It's been a few weeks now and I've forgotten to blog. Apologies to anyone who may have been anxiously awaiting my next post... *cough*...
Let's see... what's new? I seem to be taking on a lot more work and responsibility at work, which I see as a positive thing. I think my original job description only really included a few things, but I quickly found out that these tasks only take a few hours in my day. It turns out I can be slightly more useful than anticipated.
The project in Fort Mac will likely continue into mid-November, and then I'll be reassessed. If they like my progress to date, they'll probably hire me full time. There have been hints already that this will be the case. Now I just have to decide what I want to do! I have a very vague idea about the sorts of things I'd like my next position to include. Ideally, I'd like the following: to live at home (i.e. a project in the lower mainland), to work long days like I am now with lots of overtime, to learn more of the technical aspects of the project(s), to spend a few hours a day on site, and to work with awesome people like I am now. Well that feels nice to put in writing. I still have no idea what sort of position I might want though.
I'm on my time off right now. This weekend, Brandon and I went to Saltspring for a little overnighter trip, which was really nice. We spend time pedal-boating around, swimming, lounging on the rocks and hot-tubbing at night. It's sad to say, but I feel like that was my entire summer - wrapped up neatly in one weekend and bow-tied with a red ribbon. Perhaps I'll have to go somewhere hot and sunny this winter. People do that, right?
My last day-and-a-half off will be spent packing to move. When I get back, we'll be in our new apartment, just a few blocks down the road from where we are now. I can't remember whether or not I mentioned this in a previous blog post, but I'll say it now anyways. The apartment is perfect. It's on the ground floor of an apartment building in the Kits Beach area. It has a nice sliding-glass door that opens onto a little patio area, which will be perfect for Molly to come and go. It's a good sized one-bedroom apartment with lots of other young professional-type folks living in the building. You'll all have to come over for a house warming in September! I'll be back September 10th-ish to see it myself.
On another note, I saw aurora borealis for the first time a few weeks ago. I guess I forgot to mention it in my last blog. I was in town with a few coworkers, enjoying some bluegrass music, and there it was - a green, wavy streak across the sky. It looked like a green, wispy curtain blowing in the wind. Even with the city lights, it was bright and gorgeous. The one streak lasted about 30 seconds and there were other smaller ones that lasted a few minutes after that. I'm definitely looking forward to a whole lot more of that now that the nights are getting longer and the skies clearer.
Well, I better go pack up the old apartment and get going on my day if I want to get everything done. I've been told that I need to start packing warm clothes for this rotation. I shouldn't need snow pants or anything until after the middle of September, but I think some gloves and sweaters are in order.
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