Welcome to the Working Week

Hey chaps and chapettes!

I am a happy, happy person! Go ahead! Ask me why! When else would I have ever used 4 exclamation marks? Never. Absolutely never. Anyhow as I digress heavily from the point I would like to exclaim to Montreal that I have a job. And it's a good job! I'm currently one of 4 dishwashers at a bistro called Reservoir. It is a fantastic place to work for a couple of reasons.

1) Beer is brewed on the premises. Microbrasseries are fairly common around here but I think I am on to a winner. There's 6 currently available and, after a quick session with quality assurance testing, I can vouch that they are the tastiest beers in Montreal. Nothing commercial compares. I have become a heavy admirer of Nathan. He's the brewer. I love him. He is extremely passionate about beer and is knowledgeable to the max. Plus he's got an awesome sleeve of tattoos with hops! It's what he loves!

2) The people are good. There's no obvious animosity between anyone. No one is overly critical and the people who are Quebecois will talk in English to me and occasionally in French so I can learn some appropriate words. Plus from the servers I get tips and tips are good.

3) It's close! Down the road close which is good. I can walk there and back so that's a tiny bit more exercise I get. Yay.

So I think I'll just scrape in rent this time. NEXT month should be better. More tips, more earnings and I should be home free. I would like to go to Ottawa or Quebec City while I'm here so I can say I've seen more than Montreal. Also I'm aware the Ottawa isn't actually in Quebec so don't worry too much about tell me.

I am happy for a change. Please don't worry!

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?

I need to leave Quebec! I can't keep going on with this meagre existence. Plus I've got bugger all money left and I don't want to live on credit. No, that's a really bad idea. I have gone through several moods this week. Monday was ecstatically happy, Tuesday was tearful, Wednesday was in the middle (and a little bit suicidal!) and Thursday, so far, is going well. I want to go somewhere and see something. UPS is being an arse so I will have to deal with them further.

I don't know what to do. It is exactly like the Clash pondered - should I stay or should I go? If I go will be trouble in relocation and travel fares AND finding a job but if I stay there will be double the shitstorm there should be. I really don't know what to do with myself. Oh, boo. I am 23 and I'm having this massive existential crisis in the middle of Montreal. How bad is my life? Not that bad but I would like to be speaking English rather than French.

That's enough from me today. Just letting you know I'm around. I need to go to Church on Sunday. I need more God in my life.

Destroy the U.S.A

No, no friends! I have not become anti-American all of a sudden! Far from it in fact! I simply say this to satiate all my Canadian readers who will, with no doubt, still be reeling at their victory over the United States in ice hockey! Yes! Even I watched the game and it was excellent. Tense moments, great saves and awful misses all made up the better half of an afternoon. That was my first ice hockey game and I'm quite pleased that it was. Who knows? I might even get to liking it full time. Probably not though. The 3-2 score was well deserved to the Canadians. They were pleasant in victory! Thanking the Americans, pardoning themselves for being a little noisy. They really are too polite sometimes!

In other news I am still morbidly out of work. How it stinks! I worked 4 hours dishwashing at an Italian restaurant on Friday for a plate of Penne arrabbiata which, in itself, wasn't too bad. I would have much rathered money though. I have had no reply from them yet so I am a little disenchanted with everything. Still I need to keep my chin up if I want to continue breathing. It would definitely be nice if something just fell in to my lap. Alas I may have to wait a little longer for that to happen.

I hope everyone is well and currently out of prison.