Times are changing

Light is filtering through the leaves differently. You can always tell when fall is coming because everything has a different glow to it. Even though leaves are still green, they're just not the same.
The season isn't the only thing that is changing. Yesterday Alan signed the rest of the last last papers. Everything is said and done, we have a mortgage and a house, and in about 2.5 weeks we will get the key to this new house!
Yesterday was my last day working as and admin assistant for my summer job. I was really sad to leave, because the people I was working with were really nice. It was the best job I have had so far, and I am sad to see it go. Today back to my old position. It will be interesting to see what will happen there. Appearantly everything is going to change around, so I will try not to keep you posted to much on the office politics that is going on there...
Another change is that the person who got me interested in blogging decided after years fo faithful writing to call it a day. I really enjoyed reading her blog as it is a lot more open that mine. I just sort of go on and on about what I have been doing. Her's was a lot more personal and open than mine I found. I am sad to scratch her off my regular reads, but on the bright side of things I'll just have to see her more often to stay in the loop :)
Tonight we're getting together with a bunch of friends for a 'hello after your long trip' but 'Good Luck doing your masters going away again' party for our good friends. S&B will not be the same without M and (R) around. It should be fun times though! Yay for get togethers after a long summer, they're the best! Ok time to get ready for work!

Update 1

It has been a long time since I have written in my blog and to be honest I don’t even know where to start because so many cool things have happened since I last wrote.
I will start by saying thank you all for the birthday wishes, I really appreciated them! And thanks again Batman &Robin for the surprise visit, that was awesome! I used my mugs the next day for a nice big cup of tea!
My brother and sister in law have had an amazing visit with us but have since left to go back home and back to work. I miss them a lot, we had a really good time and I feel so lucky that they took the time and money to come and see us. They were great guests, kept themselves busy and even cleaned! I ended up taking an extra Monday of to spend with them. We went to the museum of civilization and ended up getting in for free by filling out a 1 minute survey, which was awesome.
Then I officially had the best birthday ever. First of all I got spoiled rotten, my mom called me at work and sang happy B-day to me over the phone, than another awesome thing happened!
Alan and I have been looking around for houses in the last few months and we went to a few open houses and booked a couple of appointments when my b&s were still here. We ended up finding a house we really liked and decided to go see it again and we still liked it.
We put a bid in and on my birthday the agreement was signed, so it looks like Alan and I will soon be home owners provided the house inspection would not announce something terrible!! We are so excited I can’t get over how excited I am about this house J
So Thursday morning we had the house inspection done, both of us went on the 2.5hr tour of the house, looked at it top to bottom got a thick binder of information and since nothing major was found he gave us his approval, and we also have an ok from the bank. So most papers have been signed and if everything stays on track we will get the keys on September the 18th. I will be posting pictures online and if you want to know more please feel free to email me!!
Tomorrow will be my last day working for my summer job, and Thursday my old job starts. It is a long story I will not repeat right now because I have too much other stuff to tell, but I am sure I will go on a rant sometime or another about this. I am a little sad I don’t get a break in between, but at the same time, more money to put in the bank for the house and school.
As you may have guessed no word yet on PR, so I am pretty much assuming I won’t get that until well into the school term. I am still hoping to hear from them before the 31st September which is the cut off date to drop courses. We will see what happens and I will keep you posted for sure.
Past Thursday night Alan and I picked my cousin Y up from the bus terminal. She is going to be studying in Montreal for the fall semester. This weekend we took her shopping for some household stuff, got her a cell phone (long story… ) and played miniput. She went back to montreal on Sunday afternoon to get settled in res and prepare for her orientation day. She made it safe and has everything pretty well set up now.
It feels very unreal that fall is setting in already. So many fun and exciting things have happened. I am hoping to see my friends R&M who came back from their trip to Australia but are soon heading out to go to school elsewhere. Ok well this is the first update I am sure things will pop in mind and as time goes buy, but I don’t want to write a complete novel. Besides it is time to go watch my man play soccer. Have a good one!

short little update!

My brother and sister made it here in one piece and are getting over they're jet-lag quiet nicely. They're staying for 2 weeks, and I think it will be lots of fun.
Yesterday was their first full day here. We did tons of stuff: eggs and bacon breakfast, explored supermarket, did groceries which is very exciting if you've never been before! We made a picknick lunch, went to the river and had a picknick, played frisbee, went back home, drove to Gatineau Park and did some hicking. It was a lovely day and we had a great time. Today will be another busy day and started of with a (blueberry) pancake breakfast. I will keep you all posted but I have to go now!
Bye bye :)

So Excited, So Excited, So Excited!!!!!

Ok I am going to have to save the best news for last. Good morning everyone, how are you doing today. I have tons of neat stuff to tell you so here goes:
First of all, I picked up my bathing suit last week I think it was, and I love it. It is really nice. It doesnt magically make me look skinny, but despite that I still think it is great! I will have to do a little bit more excersise maybe. It turned out nicer even then I had thought it would and I highly recommend goin to this place. It was a only $55, which I thought was an amazing deal! The place is called Forbie Active Wear.
I have the day off today because not enough first years signed up for the day. It's unpayed, but I will take it! I have lots of stuff to do around the house and you will soon find out why.
Next very exciting thing: Alan and I are slowly shopping around for a house. We've been driving around neighbourhoods trying to decide were we would like to live, what type of house we would like etc. So that is my new hobby. I browse the MLS site almost on a daily bases. We have a few viewings booked and we're exploring. We're not in a rush so we'll take our time until we find 'The house'. I will keep you posted on that as time progresses. We have seen two open houses on the weekend, one was a complete dump, so that's not going to be it. The other one was pretty nice, but I wasn't convinced just yet, so we'll keep looking.
Yesterday morning the phone rings at 7:00am... It's my brother Jeroen. He told me he was bored and wanted to do some traveling around. So I'm thinking, well that's nice... why do you call me to tell me that at this time in the morning.. Him and his wife are planning to come and visit us here in Canada. Which is totally awesome! Then the next part.. he is coming this saturday.. That's right in 2 days my little big brother and wifie will be here! That is just crazy talk, I am *so* excited! So my day off will be spent cleaning our apartment from head to toe, doing groceries etc. It doesnt feel very real at all because it is so sudden. But it is a great way to end the summer. An early B-day present to me :) ok well, I'd better let Alan do some work.
Talk to you later!