So!

and I are happily installed in our new apartment in Toronto. There are still details to be worked out (more shelves to buy, a few boxes left to unpack, etc), but we're mostly settled in. And we've finally got a stable Internet connection, so I'll be online again for more than twenty minutes at a time.

I haven't yet found a job, but I'll be delivering a lot more resumes this week -- and now that the Internet is working properly, job-hunting will be much easier.

In other news about things new, we went to the Reptile Expo on Sunday, and as a result there are a few new additions to the household -- most notably my new California king snake, Penelope (named for the fictional wife of Odysseus from Homer's classic tale). She's about two years old and four feet long, and she should get to be about 6 feet long by the time she's full grown. No pictures yet (she spent much of today hiding, and I don't want to disturb her too much while she's settling in), but I'm sure I'll get some very soon. King snakes are very friendly and exploratory and aren't prone to staying continually hidden (unlike Kenneth's snakes).

Kenneth also picked up a few new toys at the expo -- two more micro geckos and three more tarantulas. No versicolours (although the people at the Tarantula Canada booth inform us that there should be slings being born any day now), but Kenneth picked out some nice ones all the same. They're tiny now, but with any luck they'll be growing fast. I'm sure he'll be showing off pictures of them as soon as they're big enough to be impressive.

The next big challenge around here is going to be gardening. Neither Kenneth or I knows much about the subject, but we both like the idea of growing our own vegetables, and our landlady has agreed to let us use part of the garden. We're probably getting in way over our heads, but who cares? It should be fun even if it's a great disaster.

Marks have started coming in from the university, and it looks as though I'm easily on pace to make Dean's list yet again (as expected). Convocation's in a little bit over a month. I'm still getting used to the idea of being done with school -- the fact that I'm not going back in September is a bit surreal. After all, I've been going back to school every fall since I was 4. I'm sure the "real world" thing will hit once I've got work.

I think that's about all for now.