Well, I'm at day 24 in Waterloo, Ontario... and wow, has it been an adventure! There are some parts that I have begun to accept as normal for my life, like the first day on the 'trial' bus run when the sky opened up with horrible amounts of rain, and froze me solid in the majorly sub zero temperatures, or, the young guy that offered to be my tour guide and told me repeatedly that "you have really nice eyes, really nice, REALY nice..." which made my bus stop pretty amusing and horribly awkward (and it was so cold, my eyes were the only thing he could even see...) and there's the $20 bucks I found on the seat of the bus one day when I had been stressing out about finding a job.

And job wise, well, there are no new amazing developments as of yet... I've applied several places, and have some work to do calling back, and now I seem to have a few leads on some restaurants, so that could be AMAZING, but, there's a little but, okay maybe a huge one... Its the bus, my source of entertainment and transportation, and the thorn in my flesh for the job (and weekend social life) The last bus to my area leaves at 6pm on Saturday and Sunday... which just will not work as a waitress, or as any non, 9-5 job... which leads me to another little piece of the adventure...

The house situation... I've been rooming with friends of mine who couldn't have been nicer to me. They've welcomed me with open arms, and their love for me has gone a million miles to how their friends have welcomed me into their lives as well... Socially I have been having a blast (and often forget that I came here for school... not just visiting!) oh yeah, the problem... all the great people definitely distract me from the 'unsure' things in my life

My friend's house officially sold tonight... and I got to celebrate with them, and tell them all about how great BC is, but it did manage to instill a little panic in my little heart and a few giant tears in my eyes... and my phone doesn't get reception at the house, so here's my long email update to everyone asking them to pray that I will find an apartment... I have a very great potential room mate, and we found the most amazing apartment in an amazing location for an incredible price (and the bus goes all there all the time!) I'm hoping to have a place to live in the next week or so... cause it will really help with the job and I guess I need both... haha Someone had a pending application, and I'm calling the 'super' tomorrow hoping to hear that it fell through (that really sounds horrible!) and if it won't be ours, I'm hoping that I will really feel God's presence... and peace... and I know that this isn't the biggest deal in the world, but when you're trying to be tough on your crazy adventure, these big huge unknowns are a tiny bit of a big deal!

Oh yeah, and School, the reason I went out here... school is great! I am making friends on the bus, in my classes, in my group projects, and I love it! I like what I'm learning, I think its interesting and valuable!

Well that's me in a long 'nutshell'! I do miss you all in BC, I don't think BC drivers drive any worse in the snow than anyone out here, and the rainy blues we get on the West Coast are simply a warmer version of what people have out here... except when I show people pictures of the west coast they nearly drool in jealousy... like I will be in about a week when I start hearing about all the buds on the trees!