Life on the Boompond

Just over a week ago, my little family was finally reunited. I've been living in Victoria for the past 11 months, while my wife and kids waited at home, trying to sell our house. The house never sold, so we finally had to bite the bullet and move out here anyway. We rented the house out, and found a place out here to rent, Not as nice, or as private, as our house, but it is in the right area.

It's a pleasant upscale neighbourhood, many of whose residents were up in arms about our arrival. It seems that this neighbourhood isn't friendly to renters. I guess they're worried that we'll lower property values, or something. For the first couple of days we got some pretty cold looks from our nieghbours, but before long they had started to warm up to my natural charm %) Or something. Maybe it was Julie.

We're getting settled in. It's a big house, but with a lack of convenient storage. And while nice, it's easy to see why it never sold. (It was up for sale before they rented it to us). Too many little things need to be fixed.

We've come to the conclusion that grey squirrels are evil, or at least seriously messed up. For someone used to the little red squirrels of Alberta, the big greys out on the coast seem just wrong.

The Big Move

For the past 11 months, I have been living in the city of Victoria, on Vancouver Island. Weatherwise, it's about as far frm Edmonton that you can get and still be in Canada. I love it here, but there's been one huge problem: my family is still living in Edmonton. We've been trying to sell our house, and my wife and kids stayed behind to help make that happen.

Well, it hasn't happened. We recently withdrew our house from the market, and rented it out. We will be renting a house out here, likely until the market shows some signs of recovery.

This means that, in about 2 weeks, my little family is going to be reunited. I've only been getting back to see them about once a month, and it's really starting to wear thin.

I've missed nearly a year, and all I can do now is hope that this move to Vancouver Island is worth it.

2320AD is done.

And by done, I mean that I am done with it. There have been far too many fits, false-starts, and disappointments with this projects. I bear the publisher no ill-will, but I just can't be part of it anymore.
2320AD is owned by QLI, Inc, and so I have no power to get the manuscript back and get it done properly. For better or for worse, (better, I suppose) I was actually paid. There might be some cause due to non-fulfillment of contract, but it isn't really worth the effort.
I've got a personal project or two, plus some side work, but I think that, unless something fantastic comes along, I'm largely finished with RPG writing.