Apartment update

Thanks to the bank being very efficient, I managed to get a banker's draft there and then (hear that, Halifax? No need for me to come back the next business day); so I've paid the deposit for the apartment, and signed the contract.

I'm going to be moving in on Friday 23rd - I'll hopefully be picking the keys up the day before, and am intending too visit Ikea Ottawa in the next couple of days to start buying furniture, and getting it delivered on the Friday.

I can also make a start on the administrative paperwork I need to get sorted for the Ontario bureaucracy, too - I need to apply for a Social Security Number as well as the health insurance. All much easier with an actual address.

I'll also pop to the British Embassy next week, too - I suspect that I'm supposed to let them know that I'm over here.