for the evening.

Job - Nothing today.

BC - This evening I'll be talking to Amber and Jason about housing out their way.

Misc - Banking, license renewal, and starting these check-ins.

So it looks like I should ideally focus on Writing and Job more tomorrow. I don't think it's feasible to try to hit all categories every day. I just want to make sure they don't get forgotten. If I fail to focus on something for multiple days in a row, I'll put a counter next to it so I can see it getting stale. Then I can still decide to focus on things however I want, but I'll be able to see when a category may need a little extra love and attention.