hump day

Two days of eating that has been heavier than it should have been. Keeping as high a level of awareness of the actual eating as possible, and waiting for the cycle to pass. Will be going away to a retreat with B and her colleagues this weekend though, which will be full buffets for each meal, all weekend. I'll try to exercise as much restraint as I can while I'm there in order not to overeat.

Just had a real estate agent stop by our place to give me a preliminary market value assessment of our home. She just sold a neighbour's place for 23 thousand more than we purchased our home for two years ago. She was thrilled by our house, told me it was gorgeous, and that we could expect to sell for about 40% more than we paid for it two years ago! Too bad we couldn't sell it now to get rid of some of our debt... It's great news that it's worth so much more than we paid for it though, because by the time we're ready to sell it, we still won't have too much equity in it yet, and so every extra dollar will help.

That whole thing makes me feel pretty good. B's also meeting with her department head in two weeks to hear a new job offer they have for her for next year, and if it's a good one, we'll probably take it for a year or two in order to pay down some more debt and/or save some more dough before we're forced to move back out west where the family is.

Of course, my not-so-secret hope is kind of that we just get settled here and don't move at all, but don't tell my parents I said that.

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You might be from Montreal if...

1. You think of Ottawa as the midwest.
2. You think it's your God-given right to run down pedestrians when you turn right on a yellow.
3. You think there are only 25 letters in the alphabet (no T's).
4. You think three straight days of 90+ temperatures is a heat wave.
5. All your pets are named after former Habs greats.
6. You refer to 6 inches of snow as a "dusting."
7. Just hearing the word "Toronto" puts you in an angry mood.
8. You don't think you have an attitude.
9. You always take a quick left as soon as the light turns green, and oncoming traffic always expects it.
10. Everything in town - at least everything you care about - is a seven dollar cab ride away.
11. When out of town, you think the locals from the area are all hopelessly provincial. Including when you go to another big city.
12. You still can't bear to watch highlights from game 7 of the 1981 LCS, or to think about the strike in 94.
13. You have no idea how to spell the word compromise, let alone what it means.
14. You believe using your turn signal is a sign of weakness.
15. You don't realize that you drive twice as fast as everyone else.
16. You're self-indulgent, extravagant, jaded and pessimistic.
17. You think if someone is nice to you, they must be looking for a vote. Or spare change.
18. C'est quoi un adjective?
19. You think the ocean starts near Miami.
20. You think Trudeau AND Parizeau are misunderstood.
21. You don't give a shit who stole Brother André's heart.
22. You haven't been carded since age 14, anywhere.
23. You only eat steamés at the Keg during a Habs game with moutarde and coleslaw.
24. You think that if someone doesn't go out after work they must be hopelessly square, or ill.