So I had a rhythm going of a few posts a week before I left Winnipeg, and I’ve been really quiet lately, leaving a lot of people wondering if I’ve been abducted by aliens or something. I’m still around, I just haven’t had a lot of time between settling in to have zany adventures. A bunch of semi-boring tidbits probably add up to a half-decent update, so here’s goes:

• We have furniture! Pretty much everything’s here now, except a ficus I need to pick up at an aunt’s house. We’ve very generously been invited out a bunch of times, and we can almost return the favour now, once we manage to clear the last few stubborn boxes out of the dining room.
• I’m a master of Ikea shelving assembly and pretty handy with curtain fixtures, hanging picture frames, swapping fuses, gerryrigging antennas, and in a pinch I’ve taken apart and reassembled our door’s deadbolt. My toolboxes found a home in our living room for a while, because I was constantly digging around for screwdriver nibs. I’ve needed a mallet a few times but don’t have one. I should add one to my Christmas list, because my fist works as a stand-in but it hurts afterwards.
• The weather’s turned nicer! I should be taking my bike in, but I’ve been waking up late (since I had my cold I’ve been kindof wiped out) and I have a very tempting bus pass… I need to get in a good “bike to work!” mental space while the mornings are warm.
• I’m putting together some music CDs for friends’ birthdays, which all seem concentrated around the same weekend in November. I discovered I don’t have many blank CDs kicking around, so I have an excuse to go computer shopping!
• Natasha’s got great decorating taste – I like her style.
• I have to get my license switched over to Ontario before the end of the month. Apparently insurance is cheaper here than Manitoba? Crazy!

Wooot!