We love it in Victoria

It snowed in Victoria, on and off for a whole week! Winters in Victoria are not normally like this, I was told. About 10 cm snow covered the roads. I was advised by Sana's daddy, who was in Toronto for two weeks, by continuous phone calls, not to drive on snowy days in Victoria. And to protect my poor ego in driving, he made it very clear that it was not me, but the drivers in Victoria he did not trust simply because they were not used to driving on snowy days and snowy/icy roads. So me and Sana walked in the snow and enjoyed the walk and the bus rides, tremendously.

Sana had a Christmas party at the daycare today. I didn't realize it was such a big deal until I saw the other girls coming in beautiful dresses. I should have dressed Sana up! When I went to pick her up in the afternoon, it became an even bigger deal that she actually got presents from Santa and the teachers. And I just have to mention her primary care giver Shirley. She was so sweet that she actually knitted a pair of wrist warmers for Sana and hand made a Christmas decoration with pine cones to give Sana as her Christmas presents. She also wrote nice words on a Christmas card to all of us. It was really nice of her and the daycare staff. Now more than anything, I hope the cake I ordered would arrive there on time tomorrow as they are open only for the morning and it is the last day of daycare before winter break.

We also got a call from campus housing. They told us that there was a two-bedroom townhouse coming up in February and we were the first on the list for that. I already scheduled a viewing for next Monday. They would paint the place and renovate the inside before handing it to the next tenant, which in this case are us. So again we got lucky!