Just wanted to post a short update so as you don't all think I've been eaten by a snake or something...
I heard Ottawa had inclement weather today. You probably won't agree, but it's kind of inclement weather here too... too freakin' hot! Honestly, it is possible. Think of those awful summer days when kids with asthma can't go outside and you go door-to-door checking on the elderly. It's like that here - except they don't check on the elderly (meanies). So, needless to say, I lie under the fan a lot and try to avoid all movement.
I am still searching (scavenging?) for housing - facing the toughest market I've ever dealt with. They've apparently got a little bit more competition from the flooding (put some places out of commission, put some people out of their own homes and requiring temporary accommodation). It's also a more - how shall I say this - laid back job market? For example - you call a property agent (everything's managed here, there are very few individual landlords). You say you have an interest in X apartment. They say "Ok, we have a viewing for that in a week or so. Come by then. But make sure to double check with us first." Nothing happens quickly - not even when they could turn a profit from it! So I'm stuck on the air mattress for some time yet.
I had my first day of school yesterday and that was quite fun (no joke). My biostats professor quotes Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and I'm thinking my PHAC courses have given me a pretty solid base in epidemiology. And best of all? NO EXAMS THIS SEMESTER! No more last-minute studying (I was never good at studying) and panicking and failing (oops).
More updates to come, I promise - I'm just adjusting to the Australian way of doing things - very slowly :)
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