I started off wanting to have a whole day faffing on the internet and not leaving the house much. I had an appointment to see a house at 7pm and would have to go out to hunt down food, but that was it. By lunchtime I had managed to arrange another couple of house viewings to add to this. Just as I was about to go into the Italian cafe nearby for lunch, my phone started ringing. It was Ed, the manager from the Running Room, and he wanted to have a chat about the job application I'd given in last week. This is exciting! Although totally screws up my lazy plans.
It all sounded pretty informal so I just changed to a slightly smarter t-shirt. In the "interview" we mostly chatted about running. He said he'd love to have me as part of the team and gave me lots of paperwork to fill in. Assuming my referees say nice things, I have a job! Yay! AND a staff discount off running kit!!
I was really cheerful walking up the road to the first house viewing, but it was on a really busy road and in the process of being renovated. it was cheap, but really not ideal.
The next place was lovely. It was on a quiet tree-lined road, right near public transport routes, supermarkets close by, and most importantly lovely people! They run a business from home designing ways to make houses more environmentally friendly. They have communal meals and are generally sociable together.
The 7pm appointment was in a strange place and I had trouble finding it. No nearby shops but slightly cheaper rent and very close to the river valley trails. It was a nice big house, the bedroom furniture was better, and it might still be reasonably close to the Running Room. When I asked if there was somewhere nearby I could get some dinner, the landlady decided to drive us over to Whyte avenue for food instead of just pointing me up the road and we had a really nice and cheap teriyaki.
I'm not sure whether to keep looking at more places or just decide between the last two I've seen.
Wow! You've certainly not wasted time since you got to Canada! Hope you get that job and move into somewhere nice soon.
ReplyDeleteGood to see you've found nice people to run with.
Your Cov running buddies miss you too!
Thanks Steve
Deletewoah, that escalated fast! i'll save my congratulations for when it is official, but well done! a job in an actual running shop as well! you'll be even more hardcore when you are back...
ReplyDeletei've looked at edmonton on google maps - its layout is crazily regular. squares and rectangles everywhere. not surpised they just name streets by numbers.