Summer Lovin

Summer has arrived to Montreal, or so it seems at least. Last week the city felt like a sauna. It was the hottest weather I've ever felt in Canada & it's only May. I'm told it will only get hotter & more humid so now I'm not entirely sure what I've signed myself up for.  I will, thankfully, be taking a two and a half week break to head back to the dry heat of the homeland. Yes, I am going home for some Stampeding, among other things. A second thing I should be thankful for this summer is the AC in my new apartment. Yes, folks, I found myself a new apartment so you needn't fret about me living on the street on setting up a permanent cot in the lifeguard office. And yes, it has AC - an almost foreign concept to me. No one has air conditioning in AB, at least no one I know. So, I'd kind of laughed it off as an unnecessary perk when I signed the lease. That is until last week when I thought I was going to melt. Our current apartment was a bit of a sweatbox. & not just because it doesn't have AC. Despite the rest of its lovely features, it lacks 2 sets of screens. I am lucky enough to be the proud owner of one of the screen-less windows. The other is in the living room. Sorry, apartment, I still love you, but this is one of your serious downfalls. I know this seems slightly absurd, but I'm fairly certain our landlord has just forgotten about these two missing screens. In fact, I distinctly recall him saying he'd put them in come spring. but now that we've told him we're leaving, I feel awkward bringing up the oversight. It's silly, I know, but I really didn't think we'd hit 38 degrees before Canada day, never mind in May! But enough about my current apartment. Let's talk about my new one, as I'm sure you're all dying to hear about it.

It's 3 or 4 blocks closer to both workplaces & school. So now, I can cut my 20 minute routine down to 15 minutes for Starbucks in the morning OR I can make myself presentable with makeup perhaps from time to time (ok, let's not kid ourselves here, we all know I'll never choose makeup over sleep at 5:45am). It's above a Tim Hortons (which at first seems unappealing, but brekkie on my way to the Y? yes, I'll have time now). The building isn't anything special from the outside, but the interior is newly renovated & has some pretty high tech security. The landlord seems to be a doll, as well. My apartment itself, is on the 4th floor. It's a 2 1/2 (in the rest of Canada we'd call it a bachelor) & everything it is is brand new. It's been totally renovated - hardwood floors, new appliances, new tile bathroom. & it has a patio! All in all, it's a pretty sweet place, exactly where I wanted. Crisis averted.

& it only took me a month and a half to find it.