Ah, if you read the last two entries, you know I’ve been under the weather and hatching a plan so devious if you put a tail on it you could call it a weasel (thanks, Blackadder). What since? Why no blogging? Well, mostly because the jobs suddenly started fast and furious. It has been my plan, since we started putting together the plan to move to T.O., for me to take some time off up until we had settled into our house. Trying to start a job three weeks after we close on a house would be the best method for doing this, but very little control for the exact timing is available to me.

Once we had a closing date for our new home, I started digging through the local universities, looking for a position which would allow me to continue to grow and to bring my strengths to benefit others. At first, nothing appeared. Absolutely nothing. The one position I did see wouldn’t have been a good fit for me though I could have handled the job.

Then, the week I was sick, several jobs showed up. So the week following was full of me putting together cover letters and applications for each. Three so far and a fourth I will apply for next week as it isn’t due until the 11th of September (and I just made the connection with that date’s history as I write this).

I’m acting a bit in a vacuum, but I do wonder if the suddenness of these positions (and there has been a massive growth in the number of positions on the site, even though only a few are of interest to myself) is due to Canada’s reflection of European customs. I know in Europe, people take their summer vacations very seriously. It is a part of the pattern of life which allows you to relax and prepare for the coming year. Something which has seemed to fail in the US due to our overboard consumption patterns and inability to relax properly.

So for these positions to appear, so close to the start of school, makes me wonder if it is due to employees taking their summer vacation before returning to turn in their notice. It may be I do not have all the information to truly understand why. But I hope to find out once I have a position. It will be very interesting to understand some of these type of differences between Canadian and US culture. Which is really part of why we moved, right? To experience a different way of thinking from our neighbors to the north.

Wish me luck.

Oh, and I should note that this is an amazing summer weekend and the last weekend of summer. Summer here ends on Sept 3, and fall shall, I expect, follow very shortly thereafter. But, it is an amazing 75 degrees F outside the coffee shop with a nice wind through town. The air is clean today and traffic seems to be down. I think we shall head to the islands tomorrow to spend some time relaxing and maybe soak up some heat to get ready for a much longer winter than we are used to.