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!

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.