May 21, 2006
Rocks are sharper than snow
(TrackBack)So, yes, uhm hi. Kind of a forced update since I have very little news but as every well respected writer knows you have to keep the fans happy.
I bought a bike, $1150 for a Kona Stuff it is very pretty and bouncy and brakey. Hyrdraulic brakes operate very well and if you are not very careful you go flying over the handlebars. (note: I was not very careful). It has other nice things like wheels and a frame and gears.
I've not been on the mountain with it yet as that requires all sorts of expensive armour and a full face helmet, I figure I need to work on my skills a bit more too, I spent today up at Lost Lake, there's a bunch of varying trails up there and I threw myself down some of the more difficult today, my backside feels like I've been on the set of Brokeback and my legs and arms ache like day 1 of the ski season.
I received a wonderful letter from the lawyer who informed me that the London office had processed my application (2 months earlier than expected) and I would now not expect to hear from them for FORTY TWO MONTHS. A lot can happen in 42 months. I could die, or Canada could sink, or the Earth could slip off its orbit and be sucked into the Sun, or, and yes this is pretty unlikely, I might change my mind about Canada all together. Anyway, I'm fairly sure they screwed it up and my visa is supposed to be expidited to ~6 months due to the job offer. We'll see what the lawyer says.
Work continues as normal. As does my sadness of the Champions League final result.
Finally, I'm heading over to Toronto June 16th for a couple of weeks to stay with Robyn. It'll be nice to finally see a bit more of Canada even if we only have the weekends (we're both still working while I'm there) and maybe I'll have some more interesting tourist pictures to update with. I should also grab some of the biking really...
The trip also conveniently means I have minimised the time difference for the World Cup games but that was just a fortunate result of my burning desire to see Robyn really ;-)
Posted by Mark at May 21, 2006 4:15 PM