Sprout forth and go forward
Well The first thing that has occured, was aweek before the move to Vancouver, my grandmother died. She was 88, so she didn't die young but i still miss her none the less. So off my family and I went to Winnipeg to her funeral. Laura, my neice came with us, which was nice as we got to show her around all the places that Megan and I went to when we were young. I got to revisit many parts of my childhood and meet a lot of new family members and reunite with the ones I havn't seen in a very long time. It was sad and yet so wonderful to be able to go to Winnipeg. it to me had more signifiganced that normal as I would be moving the day after I got back from Winnipeg. As though I was revisiting the past to go forth into the future, whatever it held. It meant a great deal to be able to reconnect and move on with my own semi independence.
I flew out on Wednesday and came back Saturday, I then packed and got ready to move on Sunday evening. We celebrated C and I leaving with a nice Easter celebration at my mothers, we got to say good bye to the kids, whom I mess dearly.
The bus tip was long and painful after a few hours. However 3 days later, we got to beautiful west coast. The whole trip from Calgary to Vancouver was very pretty to see the mountains. Kamloops was so green and gorgeous I wanted to get off there. Anyway, we arrived and stayed at a hostel on Main street for a bit longer than planned as we had a bit of difficulty finding a place. We stayed there for 4 nights. I got to ride the whole skytrain system, get to know the city a bit better. WE finally found a place in south Vancouver, in the marpole area . Its a nice area , near Granville and Oak with nice homes and lots of stores. We finally got the internet set up with Shaw, the extreme, and Telus for the moment, sadly. Vonage the IP phone place only take credit cards. We plan to wait till Shaw offers broadband phone in the late summer. Oh well Telus is alright I guess. Yesterday C and I walked through Stanley park; just the outskirts but it was sill 8 km, and very scenic and beautiful. I can now say I have put my hands and feet in the Pacific Ocean. I will give out my new phone number and address to people who email me. I am hoping people will come and visit.
I flew out on Wednesday and came back Saturday, I then packed and got ready to move on Sunday evening. We celebrated C and I leaving with a nice Easter celebration at my mothers, we got to say good bye to the kids, whom I mess dearly.
The bus tip was long and painful after a few hours. However 3 days later, we got to beautiful west coast. The whole trip from Calgary to Vancouver was very pretty to see the mountains. Kamloops was so green and gorgeous I wanted to get off there. Anyway, we arrived and stayed at a hostel on Main street for a bit longer than planned as we had a bit of difficulty finding a place. We stayed there for 4 nights. I got to ride the whole skytrain system, get to know the city a bit better. WE finally found a place in south Vancouver, in the marpole area . Its a nice area , near Granville and Oak with nice homes and lots of stores. We finally got the internet set up with Shaw, the extreme, and Telus for the moment, sadly. Vonage the IP phone place only take credit cards. We plan to wait till Shaw offers broadband phone in the late summer. Oh well Telus is alright I guess. Yesterday C and I walked through Stanley park; just the outskirts but it was sill 8 km, and very scenic and beautiful. I can now say I have put my hands and feet in the Pacific Ocean. I will give out my new phone number and address to people who email me. I am hoping people will come and visit.