G Day

Well, my grandparents arrived ok although they gave me a few moments of panic at the airport. I got to the arrivals gate in good time, and eventually everyone from their plane started coming through and so I waited...and waited...and finally I was the only person left and there was no sign of them.

I was just in the process of looking for someone to ask if
a. they were actually on that plane, or
b. had fallen asleep and carried on to Vancouver
when they came out the doors. One of their bags had been misplaced, although fortunately they found it the minute Grandma had filled in the lost baggage form.

So I got them back to the house ok and they managed to stay awake until about 10pm (5am) and then went to bed. I've left them asleep this morning while I come into work, but I'll be back at lunchtime and I've got tomorrow off too to show them around.

Work, Grandparents and Flooding

I'm feeling the burn, I've been here for a week now and apart from minor headaches due to the amount of info I'm trying to assimilate and my bosses assertions that he'll fire me if it doesn't work out, I'm starting to get into it. Ironically the stuff I used to hate most (documentation) is pretty much all I'm doing and I'm quite enjoying it. Jacqui's grandparents come over today and we have them for 10 days, it'll be nice to have visitors again. And hopefully I'll get to go across to the mountains with them next Friday, work permitting.

Oh and by the way we had big rain yesterday, flooding up to 1 metre in some bits of St Albert, an inch INSIDE Superstore which was funny and the water up to peoples door handles in the carpark. Took me two and a half hours to get home compared to the normal 40 min.... Soo many Albertans with dead cars, I think a mixture of bad maintenance ( they don't have MOTs out here if it moves they can drive it on the roads) and no experience driving in water did not help. Made me smile though :)

Blow That for a Game of Monkeys

Well if that's what that Canadian work's like I'm off to hide under my bed until it goes away.

I'll be going back tomorrow to make sure of course, it really can't be that bad :)

First day at work

Well, I dropped Richard off this morning, gave him his packed lunch, wiped his nose and told him to play nicely with the other children, so we'll see how he gets on.

Hi Ho Hi Ho

and indeed off to work I go. Bad night's sleep, feeling surly and unhelpful...wow it's like being back at NU.

We have achieved a social life and it only took a year.

Well that was a good weekend. Late last week we went and whacked some golf balls around at the local driving range with John the neighbour which was good stress relief. Had a social with John and Sonia and a couple of their friends, all very civilised. Then a meal with Ian and Lorna on Saturday which was also groovy, just sitting and chatting with English people and with English points of reference is a requirement.

Then on Sunday Jacqui had a full day of church and concerts while I went to watch some football with ze Germans, and I have to say it was good fun, watching football with other people is soo much better whatever their ancestry I guess. Now it's time to continue reading up in preparation for work, my Time Management is improving daily........this may be untrue.

Signing off with only one and a half days of freedom remaining, BF.

P.S. We saw Indiana Jones last Tuesday......shudder.

Hello England!

Hi you crazy Englanders, greetings from Canadia.

Today is our second wedding anniversary, a momentous day indeed, and what are we doing to celebrate it........we're off to see Indiana Jones. We know how to live!

I have also accepted the job I was offered, so now I'm doing all the required reading, and there's lots of it. One thing this does mean, the wages for Big TV scandal is back on the table, and negotiations now continue apace. Wish me luck, we need an 80 inch tv :)