Ottawa (2)

I'm a little further ahead than I was yesterday. I have a realtor now, and will be starting the house-hunt as of tomorrow. It's a little later than I was hoping, but I never realistically expected to have this wrapped up in a few days time. I also had the chance to meet with a mortgage specialist at TD Canada Trust, and it looks as though that's going to go ahead as well. The question will be who is going to give me the best rate.

The job still hasn't been officially confirmed yet, but I'm hoping to know a little bit more by the end of the week. It's only been two business days since the offer was made, and I expect that this will take time.

The notion that I'll be leaving Kingston soon is starting to sink in. I'm happy about it in a lot of ways, but also more than a little sad. I've called that city home for the past six and a half year, and I'm going to miss the people that made it such a wonderful experience. I hope that you'll all have the chance to visit me. I even promise to try and find something more comfortable than raw floorboards for you to sleep on.

I picked up a few Christmas present today, which marks the beginning of my Christmas shopping. There's still a lot to go. I hope to finish most of it while I'm back in Calgary, but I do still have a few more things to pick up before I head back out West. One very important purchase that I did make was to grab a bottle of Lagavulin for the Soldier's Christmas Dinner that we're holding this Thursday. I thought it would be a fitting goodbye present.

Now, I just need to remember to tell the bartenders that I'll give them a smack if they try and mix it with Coke...

Is it strange to have picked out the booze/cigar combo that I'll be using to celebrate my (potential) job offer? I've decided that should things be confirmed, I'm going to enjoy a glass of my Life Changing Cognac (a bottle of Remy XO given to me by Johnny) and a cigar rolled from pre-Embargo Cuban tobacco (the Pinar 3000).

It's important to have a plan for these things, otherwise I could end up celebrating with Jagermeister and the Russian cigarettes my cousin gave me as a novelty item. They're great. They have a picture of Lenin on them, and apparently the tobacco will fall out of them if you hold them perpendicular to the ground.