7 weeks in

I'm now almost 7 weeks into my year in Toronto. It's scary how fast time goes. While I've certainly struggled to find a job, I'm starting to enjoy not having one now. Our days are filled with meandering activities, long walks here and there to do one or 2 tasks a day. A whole day can be filled with a trip to the supermarket or a faraway shop with stops here and there for delicious home made meals. We've been taking it in turns to cook and my mothers worries that I wasn't eating properly are certainly unfounded. We've had shepherds pie, chicken casserole, chicken curry (all thanks to Sarah), fish, roasted potatoes and carrots thanks to Nigel and tonight we had Thai red curry made by my fine self followed by a somewhat disastrous fruit ice cream dessert combo. Lunch varies between scrambled eggs or gourmet sausage hot dogs, eating has really become the day's highlight while breakfast is coffee, juice and cereal from the hugely varied cereal shelf. We are living the high life!

Apart from eating though, Toronto has so much to offer that it's easy to fill your days. Today we went swimming in an outdoor public pool in High Park, a huge park about 20 minutes on the subway from our house. While we paid 25c for a locker, everything else was free, the pool was really clean and we could have stayed for hours. We've also been frequenting the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) which is free for 1 hour on Wednesday afternoons. This usually involves us running around the musuem for the hour trying to absorb everything, and not really seeing anything but it was nice to see some textiles from areas we visited recently in Bolivia, and the creepy dinosaurs are always a highlight.

Nigel and I have both bought bikes now and cycling is so easy here, despite the fact its on the other side of the road and I'm constantly terrified due to my poor cycling skills. It's so nice to cycle in the warmth though and not worry about your pants getting caught in the spokes or puddles splashing you.

I never thought I'd say it but I'm really enjoying this unemployment lark! Tomorrow is Skyping and cupcake baking day. Thursday is bed frame staining 2nd layer day. Who knows what excitement Friday will hold?