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Daniel has approved Karen’s relationship request

15th May, 2007 - Posted by karen -

I just joined the dark side. I joined Facebook. It’s rather funny because I read an article about it in the Globe a few weeks ago and just after that it seemed like everyone I knew joined. Of course Dan has had an account for about 100 years already but never promoted or mentioned it until now. So I joined this week and was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of my high school classmates were on there too. While I don’t plan to use facebook as a way to let everyone know every minutiae of my relationships (which is what it sounds like the young ‘uns use it for ), it is really great to get in touch with people I haven’t seen in years.

If you just came here from the link on my Facebook page, here is a one paragraph summary of my life since 1996: Dan and I were married in 1997. I obtained my Bsc in Microbiology and did a 1 year internship in the middle of it. I did an Msc with Dr. Gwen Allison and Dr. Gerald Tannock which involved investigating the microflora of the chicken crop. I was offered a position in R&D at Institut Rosell and we moved to Montreal in 2004. Montreal has been interesting and the food is amazing. If we ever move away we’re going to really miss it. I have been enjoying my job and recently took on a more supervisory role with some really great co-workers and some very challenging projects. My mother passed away suddenly of esophageal cancer last year on the day before my birthday. Fortunately I had told her I was pregnant a month before that so at least she knew she was going to be a grandmother. I just gave birth to a super-cute, very fussy baby in a miserable, painful prolonged labour that I would not wish on my worst enemy but I am feeling very good now. We’re going to try and buy a “house” this summer since our 4 1/2 (Montrealese for a 2 bedroom apartment) is waaaay too crowded with all the baby stuff.