New Reading Material

So, I got a Kindle for my birthday right, and I have a few things on it. Mainly some fanfic PDF's of things I really like, and a few books. But I'm over most of them. So tonight I downloaded a few more books.

I downloaded:

It's The Help. Need I say more? I was a bit iffy about this book. I never actually knew it was a book until after I saw the movie. And I LOVED the movie. It had almost everything a movie needs, and usually with a movie adaptation of a book, the book is better so I hope it is. 

 I always love a good mystery, and what better than one steeped in history. I haven't read it yet, but the synopsis was good enough to draw me in. Can't wait to get to it though.

 It actually wasn't this book that drew me into this story. Originally I picked up The Invisible Ones. But when I saw this one was cheaper, and one of the first books, I downloaded this one instead. And the synopsis is interesting. And I generally love animal stories... so...

This book is kinda special to me. It's based on a true story about a wine maker and his sweetheart, as he starts up a winery in the Hunter Valley. Where I'm from! It's told by their daughter, and the letters the winemaker wrote to his girl. Such a sweet story. But sad too.

So, now that I have all these books, I need to get reading. And I will. Just not right now :D Tomorrow maybe.

Night.

Wasting Time

So, I am super bored. I've been sending in job applications for nearly 3 weeks, and I've been walking the streets asking about work, and so far I've heard nada. Nope, not a thing. Not a phone call, not an email, not a text message. Not even an automatic email that says 'thanks but no thanks'.

And I don't know anyone. I thought living in the youth hostel would allow me to meet people, but no one was overly chatty while I was there, and those that were were just passing through. Sucks. So, not only do I have not much to do, but I have no one to do it with. *sigh. I hate feeling like this. Mum said to me today that maybe I need to apply somewhere other than Vancouver. Maybe. Or maybe I just need to go home. Not sure.

Anyway, so today I said 'enough with the job applications!' I slept in, which was nice. (I've been having trouble sleeping). And I had a nice long shower (I almost slipped over, damn shower over baths!!!), and called my mum. We talked things over and I kinda have a plan. Sort of. More like an outline maybe?

Anyway, after talking to her, I decided to catch the bus out to Kit's beach and wander around out there. I didn't take a water bottle with me and I totally should have. I assumed, like at home, there would be places to buy water from across the road. But no. Across from the beach is parkland, and while it's very pretty, there's no water. Silly silly me.

So, I wandered around Kit's beach, through the parky type areas, down along the water to Burrard Bridge, then turned around. I wandered along Cornwall Ave until the bus came. By this point I just had a headache, so I couldn't be bothered to walk. I got off at Broadway, and wandered up and down that street. I was looking for a hat. I can't believe I didn't bring one with me!!! Anyway, I wandered up and down. I looked in many stores, and couldn't find anything I liked. Hat wise at least.

But I did find this:

It was sooo good. But after this I definitely needed that bottle of water. Which I found. Then, in the last store I went in to I found my hat:

Ignore the hair, I have no idea what it's doing.

So, I took lots of photos today, got loads of sun (yay for the sun and warm weather), walked and walked and walked, and now I just have a bit of a lingering headache.

I've eaten dinner already, so I think I'm going to download a Leverage episode, maybe a Vampire Diaries or Supernatural episode, get ready for bed, and watch them. I want to be asleep before 2am (which has been my norm lately). It's driving me nuts that I can't sleep.

Tomorrow I'm going to send in more job applications, and try to work out where to go from here if I get nothing by the end of the month. Maybe take a few day trips to Whistler etc. Maybe head out to see Niagara Falls? Well see.

Cya

Moving House!

So, today I moved out of the Youth Hostel, and into my house. Well, basement suite anyway. But, it's more of a home than the youth hostel, so I count it as a win.

It's in Kitsilano, just across the bridge from downtown Vancouver (technically the West End, but semantics). About 15-20 minutes by bus to get from the bus stop across the road to the skytrain station in Burrard St. It's a great spot and it seems like it'll be a great place to live.

Kits beach looking across to Downtown

After moving in (what little I had, there's not much in a suitcase) and unpacking said things, I set off to find a grocery store. Luckily there's a Safeway a few blocks up the road from me, and a fruit/veggie place across the road and down the block. I walked to and from Safeway, and I won't be doing that again (the walking home part) when I'm laden down with bags of groceries. What was a nice walk to the shops was a horrible walk on the way back. The bags were heavy and made my hands hurt. 

But, I now have groceries, so I won't starve to death :D It was cool, overcast and a little windy here today. I'll have to go for a walking tour and take some photos to post on here. And reply to some emails.

Still job hunting. Hopefully something will come through soon though. It's Canada here today, and I was going to head into Downtown and have a look at the Parade but I didn't. I did get up for breakfast with my youth hostel rommie and have a Canada Day breakfast before I left though.

Well, off to bed. Hopefully I can start to explore a little more tomorrow.