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Well, it has been just over 2 months since I packed my bags and headed to Vancouver. Since then I have covered many miles, had many interviews, got a job, moved into an apartment, become a resident of Calgary, and had many other great things happen! I’ll be flying back to Moncton tomorrow afternoon to spend Christmas with my family and then have some relaxing time before heading back to Calgary on January 1. Caitlin will be coming to Moncton too and will be arriving on Boxing Day. It should be good times all around!

I survived my first full week of my permanent job in Calgary. It went really well and I’m getting familiar with the products and office culture once again.

On Friday evening, Caitlin and I flew out to Vancouver for the weekend to spend some time with her grandparents and to visit with Sean and Julie. We celebrated last nite with the Memphis Platter at the Memphis Blues BBQ. It involved alot of meat… too much meat in fact since we had some leftovers after we all had our fill.

It’s now Sunday afternoon and we will be flying back to Calgary this evening just before 9:00pm and arriving in just before midnite. Then it’s off to bed since I’ll be waking up early tomorrow morning for work again.

I spent the first few days of last week in Lacombe at Caitlin’s parent’s place while she was at a conference in Red Deer. I did several hours of online apartment hunting but didn’t come up with any available one bedroom apartments in the city.

On Wednesday afternoon, Caitlin and I headed back to Calgary and began the apartment hunt in the SW of the city. After having a quick lunch at Tim’s, we stumbled on a place in the Haysboro district called Hays Farms. They didn’t have any one bedroom apartments for rent but they did have a recent opening for a two bedroom. We took a walkthrough the grounds of Hays Farms and then went to see the suite which was really nice with alot of room.

Three hours after seeing the apartment I completed the credit check and paper work and I moved in with my suitcase, air mattress, and a sleeping bag. I’ll be spending the next few months furnishing the place.

Here are some pictures of my bare apartment.