Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

The last two weeks have been crazy, busy and stressful. To catch up with things:

• Bitter is back in Vancouver at her previous company on what will probably be a 4-month contract
• our house swapper is selling the condo we're (I'm) currently in
• we went to Montreal for 5 days

There's probably more that I've forgotten. La belle ville was great; hot, sunny and gorgeous. We love Montreal and we spent time walking the streets, sitting on patios and drinking beer. We stayed for a couple of days with Bitter's friend and her husband (whose wedding was the reason we got to Montreal the last time). We also stayed in a lovely B&B or Gîte du passant for a couple of days.

The person we swapped condos with has two condos in Toronto. She needs the money and tried to sell the other one, but couldn't sell it for enough to keep from losing on the deal. She wants now to sell this one and have us move to the other one. It's farther from work and has no view, although the kitchen is nicer. It would be more inconvenient, but the only other real option seems to be to call it all off and go home.

Bitter is back at the company she left on a contract. It's a different position and she'll be managing a conversion project they need to do by the start of the next year. It's a good opportunity and it allows her to be back in Vancouver for a while - which she misses a lot. She's already gone to several of our favourite restaurants.