Saturday, May 24, 2008

Not quite what we expected

We made it to Toronto safe and sound. Ebow was very good for the bulk of the trip, but had a bit of an accident on the landing - much to his embarrassment. The place is a little disheartening. We knew it wouldn't be as furnished as what we left in Vancouver, but all we had on arrival was a bed, a few bathroom things, and a few kitchen things - glasses and plates, but not even cutlery. It's been three days and we haven't been able to cook anything yet. That means three days of shopping. At this point we would really like something to sit on. Now we have the wireless router set up so we can sit in bed and search for furniture online instead of sitting on the laminate floor or on the box the dishes came in.

We walked to down Queen Street East today into Leslieville, looking for furniture stores. It's amazing that they think we're willing to pay $1200 for a couch that our parents would have thrown out in the 70s. The weather was beautiful, though, and I even got a bit of a sunburn.

Ebow misses his cat tree. Hopefully, we'll get him one on Monday. He spends most of his time sleeping on the bed - the only soft surface in the place. It's much smaller here and he's started to scratch at random things - no doubt looking for the secret door to the rest of the apartment. It would be nice if he found it soon. Maybe there's a chair in it.

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