I will be sleeping in my own bed tonight.  My town house was being painted yesterday so I stayed at the hotel one additional night.  The place might smell a little like paint today but I am sure it won’t be too bad.  I am REALLY looking forward to sleeping in my own bed as opposed to a funky hotel bed.  I am also looking forward to actually cooking my own food – I’ve been eating out for the last 10 days or so.

My new place is only a few blocks from 17 Avenue in Calgary which has a lot of strip malls and various stores – I think that I should be able to find just about anything that I want there.

I bought myself a vacuum yesterday at Canadian Tire.  It was on sale for $99.99 and when the total displayed, it was $104.99 – VERY nice not having to pay any PST, damn Ontario – that is one thing that I will NOT miss.

I was looking into parking in the downtown area – it is expensive.  I found one lot which is 2 blocks from work and it’s $175 per month.  WOW.  The only reason that I want to drive into work is so that I can make it home at noon to let the dogs out.  I guess I will have to see tomorrow (my first day) how long the drive is – if I can make it in 15 minutes or less then I will try to get home at lunch, otherwise, I will get a transit pass and likely look into getting a dog walker. Either option is going to cost some coin.  I don’t want Blondie to be in her crate all day with nothing to do and I am not sure if Zeus can go 9 hours or so without going outside.

So, I am excited to start work tomorrow.  It has been a long time since I have had a regular job so this will be nice.  Wish me luck.