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Aug. 23rd, 2007 07:53 amI'm finally back home (yay).
I had some great meals these past few days, got to spend not-enough time with Bill and Brenda, got to see a teeeeeeny bit of Ottawa and took some tours of Ottawa universities. The UofO tour was extremely disappointing and the campus looked like Ryerson, only more smooshed together. The Carleton tour was better, but she didn't go out of her way to show off the nice sides of the campus. Even still, it was a nicer and quieter campus than the UofO.
The UofO tour guide was a bit arrogant in that he took it for granted that we were going to pick that school (naturellement) and didn't try to tell us what made it special other than that it was old. The Carleton people were friendly and enthusiastic and the tour guide tried to give us a sense of student life, using examples from her experience.
After all that, it looks like Brown is still at the top of my list, even though it would be fantastic to live in Ottawa for a while. To be able to run over and bother Bill and Brenda at any time would be excellent (seeing as it'd been two years since I'd spent any time with either of them).
Dad's home from the hospital: he was any extremely lucky bugger. His heart attack managed to leave no muscle damage and the arterial blockage somehow bypassed itself which meant they didn't need to perform any kind of bypass surgery. All that means that he's disturbingly chipper and back at work. EDIT: I forgot to mention that despite this, he spent ten days in hospital.
I had some great meals these past few days, got to spend not-enough time with Bill and Brenda, got to see a teeeeeeny bit of Ottawa and took some tours of Ottawa universities. The UofO tour was extremely disappointing and the campus looked like Ryerson, only more smooshed together. The Carleton tour was better, but she didn't go out of her way to show off the nice sides of the campus. Even still, it was a nicer and quieter campus than the UofO.
The UofO tour guide was a bit arrogant in that he took it for granted that we were going to pick that school (naturellement) and didn't try to tell us what made it special other than that it was old. The Carleton people were friendly and enthusiastic and the tour guide tried to give us a sense of student life, using examples from her experience.
After all that, it looks like Brown is still at the top of my list, even though it would be fantastic to live in Ottawa for a while. To be able to run over and bother Bill and Brenda at any time would be excellent (seeing as it'd been two years since I'd spent any time with either of them).
Dad's home from the hospital: he was any extremely lucky bugger. His heart attack managed to leave no muscle damage and the arterial blockage somehow bypassed itself which meant they didn't need to perform any kind of bypass surgery. All that means that he's disturbingly chipper and back at work. EDIT: I forgot to mention that despite this, he spent ten days in hospital.
