So, clearly not staying on top of the whole one post a week thing, am I? ooops.
First and foremost... and HUGE congrats to Greg and Laura! That's beyond exciting. And it makes me wonder - Is this the beginning of a trend? hmmm....
I've got four more weeks at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. I love saying that! A month-long vacation is just around the corner... and I cannot wait. While having an income is good, so is lounging around! haha... Speaking of which, I had to make a pretty rough decision recently. I passed the interviews for the Foreign Service hiring process. Yup. Totally didn't want that, because it made me choose between school (passionate work, pitiful pay, new city etc...) and work (pay, same city, bureaucracy). Both clearly have advantages, one clearly makes me more of a contributing member of society than the other. Well, depends on how you define contributions! Anyways, I've pretty much decided that I'm going to withdraw myself from the competition process for the FS. Breaks my heart. I think that I've been on the brink of tears, oh, everyday for the last week now. But, really, it's probably the best thing for me. No matter which one I chose, I would have ended up with some sort of regret and would have wondered what if. Now I'll just be wondering what-if in Montreal! :)
Please consider this your official invite to come crash at my place in mtl whenever you wish. I have a double pull out couch and all you'd have to bring are ear plugs. Turns out my neighbour is a wee bit of a metal-head and my walls aren't super thick. Sweet. My first "meet-and-greet" with him was me knocking on his door to tell him to turn down his tunes. Yes, I'm 80. But, dude, it was 11pm and my 60 year-old dad was trying to sleep!
Aaaanyways, aside from that, apartment is sweet, cute and full of light. And I've got a WICKED desk from (wait for it...) Energy and Mining Resources Canada circa 1950. It makes me SO happy, you can't imagine. It's going to make work all the more fun!
ps - if any of you are in Ottawa on September 8th, my exhibition is opening at Carleton and you should come!!!!!
pps - Did you know that grand and toy charges the government OBSCENE rates to purchase from their catalogue? Something listed as $33 online is $65 in the gov catalogue. Craziness...
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I've almost had to engage my downstairs neighbour in fisticuffs over loud music. And I like my music loud, but come on, loud music until 1 am three nights in a row when I have to work...not cool.
my neighbours have a tendency to slam the door and shake my apartment right as I am about to fall asleep.
Our catalogue has crazy lists prices as well, but when you actually order it it's a more reasonable price.
Can you defer entry to the FS or do you have to start from scratch later on?
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