New Home

Well, I successfully found an apartment in Vancouver. It took a couple of long days and maybe some lowering of expectations but everything was accomplished. I suppose it wasn't about lowering my expectations so much as reexamining my needs. Anyway, I feel a lot netter knowing I have a place and it's exactly in the neighborhood I wanted to be in. Plus it's only 4 blocks from the beach and beautiful views. The apartment itself isn't much to talk about; nothing charming or unique but I'll certainly do my best to make it a nice home for myself.
I still haven't decided on the exact date when I'll move. It depends on a number of other factors but it'll be sometime in the next six weeks. Although I have the apartment thing done, it just opens up a bunch of other things that I need to do. Figuring out packing/ furniture, getting water/cable/internet hooked up, filling out loan and visa form correctly. It gets a little overwhelming when I start thinking about it so I'll just focus on one thing at a time. Today that means laundry and catching up on emails. Then dealing with utilities.

And I'll leave you with a picture of my beach.