Back in April I made an update about how a sub shop that's been open for some 50 years was relocating. There were rumours about what would replace it, with the prevailing theory that it would be shawarma. I was excited by this idea, since it's my favourite type of fast food and while KW is pretty oversaturated for shawarma spots, our neighborhood specifically is a dry zone for it.
Rumours turned out to be right, Belmont Village is now home to Sam's Shawarma! We went there on their second day and got pitas. To be honest, the wrap job was rough, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say they just need some practice. They're our only local option and I'd really like them to succeed.
But what's more interesting is they finally took down the Fritou's Fried Chicken sign! For some reason, Big John's had a fried chicken sign on the outside and inside of their shop, which made no sense because they didn't sell it and the shop had been there forever so it seemed unlikely to predate it. When they left they took down their own sign but left up the Fritou's one. At their new location they put up a Crown Cleaners sign, even though it's completely unrelated to their business and wasn't at the location before they moved in.
But Sam's Shawarma finally took down the weird chicken sign that seemed so unremovable.
Big John's has been moving really slowly to reopen, but they recently moved in a drink chiller so that's progress I guess.
Public transit between Kitchener and Guelph finally improved. I used to take a Greyhound bus between the two cities, but as soon as the pandemic hit they pulled their service for an indefinite period of time. Eventually they announced they were done permanently throughout Canada. Despite having a network of buses, Go Transit did not step in to fill the void. There was one Go train with an extremely limited service, clearly meant for a very specific commute that was almost impossible for me to use.
So getting to Guelph and back has been a struggle since the pandemic started. Apparently Greyhound had a monopoly on the route between the two cities, and even though they announced that they were done, they still had to file for bankruptcy before other services could move in, which took awhile.
I haven't used one yet, but they've been replaced by something called FlixBus. The Go Train is also offering regular trips now, which always seemed like the obvious solution.
I mentioned before that we got Finn neutered but I never followed up. Not much to say. We brought him over the light rail, dropped him off and came back for him later that day. The person there called him "Finny" and apologized for it, because apparently some people are sensitive about people giving their pets nicknames, even something as intuitive as "Finny". Not a problem for me.
I felt bad coming back because there was a lot of construction and people shouting, and Finn was shivering in his carrier. An interesting guy walked with us for a bit, talking about his history with cats, saying he used to be abusive but he changed his ways with God's forgiveness.
Finn had to wear a cone for a bit
I felt bad he couldn't scratch or clean his face on his own. You can also see in the picture they shaved a square of fur on his foreleg. It looked a little unnatural so I was happy when he grew it back.
He was pretty chill. Even when he was wearing the cone, he would sleep in the bed and cuddle with us. It would have been understandable if he were untrusting after the operation. After all, we put him in a cage, took him away from his home, left him with strangers that drugged and cut him, and then stuck a cone around his neck, all for reasons we weren't able to explain. That was all awhile ago and he's fully back to normal now
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