Day 9 was a Friday adn the official beginning of our 2nd weekend!

Yesterday was a bit of a easy day for us, I am sure anyone who is reading probably feels like every day has been a easy day but this one in particular we really just went with the flow. Well it wasn’t all that easy, we did have some stuff to take care of first. In order to get jobs in the city it would seem we need hard copies of our C.V’s to hand in to prospective places of work if that is how they do things, so Natalie tells me anyway. So our day was going to take the form of a trip on the street car (tram) into the city to get our C.V’s printed out to be doled out as and when we see fit. Before that however our C.V’s need a bit of work, you se C.V. isn’t the common term over here, it’s résumé and our C.V.’s have C.V. plastered all over them so we needed to alter them slightly to fit in with our new surroundings, also we put our new address, well our current address, at the top. I, in an act of genuine cunning, also edited my interests part to include hockey and baseball into my list of sporting pastimes.

So we took these résumés with us on a wee flash drive to staples and got the fella to print us up a bunch of them. We also bought a wee stapler too. After this job was done the afternoon was our own and instead of scuttling back home we took the day to do a bit of shopping. Up at the sports shop we picked up a blue jays t-shirt each, we both wanted Roy Halladay ones but they never had a blue one with his name on it in my size so I ended up with a Rios one, a decent replacement all things considered. Natalie was lucky though she got herself a black t-shirt with Toronto’s ace pitcher, number 32, Roy “doc” Halladay emblazoned on the back. It is with pangs of jealousy I write this. don’t get me wrong I could have got a t-shirt to fit the bill elsewhere but this particular shop was doing buy one get the second half price and so was a deal that couldn’t go begging.

Natalie also picked up a hat and scarf today, mainly because it is bitter cold over here. We haven’t really mentioned the weather but I suppose now is as good a time as any, its actually quite chilly over here. I was exaggerating a bit saying it was bitter cold, its not but in no way has the last few days been warm. In fact the shorts and t-shirts have been put back in the case for the moment and replaced by the jeans and jackets. We are living for now lakeside also which means we get all the wind and its that which catches us out. When we get up and look out the window its sunny and really lovely looking days, however when you get downstairs and out then you remember that today is like the past few and the view from the condo is deceiving as its still chilly.

Natalie in this picture is sporting her new hat and scarf ensemble, look out for this pairing showing up on John at some point in the coming year!

Anyway, we finished up our we shopping day and jumped back on the street car back home. We were both hungry plus we were going to go round to the lacrosse game again at the Mimico arena. Needless to say we were late for the game. When left to our own devices and knowing that we would be walking time changes from eastern seaboard time to John and Natalie time and everyone knows that that clock runs five or ten minutes behind. The game was ok and afterwards we headed round to the Blue Goose again though not for as big a night as we experienced a week ago! Well not for me, I took it easy, Natalie on the other hand ended up pretty gassed! We walked home no problem having remembered the way from Wednesday night but the jackets zipped up to the neck and Natalie’s hat and scarf was pulled like bhirka. Did I mention it was cold?