I am trying to remember where I left off in my last entry...

Well, I will do my best to inform you of our recent activities! I did not end up getting the part time job that I applied for, but it turned out to be a good thing because the more I stewed over it, the more I realized I wasn't very interested in the first place. So, I applied at a couple bookstores, and we'll see what happens with that. Jean Michel still has a laboring job that our housemate helped him to find. He works on an on-call basis, and Tony (his boss) has been very impressed with his work, so he has been working quite a bit.

Another fun time was going on a picnic on november 2nd! I made a mental note to remember the exact date because it was the first time i have ever been outside in shorts, having a picnic on november 2nd! Well, I would still do it in Edmonton, but it probably would have been in protest of the coming wintery winds. and I would have been wearing something ridiculous. Anyway, it was a good time! On our way home, it started pouring (the weather is weird here sometimes), so we stopped in a bar called "the comfortable chair" for a drink (tequila at 3:30! why not!) before heading home. This bar indeed lived up to its name! Although they were couches not chairs..

And finally, we had the Melbourne Cup barbecue. The Melbourne Cup is a big horse race held here every year, and these crazy australians make a huge deal out of it and make that day pretty much the biggest holiday in Victoria (Jean Michel and I think they did it just to have an excuse to drink in the middle of the day). Anyway, Libby and Shannon were having a bee bee queue, so we headed over around 3:00 (just in time for the race to be over...) and we ate and...drank. mostly drank. I won't give any more details, because you can see the facebook pictures and imagine where the night took us. All you need to know is that we eventually made it home (with a little help) and we spent the next day sleeping. but all in all, it was a very fun day!

In the next 2 weeks, I will be going to Jessica's hen's party (I think it's in the next 2 weeks anyway), and tonight, Sue and Martin (Jessica and Erin's parents) are coming to town from Portland, bearing furnishings for Erin's new house, so I look forward to finally seeing them! We also plan to go to Portland sometime this month. we were going to go back with them this weekend, but Jean Michel has to work, so we will probably make a trip in a week or two.

That's it for now I believe! We do still miss you and love you!

You better miss us! haha just kidding!

love,

Lisa and Jean-Michel

written by  jeanmichelisa on November 6, 2008 from Melbourne, Australia
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With a little help home??? Ah ha ha ha ha ha hah

written by  Shannon on November 6, 2008

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