Fitting In a Box

Two weeks since I returned to Vancouver. It feels longer than that.

I met with a lot of good friends. Not yet all, though!

I received many many hugs. A year and a half' worth of hugs, as a good friend put it.

It has been sunny, rainy, cold, windy and warm. We had fresh snow on the mountain, pouring rain in town.

I've got my first cell phone for good.

I've been snowshoeing twice (awesome the second time in fresh fluffy snow!), camping in the snow once, hiking once.

I've been on all 3 local mountains already. Thanks to friends!

I've been babysitting and driving. I've been to the kindergarden and had a crashcourse in changing tyres, putting on the spare tyre. A flat in a parking lot!

I talked to recruiters and had a brief and disappointing interview with one of them.

I had a technical test which I scored average. The result exceeded my expectations.

I dismissed a recruiter after some unacceptable "being bounced around". How many times can you reschedule and cancel a phone call in 3 days?

I've seen a full movie, "Slumdog Millionaire". Brilliant first half, more and more predictable after. Nevertheless, a good movie, unconventional and colourful.

I looked at some pictures from Syria and purged a few already.

I posted an article for a photo magazine in Romania. Maybe it'll get published.

I've seen a slideshow of a month-long ski mountaineering trip in the Coast Mountains with the approach by kayak. The slideshow was presented at the BC Mountaineering Club's monthly meeting which I attended again after more than a year and a half.

I was asked for slideshows by many people. I'm working on that. It's gonna take time.

My laptop needed a boost and so I had to reinstall everything on it.

I finished reading a book.

I went to the storage room a few times, digging in the boxes for things I need. Didn't find all :-)

I freed Baby Oryx from its misery, got the missing parts and a tune-up. I bought a new bike helmet and took Baby out for a couple of rides. Awesome bike, darn slow rider :-)

I signed up for a 1-week backcountry ski trip within the first few minutes after arriving from the airport.

It's been a busy "2 weeks" time. No wonder I'm ready again to go on holiday. Better than freaking out about the hopeless job market. I can't find a box, anyway, to fit into.
Hoping for good snow and no avalanches, for sunny skies and more laughs, I'm setting off in the morning for one week of relearning how to ski and climb up snow slopes.