It's official - I am moving back in the Murray Street apartment on May 1st to live with Manon. We are giving ourselves a four-month trial to see how it goes, and then we'll re-evaluate the situation for September. I feel happy about the change and glad that I'll be more central to everything this spring and summer - work, school, gym, groceries, shopping are all within walking distance. It sure will be weird to be back in the room I stayed in five years ago, but I guess things seem to have come full circle. Hopefully I will be able to make the experience more enjoyable and positive this time around. Attention out-of-town friends: come visit! Manon is having another party in early May to celebrate Adèle's b-day and Sonny's 1st birthday, and maybe we can add "housewarming" to the list of reasons.

Things happening this week:
- Having "the talk" with my boss about a raise and more responsibilities. I guess with everything that happened in my life last week, my attitude changed and I felt like enough was enough. So I approached him on Friday and mentioned that I felt it was time to re-negotiate my salary and job description, and fortunately he reacted quite positively. Now, I'll believe it when I see it, but at least I voiced my opinion. I will get more details in a meeting taking place tomorrow.
- I have a date on Wednesday to see the film La Mala Educacion (Bad Education) with Manon and Dana-Eve.
- Mom's big 55th birthday bash at our place on Thursday. What better place to celebrate than in the very house she was born in?
- My first chiropractic ajustment in nearly fifteen years. My last experience was disappointing and the chiro was creepy, but I'm sure it'll go well this time around.
- I start training/running for a run that I want to do with Véro in the summer, for which all proceeds will go to women's shelters. Yep - expect me to start harassing you in the next few months to get a donation.
- Buying new shoes!

Hey by the way, I received my grade for the presentation I gave in class the other day: 18/20, which is 90%. Up yours, jerk girls! Don't mess with the Crottini. (I have to make a t-shirt with that).

I decided that I need a little bit of hip hop in my life. Does anyone have any recommendations? I know K-OS came out with something new in the last year; I rarely watch music videos (barely watch any tv, actually) but I just saw the video to "Man I used to be" and it was allright, kind of catchy. To be honest I really liked a part where a pedestrian clashes with a homeless person in a captivating break-dance routine. Usually this stuff is a bit clichéd, but I liked the moves here.

I'm about to post more photos on the Flickr photo site - nothing too exciting, just stuff taken in the past few days:
www.flickr.com/photos/afrenchvacation