Hello world!
I must firstly apologize for the lack of updates on here. It would seem as though a combination of procrastination and utter laziness has had the better of me! Nonetheless I have returned with a mighty update of the adventure to date!
October 2012 - Upon my arrival back into Canada I found myself in the coming to terms with the departure of Summer and the arrival of Fall (Autumn for all of my Australian counterparts). The season turned out fine, it was still pretty reasonable to walk outside and grab a coffee without being too cold. It also turned out to be a month where I met my amazing girlfriend at the punk bar in Oshawa (classy much ha!). We've made a pretty good team her and I - running amok and having fun at the same time!
November 2012 - The weather started to turn colder and I became quite ill adjusting to the weather and getting used to the Canadian cooties. A few colds here and there really knocked me on my backside for a while, but for the most part it was a pretty quiet month. I started looking for work during this month and started on my Microsoft and Cisco studies to get my IT brain working again.
December 2012 - December saw another quiet month and job hunting was in full swing. I managed to score a few interviews with some recruiting firms however nothing seemed to come through. However, being the persistent and stubborn bloke that I am I powered on and continued the search. Christmas away from home was fun, I spent it with Laura's family which was rather nice. Of course something had to happen and we had a blackout just as we were cooking. Fortunately everything turned out fine - we had the BBQ going and all was well.
I also experienced my first dumping of snow which was very cool!
January 2013 - The new year ushered in a change in which I was able to land a job with the Canadian Diabetes Association. It's quite a similar experience to working at DPW and the folks are real friendly here. Snowfall was pretty heavy during the month and it was quiet again up until I started working.
February 2013 - This month was quite boring. Back at work and there was not much else going on. We had a wild winter storm which came up during the month that shut down most of the Eastern part of the US but we just had large dumping's of snow. We also had Family Day in which Laura and I headed up to the Cottage and played Ice Golf! What an amazing game! The idea of walking around on a frozen lake, drinking beer and playing golf is hilarious. And fun!
March 2013 - Once again another quiet month as work takes up most of my time. Laura and I have started planning our combined adventures now - the first being a trip back to Australia in 2014. We'll be arriving in April and having a 3 week stint in New South Wales and Queensland.
So that's about it for the last few months. Nothing overly exciting has been happening and there hasn't been too much adventuring happening. As much as winter is cold down here, it really can only be appreciated if you're out on the ice or out on the slopes.
I'll try and update this more frequently now as Spring is almost upon us in Toronto. That can only mean BBQ's, Beer and party time!
So until then - peace, love and understanding.
Cheers!
~Matty
