~Invasion of Dial-up~

Yes, yes, I ashamedly admit that I have caved to the frugality monster and reverted into the world of dial-up... but for $0 for the first three months, wouldn't you? Hey, it's fast internet or food, so I'm getting my priorities straight. Besides, this whole dial-up thing isn't half as bad as I remember. Now of course, I can't watch MSN news online or any more apple.com movie trailers, but they were time wasters anyways. Already, my yahoo account is running *almost* as fast as usual... due to cookies I suppose.

Well, here I am in Montreal. I'm starting work tomorrow, and am just enjoying this awesome apartment that I have been blessed with here. It turned out to be less sad than I thought... I was quite worried it would be really ghetto, considering that I'm sleeping on an air mattress for 4 months, and that all my stuff is borrowed, doesn't match, and my living room contains fold-out camping chairs. But really, when all is said and done, it's quite charming!

So, more for myself than anything, I want to preserve a few memories here:

- move-in day was Thursday, September 2nd
- first meal was Special K mixed with Apple Muslix (I had no food)and was eaten on the floor
- parents came on Friday, Septemer 3rd to move in the rest of my stuff; we ordered pizza from Luna's and this was the first meal eaten at the table
- The Saturday night, I made the first official meal; chicken stuffed with apple and brie, with rice and cole slaw on the side (it was on this day the futon was purchased for the living room...cheap!)
- parents stayed again and I went to church in the morning (it was great!)
- after finishing a few errands, I made chicken parmesian for the first time and served lunch
- Mom and Dad left, and the first movie I watched here was Dante's Peak in French.
- Most of my channels are French, but I am overjoyed that I get CTV (yay CSI!!)

Okay, wow, I realize that I focus a lot on food. LOL! Do you do that too? When I look through old journals of mine, I notice that I do document the food I eat when I am writing about a memorable occasion. I wonder what it is about food that helps me remember events. Hmmm...

So, I have been integrated into a young women's cell group from my church, and I'm really looking forward to the first meeting. I am also going to try out McGill Christian Fellowship on Friday night. My friend is on committee there, so he will help me get aquainted. Montreal feels so different to me than Toronto did. In Toronto, it felt like I was on my own in my spiritual walk. Here, I already feel like I am becoming integrated into the community...like part of the body. Maybe God's just babying me because He knows I don't do well on solitary stints... who knows. But what I do know is that God has given me a tremendous opportunity to learn and grow here, so my prayer is that I don't waste it.

Perhaps my primary life-skill goal this term, is that after this term, I will actually become a good cook. Cooking is such a useful skill...it's a great way to serve people and to get to know people when you share food together. Plus, I'm sure my future husband would be quite appreciative that I won't make him do all the cooking. LOL! =P