Convocation happened May 16. We picked up our gowns around noon and filed in to the hall around 1ish. Loose Moose ushered the graduating class in, we were addressed by various officials and academia, and our degrees presented. Dragon dancers led the grad class out. Stayed a short while at the reception, picked up a grad book, then Dad and I headed home to prep for our drive.
Things had been prepared for the most part the days previously. The moving truck had carted away the bulk of our belongings the day before, so all we had with us was the stuff I'd need right away, some plants, and some incidental stuff that didn't get taken on the truck. We left that evening and stayed the night at Medicine Hat, taking the TransCanada across the country, eventually reaching Toronto on Tuesday afternoon.
The first week was cold, windy and rainy for the most part. Since we didn't even have mattresses for the townhouse, we elected to stay at my Grandmother's for a while, since it's very very close. I hung out with teh OFU crew at Anime North on Saturday & early Sunday, where I also bumped in to Mark N. Stayed at jlunar's for BBQ that night, and we all met up again the next day to take in Indy 4 around Empress Walk. JLunar also held an awesome, awesome party at The Fifth Social Club Friday night, at which I had the privilege of attending. Great food, great music and dance. Had lots of fun!
Moving truck arrived May 30 and was pretty much unpacked by the middle of that afternoon. Unpacking has been the word ever since, and even now i've still got a few boxes i haven't really looked in to for sorting. For the most part though, I am moved in and trying to be proactive as far as getting settled in, employed and comfortable with my new living situation. I've been working on a new website design that will hopefully showcase my skills a bit better. Once the main template is complete things should go quicker.
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So i guess i should play catchup with my postings here and get back up to speed as far as what/how i've been doing since my post waaaaay back in uh...
October.
Things have been mostly ok - 3rd year illo ended uneventfully from my perspective, except for the usual blues that come with being busy, not being motivated and wondering when I will get out of the 'school' stage of my life and actually working at what I want to work at.
Term ended at the end of April, so I had a few weeks off before I got an assignment through Diversified Staffing - a 3 week position doing reception for a carpet company.
By late May, Mom, Dad and I flew to Toronto for a weeklong vacation. Spent the first few days of the trip actually in Toronto, visiting with family, gorging on dimsum (blech), shopping, etc. Spent 4 days roadtripping through Pennsylvania (Iron Bridge Inn OMFG YUM) and the Niagara region, shopping and sightseeing. Also met up with the Chanadians and OFU on the Saturday of Anime North, also during which I met up with Mark N. during the ZZ concert. Felt good to see everyone again after quite a long time (a few years in many cases).
About a week and a half downtown following return, and now I am working thru till August 2 (possibly longer) for the City again (again through Diversified).
As for my SL related stuff, most of it is caught up here (
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aki_shichiroji) but I should mention that I've recently been contracted to do texture work for Aimee Weber Studio for their work on corporate projects in-world... so apart from my full time work, I'll be looking forward to a pretty busy set of evenings for a while too.Hmm. I think that's about all I can come up with for now. I'm sure more will come to me as I think about it.
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