Week #3 (I've given up counting the days)
We've been applying for jobs for 2 or so weeks now and finally starting to get some callbacks. I had my first interview today, a part time web/media co-ordinator for a huge antique/furniture store over near the less desirable side of town. Employers seem reluctant to hire us for part time positions because they fear we will leave for better work/fun times. We'll see. Herself has also got an interview tomorrow, fingers crossed.
We went for another Jagermeister-themed night, on Friday 13. It was pretty unremarkable except for when I got bought a drink by an anonymous admirer..Apparently thats a real thing that happens. The barman called me over and slid me the drink. I didn't wait to find out who the guy or girl was and after some suspicion and squinting at the glass we enjoyed a free beverage. We also made some one night friends who we might bump into again.
There are two more people from Galway over here now, and I've bumped into a friend of a friend of a friend so it's starting to feel a bit more familliar around here. Though herself doesn't have the same luxury of knowing/half knowing these people as I do. We're trying to keep busy between jobseeking, going to the gym in the building, seeing a few sights, cinema, avoiding East Hastings* and arranging days/nights out. In the next week or so I'm going to a gig, a Vancouver Whitecaps game in the MLS and I have to look into a skateboarding event that Tony Hawk is appearing at. That guy is responsible for me liking a lot of the music I do via his computer games.
*East Hastings is basically where all the drug-dependants/homeless hang out and shuffle around. We have been on the completely safe West Hastings often enough, but have literally only seen the start of East Hastings as we passed it going on another street and yeah, no great desire to go back.
Oh, I've also cycled around the seawall in Stanley Park with one of our new friends from the hostel. It takes about an hour and is worth the $10 bike rental.
Our apartment is pretty much like an oven, it is hot all the time, hotter than it is outside a lot of the time. This generally slows down my brain and wears away my patience, making it harder to blog/upload photos.
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