...since my last post. Really? You believe that at all? Well, I have to make this fast because I'm at a library in Calgary that charges for its internet time if you don't live in the city. Well, I don't...yet! So, nothing much has happened except:

1. I got a really good job offer with another company
2. I was informed that Trican had no position for me in an engineering capacity
3. I quit Trican and accepted the offer from the other company
4. I am homeless in Calgary looking for a place to live

Yeah! So nothing much has happened at all, right? Yeah, right!

The company I will be working for is called Gemini. You can check out their website here. I'm not going to give you a detailed list of what I will be doing or what they do exactly because I'm pressed for time (19 minutes on the little warning counter) and I'm not entirely sure. I do know that I'll be working in a project group dealing with equipment and stations directly above the well head and that my title is Junior Engineer. I know a lot of you are snickering at the "Junior," but what can I say? I'm a pretty old junior. Also, I need to finish this quickly so I can use the rest of my time looking for a place to live.

That's the hard part. Renting a place in Calgary is like saying goodbye to the bulk of your paycheck. I had no idea it was so expensive here. I mean, besides all the work around here there doesn't seem to be much motivation to move here if the real estate prices are so out of reach. I mean, it's still more reasonable than Victoria but its getting there. I might just have to squat on someone's land or something. Raise my kids in a tent. Maybe I'll get one of those circus tent dealies. I could have the mansion of tent, and all of the other tent-squatters would be green with envy looking up at my home that you could literally run elephants through while 18 clowns in a small VW bug pull off those crazy shenanigans. Anyway, where was I?

Oh yeah! I'm looking for a dwelling. So if anyone has any leads, please feel free to call me. Please!

As always, when things happen in my life, they happen fast. I got the job offer on Monday, accepted it on Tuesday and I was unemployed on Thursday. I start May 15th, so my goal is to find a dwelling quickly so I can head back to Victoria and spend the bulk of what time I have left with the girls and my lady. As opposed to the Trican job, I will be working a straight 5 on 2 off shift. So I won't see the girls until they move here at the end of June. Also, My Aunt Carol is putting me up again. Thank you thank you thank you Auntie Carol! She's even fed me. I told her she doesn't have to! I've offered her rent, but she's declined. I owe her at least a big fancy dinner. She told me that when we get settled in Calgary that we can all go out to Burger King. Hah!

So, I gotta wrap this up. Apparently Mike has heard about my insults towards him, but he still doesn't read his "best friend's" blog. My buddy asked him if he started, but Mike replied that he only sits in front of the computer when he has too. Then Dan asked him if he still plays cards on the computer. Let me tell you, Mike not only wastes hours and hours in front of these life suckers playing online euchre and dominoes, but he has also been known to organize tournament and admistrates them. He actually has part of his life devoted to an online community of friends, but he can't take five minutes to see how his "best friend" is doing. Hmmmm. Nice, Mike. Real nice! (Hey, I don't mind throwing a few guilt pangs his way. Makes me feel fulfilled for some reason).

Any how, wish me luck on the housing front. Gotta fly!