Merry Christmas!

So! What a week it's been here. We finally finished up at Maple Bear and we are now on our winter vacation for the next week...thank god. I know most of us needed it desperately. But the big news for me here is that Shannon arrived last Monday morning :). After a 7 week long struggle to get here including lost passports and visas (thanks to Canada Post) and couriers not delivering the new ones she finally got here. She had to battle her way through customs and then make her way through JFK (days before Christmas) just so she could sit on a 15 hour flight to Korea. She was supposed to arrive at 5:15 am and I really wanted to be at the airport when she arrived but I wasn't sure if I could or not, due to timing. But I was able to get there with the help of Sarah arranging a cab to pick me up at 430 Monday to take me to wait for her. The cab was the fastest drive I've ever been on! He was driving 180kms an hour! Casually at that! I thought I was going to die while he blast 'It's raining men' by Gloria Gaynor. But I made it there safely..and swiftly! So her flight was a little delayed but she made it to Korea. Our 'limo' driver to us to her new apartment (2 blocks away from mine) and we arrived to a completely empty place! Shan was not impressed and we were both confused since they had soo much time to prepare her place. Her apartment is about two times the size of mine (that's not saying much though).

So later that night we were out with a man from her school picking up stuff for her apartment and they spoiled her! So much! I was pretty jealous haha. After a few days at my little apartment we got her finally settled into her place, a full fridge, a queen size bed and a tv...it's a pretty nice apartment. I'm pretty jealous of all the space, to say the least.

It's been a crazy week for both us, mostly for her though. We had a small, quaint Christmas eve. It was great though, we decorated my little tree, had hot chocolate with bailey's and watched a Muppets Christmas Carol until she fell asleep. Then I woke her up at 5:30 the next morning, that's typical of me on Christmas morning and we had a great little Christmas morning with our gifts and tea. Even though it was my first Christmas away from all of my family it was a great one.



Me and London (named after the Littlest Hobo)



Me and the other littlest hobo ;)



Christmas mornin



Awwww isn't it pretty...and 'quaint'

So, it's been 'go go go' all week here and it's taken its toll on Shan. She needs this weekend to rest and I'm still trying to make plans around it all. I'm still in the 'excited to have her here' phase and I need to relax and remember that we have all year long to do these activities. So she's resting and I'm going to go watch a movie in a bit.



Shan's apartment, they just brought her a big tv too..lucky little...and she has a dryer...and a table...i'm most jealous about the table...her fridge is kick ass too







Life has certainly changed. For the better.