things are coming together

We're starting to settle into life back in Winnipeg. I was gone for 3 1/2 years, and Andy was gone for 2, so the Winnipeg we're coming back to isn't the same as the Winnipeg we left, but then we didn't expect that it would be. Some friends have moved away, some have started families, and some are simply doing different things now. Plus we went from essentially (or at least officially) each living with our parents to living as a couple, owning our home, and considering ourselves settled enough to get a dog. In addition to all that, we're also in the process of establishing ourselves in more permanent jobs that are actually "career" jobs rather than jobs that we're only planning to stay at for a few months at best.

So there are lots of changes.

At least from my point of view, things are going pretty well. Any time one turns one's life upside down like this, there are going to be bumps in the road - but generally our bumps haven't been too bad. (Knocking on wood in a big way here.)

I'm starting to settle into my job here, and getting used to working in Manitoba rather than Ontario. That was not an easy transition, and I'm still getting used to a lot of differences, but the differences are becoming more and more minor as time goes on.

We're also starting to get back into activities here, especially ultimate. We played a bit in Thunder Bay and managed to get a pretty respectable pick-up game going regularly in the summer. Not quite the same as having a league to play in, though. My skills have definitely deteriorated in the 3 1/2 years I was away, but what do you expect when you go from playing four nights a week plus touring to a single weekly pick-up game? Ah well. Thunder Bay had it's share of attractive alternatives.

Anyway, I find more and more I'm thinking of our house as home, of Tall Grass Prairie as my neighbourhood bakery, of my office as MY office, and of myself as living in (rather than visiting) Winnipeg. These things are becoming less and less novelties and more and more everyday life.

Interesting that after all of these major changes, it took only three months to start feeling this way.