Settling In
Things are going much better now that we have adjusted to living here in Toronto. Jordan has mastered the subway and the buses. I have adapted to being by myself all the time. I am finding more and more to do with myself. Necessity is the mother of invention right? I have been keeping up my running which is good. Melissa (Jordan's sister) is inspiring me to keep it up. I am very proud of you meep keep it up! I think about you everyday when I got running. If you can complete all of your activities all day long I can run for an hour of the day. Jordan has been joining me for the last couple of days. It's been really great because it's a great time to talk too. It also helps the run to go by much faster because we are there to encourage each other.
One of the days we were running last week we passed a church. It was in the upper 80's and we were really hot so we decided to see if the doors were open and they were. We stole a quick drink from the fountain and some information off the info desk. We looked around a lil and decided that we liked the look of the church. We discussed it that night and deceided to go the next day. We got up early and went to the early service. We really liked it. They worshiped in a very contemporary style and the songs were all ones that I was familiar with. They seem to be a very missions minded church. There is a womans bible study tomorrrow night and I think I may try and check it out. Hopefully it will be a great way to get to know people.
Jordan has had a few days off and I'm excited about that. We have been spending a lot of time together. He has been taking care of me b/c I haven't been feeling well. He's been doing a great job. I am starting to feel a little better now.
Tomorrow we might we heading downtown. Hopefully it won't rain like it did today. It was nice after it rained b/c it cooled down. It' s been in the 90's for the last 3 days. It's been pretty hot with our no air conditioning situation.
My parents are coming to visit on July 21st. Yeah! I might be going home with them for a little while, but I'm not sure yet. We'll see.
Well, I gotta go. Jordan and I are going to watch a few episodes of King of Queens. We like that show because Doug and Carrie remind us of us.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Boo Canada!
Well, as some of you may know our first taste of Canada was not a very good one. Initially, they did not even want to let us in b/c in the words of the minimum wage college student who denied us entry, "I feel you will become a burden to Canada! You must immediately return to the United States." He escorted us to our car and made sure we turned around. Yeah, it was not fun.
We went to East Lansing and spent the night in our friend Peacock's apartment. The next day we got health insurance because that's the only way Canada would allow us inside.
We arrived at our apartment a day late and very tired. By the time we got everything in and ran to the grocerey store it was too late to buy an air mattress to sleep on. Did I mention it was about 90 degrees and we didn't have any air? Yeah, no fun. Jordan slept on the couch and I slept on the twin bed. I know in a few years we'll be able to look back on this and laugh, but at the time it was no fun! We finally got an air mattress, it has cooled off and we are much happier.
Jordan loves his new job. He gets to go to the ballpark for free everyday. What a job! It's not as easy as it sounds though. It's a lot of work. He is doing very well. He has gotten a lot of compliments on his work from the head boss and the beat writers for the other teams. I'm very proud of him.
Canada will not allow me to get a job. It really stinks! I am trying to keep myself busy. I have been running everyday which is a good thing. We live at the end of a subdivision of brick homes and everyday I run through the neighborhoods or should I say neighbourhoods like they do?
Things are quite different here. Not only do they spell a lot of things differently, but they speak differently too. I have actually heard people say aye after sentences. A LOT of people say it too. They have accents as well. They put different emphasis on different syllables. When we went to the grocery store it was quite interesting. Everything was in french and english. Also, the lunch meat was in grams. Everything else was in mililiters. The gas is in liters as well. I didn't know that at first and got really excited when I saw gas was 79 cents. Another thing I thought was interesting was that the milk came in a bag. You have to buy a pitcher and put it in there. Also the butter comes in big blocks not in sticks. The funniest thing of all was when we went to Taco Bell and they asked us if we wanted fries w/ that! They didn't have anything we wanted to order. No enchiritos for Jordan!
We miss everyone so much. Anyone who would like to visit is very welcome too. Snail mail and email is greatly appreciated! Don't forget us up here in Canada! : )
Soon I will post wedding pictures and honeymoon pictures. You can view and order our wedding pictures at www.artlynn.com/reorders.aspx. Talk to ya soon!
We went to East Lansing and spent the night in our friend Peacock's apartment. The next day we got health insurance because that's the only way Canada would allow us inside.
We arrived at our apartment a day late and very tired. By the time we got everything in and ran to the grocerey store it was too late to buy an air mattress to sleep on. Did I mention it was about 90 degrees and we didn't have any air? Yeah, no fun. Jordan slept on the couch and I slept on the twin bed. I know in a few years we'll be able to look back on this and laugh, but at the time it was no fun! We finally got an air mattress, it has cooled off and we are much happier.
Jordan loves his new job. He gets to go to the ballpark for free everyday. What a job! It's not as easy as it sounds though. It's a lot of work. He is doing very well. He has gotten a lot of compliments on his work from the head boss and the beat writers for the other teams. I'm very proud of him.
Canada will not allow me to get a job. It really stinks! I am trying to keep myself busy. I have been running everyday which is a good thing. We live at the end of a subdivision of brick homes and everyday I run through the neighborhoods or should I say neighbourhoods like they do?
Things are quite different here. Not only do they spell a lot of things differently, but they speak differently too. I have actually heard people say aye after sentences. A LOT of people say it too. They have accents as well. They put different emphasis on different syllables. When we went to the grocery store it was quite interesting. Everything was in french and english. Also, the lunch meat was in grams. Everything else was in mililiters. The gas is in liters as well. I didn't know that at first and got really excited when I saw gas was 79 cents. Another thing I thought was interesting was that the milk came in a bag. You have to buy a pitcher and put it in there. Also the butter comes in big blocks not in sticks. The funniest thing of all was when we went to Taco Bell and they asked us if we wanted fries w/ that! They didn't have anything we wanted to order. No enchiritos for Jordan!
We miss everyone so much. Anyone who would like to visit is very welcome too. Snail mail and email is greatly appreciated! Don't forget us up here in Canada! : )
Soon I will post wedding pictures and honeymoon pictures. You can view and order our wedding pictures at www.artlynn.com/reorders.aspx. Talk to ya soon!
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