So, we're now on our 3rd day here. We arrived late on Tuesday night and we were all so exhausted by the time we found our temporary home. It took us a while to get out of the airport because some 'tetris-ing' had to be done in order for us to fit all our luggage into the truck. But we did it! We had dinner at a St Hubert just a stone's throw away from where we're staying. That was the first time Dante had been a challenge to keep content at a restaurant. Poor kid... the sudden change in his schedule has made him uneasy. But now he's adjusted! We're all getting used to the time change now. I'm so glad we're close to a lot of markets, shops and restaurants.
We had a very slow start on Wednesday. I think we woke up around noon, which was 9am back in Vancouver. Then Dan and Kayla went to IGA to pick up a few groceries and some lunch. We also finally got our internet connection working... yay! Later on we made a trip to Loblaws(like superstore). One of my pet peeves is when grocery baggers mix up edible foods with items such as liquid cleaners or cold items with dry foods! I always group my groceries accordingly on the conveyer to make things easier on the bagger. BUT this fellow was one sour grape! I wanted to stop him and bag my own groceries! But I was too slow with my french. I must practice how to say 'please let me bag my own groceries'!
Anyway, later that evening we Dan set up the webcam my parents gave to us. We skyped with them...we were so happy to see each other! Dante was 'hugging' his lolo(grandpa) on the webcam. So cute!
We had an earlier start on day two: yesterday. We met up with one of the hr ladies from Ubi at to register for our Quebec care cards. She was very helpful with providing us with information and willing to take us around to help us run our errands. We drove with the whole family to the studio to meet some more people and have some lunch. It was so beautiful outside and Dante was getting pretty loud so we decided to eat at a nearby park along with the lady who recruited Dan. On the was out I ran into a couple of very familiar faces!! Matt and Ian! I used to work with Ian at Ubi Vancouver(aka Action Pants) works for another studio here in QC. Matt was just flown in for an interview. It was a pleasant surprise, indeed. They walked with us to the park.
After eating dinner at 'home' we went to Costco to pick up a few more items including an air filter. My allergies are full blown here. I don't know what's causing it... maybe it's seasonal. My eyes were totally bloodshot... I've been using visine. I hope the Arius allergy pills work!
Today, I made everyone wake up early! Yay! Dan will be going back to the studio to meet with his team again (sans sa famille). He'll drop us off at a mall on the way there. It's raining outside and we need buy some crafting thing to do. books and maybe a board game as well. We won't be picking ours from the storage until we move out of this temp home. So, I promised the girls we'll buy some of those things. It's so hard to rent dvd's or borrow books without a permanent address! If this rain keeps up we can hang out at one of the bigger libraries here!
I must say that I'm getting used to staying here. I still can't believe we're not going back! At times we feel like we're just on vacation.... staying in a fully furnished vacation home! I'm glad it's fully stocked with everything we need... except food. The only thing we had to buy was a can opener because the one here doesn't work well.
Later on we are going to meet up with Patrice, who used to work at ESS back in Vancouver. He's going to take us around the neighborhood we are looking to live in.
Ok, not all our entries will be so detailed. I just though it would be nice to log our first few days here. :) I hope all is well with everyone back home. We miss you! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
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