A lot has transpired since my last post. Actually the most important things happened yesterday afternoon after I got home from work. Before leaving the house yesterday morning I sent an e-mail to X company headquarters essentially telling them that I'm getting really mad about the way they are handling their plans for me. I got an e-mail back last night telling me that I will indeed be staying in Kelowna for the first 3 month phase of my program! This is actually excellent news. As my living arrangements here are very good and extremely cheap. So I have one more summer in the glorious Okanagan, it promises to be a summer of wine and leisure.

The second thing that happened yesterday is that I have ordered a car! So excited. I had picked out this car last week and was shopping around the different Ford dealers to see which one would give me the best deal. Turns out that they were all giving me the exact same price. I was really surprised to find out that a dealer is only going to be making $500 off of me buying from them. So with the price not being an issue I ended up picking which dealer I was going to buy from based on personality of the Salesman I dealt with. Anyway about the car.

I have ordered a Twilight Blue (a metallic royal blue color) Ford Focus ZX3. This car has every option available on the ZX3 including: power windows, moon roof, locks, mirrors, leather seats, 6 disc in-dash CD player with 'Audiophile' speakers including sub-woofer, Fog lights, air conditioning, 16" Alloy wheels, tilt and telescoping wheel, cruise control, and keyless entry with alarm. I'm smiling just writing about it!!!

Now that I'm staying in Kelowna my expenses will be significantly less for the first three months which will help me save so that I am more prepared for the September move to Vancouver. Everything is just turning out rosy.