We went for a drive up to Simon Fraser and Burnaby "Mountain" today. O decided that it would be a great place to try his walking skills! I got some video on my phone, but can't figure out how to get it off, so I can't share that. Luckily, O was still in a walking mood when we got home, so I got this video! (Once again, there is no sound. My camera doesn't record sound. Once he starts talking, I'll have to get a decent video camera, I guess.)
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
1 Week (almost) in Vancouver
And what a week it's been! First some background.
After getting the position at EA, Holls and I came out to Van to find a place to live. We lucked out and found a place about 5 minutes from the (incredible) office, near a shopping centre, library, and Skytrain station, and not to close to any hookers! That set the stage for us to move out here, so we got everything coordinated and sent our stuff on its merry way. We drove to Burnaby via Calgary (2 nights) and Kewlona (2 more nights) so that O wouldn't spend too much time in the car all at once, and that seemed to work out OK.
The movers came Friday before Thanksgiving to pack, and Saturday they showed up to load us up. After they were done, I locked up our house in Edmonton for the last time and hit the road to meet up with Holls, O, and my family in Calgary for Thanksgiving. Long story short, we had a great mini-vacation on our way out here.
When we got to the Vancouver area, we stayed at a hotel in Surrey (big mistake, but not because of the gunfire... just the commute), and I drove the 15 minute drive (it took over an hour) the next morning to meet the movers at the house. They were unloaded and out of our hair in a mere 3 hours, which seems pretty quick. Thus began our life in Vancouver.
The next couple days were spent convincing ourselves that we'd made the right decision when we left everyone behind in Edmonton to give it a go out here. Granville Island helped us come to terms with that, and as the days pass we get more and more comfortable here. The fact the there's no snow, and that I wore shorts last night, doesn't hurt...
Since we left, O has started to turn into a little boy! He's started to take some cautious steps, and walking can't be far behind. He also had a bout of pink-eye, which he kindly passed on to Holy after a couple of days. I thought I'd dodged the bullet until this morning, when I woke up unable to open my eyes. Sitting in front of a computer all day with sore eyes really sucks.
On that note, I started work yesterday, and am looking forward to working on lots of things that I'm not allowed to talk about, but are interesting nonetheless. EA seems to be a pretty decent company, and time will tell how much I enjoy it, but for now I'm pretty excited!
Holly found a day home for O fairly close to home and on the way to work for her. Since that was the last real hurdle to getting settled for the time being, we should be able to enjoy the city without worrying for a while.
After getting the position at EA, Holls and I came out to Van to find a place to live. We lucked out and found a place about 5 minutes from the (incredible) office, near a shopping centre, library, and Skytrain station, and not to close to any hookers! That set the stage for us to move out here, so we got everything coordinated and sent our stuff on its merry way. We drove to Burnaby via Calgary (2 nights) and Kewlona (2 more nights) so that O wouldn't spend too much time in the car all at once, and that seemed to work out OK.
The movers came Friday before Thanksgiving to pack, and Saturday they showed up to load us up. After they were done, I locked up our house in Edmonton for the last time and hit the road to meet up with Holls, O, and my family in Calgary for Thanksgiving. Long story short, we had a great mini-vacation on our way out here.
When we got to the Vancouver area, we stayed at a hotel in Surrey (big mistake, but not because of the gunfire... just the commute), and I drove the 15 minute drive (it took over an hour) the next morning to meet the movers at the house. They were unloaded and out of our hair in a mere 3 hours, which seems pretty quick. Thus began our life in Vancouver.
The next couple days were spent convincing ourselves that we'd made the right decision when we left everyone behind in Edmonton to give it a go out here. Granville Island helped us come to terms with that, and as the days pass we get more and more comfortable here. The fact the there's no snow, and that I wore shorts last night, doesn't hurt...
Since we left, O has started to turn into a little boy! He's started to take some cautious steps, and walking can't be far behind. He also had a bout of pink-eye, which he kindly passed on to Holy after a couple of days. I thought I'd dodged the bullet until this morning, when I woke up unable to open my eyes. Sitting in front of a computer all day with sore eyes really sucks.
On that note, I started work yesterday, and am looking forward to working on lots of things that I'm not allowed to talk about, but are interesting nonetheless. EA seems to be a pretty decent company, and time will tell how much I enjoy it, but for now I'm pretty excited!
Holly found a day home for O fairly close to home and on the way to work for her. Since that was the last real hurdle to getting settled for the time being, we should be able to enjoy the city without worrying for a while.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
I'm in the Game!
Big News!
For anyone who just wants to know how Oliver's doing, skip the next few paragraphs! ;)
I've accepted a development position with Electronic Arts in Burnaby, BC! It's been in the works for a while, so I apologize to all my friends who were in the dark about this. I've been trying to keep it fairly low-key in case it didn't pan out.
We're moving right after (Canadian) Thanksgiving, and I start around the middle of October. So the house is up for sale (after living in it for what, three months?), I've quit ONPA (more on that below), and we're gearing up for some major changes (as though the last year was pretty mellow)!
I gave notice at ONPA on Tuesday, and it was one of the more difficult days I've had in a long time. They have been incredibly good to me over the years, and I'm going to miss them a lot. But the fact of the matter is that this is an opportunity that is too good to pass up, so the decision to leave, although difficult to come to terms with, was almost inevitable.
Oliver is excited about the move (if you skipped the stuff above, you might want to read it now). At least he would be, if he knew what was going on! But the past week hasn't been all that great, as far as he's concerned. He started daycare last Monday, and inevitably caught some sort of bug. He was in a foul mood for a few days, then he got downright grouchy, and then he turned into the tired, sad, cuddly baby that nobody knows him to be. So, off to the doctor, where we learned that he had an ear infection and a touch of pneumonia (spell check is a wonderful thing). A couple of days of antibiotics seem to have got things on track again, so he's back in day care and ready to catch something new!
He's pretty close to walking. In fact, although I didn't witness it, he apparently took a couple of tentative steps this evening.
I'm sure there's more, but the EA and Burnaby have pretty much grabbed all of my thought cycles lately, so that's it for now.
For anyone who just wants to know how Oliver's doing, skip the next few paragraphs! ;)
I've accepted a development position with Electronic Arts in Burnaby, BC! It's been in the works for a while, so I apologize to all my friends who were in the dark about this. I've been trying to keep it fairly low-key in case it didn't pan out.
We're moving right after (Canadian) Thanksgiving, and I start around the middle of October. So the house is up for sale (after living in it for what, three months?), I've quit ONPA (more on that below), and we're gearing up for some major changes (as though the last year was pretty mellow)!
I gave notice at ONPA on Tuesday, and it was one of the more difficult days I've had in a long time. They have been incredibly good to me over the years, and I'm going to miss them a lot. But the fact of the matter is that this is an opportunity that is too good to pass up, so the decision to leave, although difficult to come to terms with, was almost inevitable.
Oliver is excited about the move (if you skipped the stuff above, you might want to read it now). At least he would be, if he knew what was going on! But the past week hasn't been all that great, as far as he's concerned. He started daycare last Monday, and inevitably caught some sort of bug. He was in a foul mood for a few days, then he got downright grouchy, and then he turned into the tired, sad, cuddly baby that nobody knows him to be. So, off to the doctor, where we learned that he had an ear infection and a touch of pneumonia (spell check is a wonderful thing). A couple of days of antibiotics seem to have got things on track again, so he's back in day care and ready to catch something new!
He's pretty close to walking. In fact, although I didn't witness it, he apparently took a couple of tentative steps this evening.
I'm sure there's more, but the EA and Burnaby have pretty much grabbed all of my thought cycles lately, so that's it for now.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Update for August
I've had a few people question my last post, so here's the scoop. It's a spam message that I received a while back, and it made no sense to me. But on some level (perhaps a level that only I exist on), it seemed a bit poetic. So I thought I'd share it.
The past few weeks have been interesting. O is nearly walking (still), and really growing. His last checkup had him about the same size as a one-year-old, and we've now got him in a front-facing car seat (with his doctor's OK). He is drinking from a cup, a cup with a straw, and a sippy-cup with no problem, which has made going to restaraunts a bit easier. He's also eating pretty much whatever we give him, including bits and pieces of "big-person" food. He LOVES olives so much that I'd say they're his favorite food. The only problem with his eating habits is he tends to push baby food away if we let him have real food first.
Holls starts her practicum next week, which means that she's almost completely done school. It also means that O starts daycare, so we're a bit nervous about that. He'll probably do just fine, but will need some time to adjust to a new routine. We'll need some time to adjust, too -- coordination in the morning is going to be a pain, but that's parenting!
The past few weeks have been interesting. O is nearly walking (still), and really growing. His last checkup had him about the same size as a one-year-old, and we've now got him in a front-facing car seat (with his doctor's OK). He is drinking from a cup, a cup with a straw, and a sippy-cup with no problem, which has made going to restaraunts a bit easier. He's also eating pretty much whatever we give him, including bits and pieces of "big-person" food. He LOVES olives so much that I'd say they're his favorite food. The only problem with his eating habits is he tends to push baby food away if we let him have real food first.
Holls starts her practicum next week, which means that she's almost completely done school. It also means that O starts daycare, so we're a bit nervous about that. He'll probably do just fine, but will need some time to adjust to a new routine. We'll need some time to adjust, too -- coordination in the morning is going to be a pain, but that's parenting!
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