Toronto? Where’s that? Who’d want to live there?
Posted by Candice on July 24, 2009 at 11:55 am
After an unnecessarily long time sitting on a plane and then a relatively short flying time I (and my luggage) made it in to Deer Lake airport safe and sound Tuesday evening. Sis was there to pick me up and she drove us home as I hung on to the cupholder and door handle for dear life. Apparently not being in the front seat of a car for 6 months throws off your perception. She did indulge me with some transit noises though which I really appreciated.
I spent Tuesday night getting re-acclimatized to here. I spent a lot of time just looking at things. The objects here are much more comforting than the ones in our apartment. Everything seems to have several memories attached to it. Even if it was just getting a tea bag. I remember when we got the tea canister, I remember having to fill it up, I remember making countless cups of tea when I was happy, sad, studying. I’m hyper-aware of things like that. I also went for a night time walk/run to make up for all the sitting and clear my head.
On Wednesday I decided, for the first time in over a year, to take the day off. I didn’t let myself feel pressured to do anything and ended up going for a huge walk around town, and unpacking. I barely talked to anyone. This whole idea of a break is wonderful.
By Thursday though I was getting a little lonely. Luckily my bestest friends had just returned home from a vaycay and were more than happy to laze around with me and all day, feed me supper, and laugh at the silly things I say. It was so nice to be able to hear what’s being going on in their lives (as phone calls don’t seem to to it justice) and just generally hang out with people who “get” me.
We saw Harry Potter that evening, and while it was a good movie and I did like it a lot, I still prefer the books. I was particularly upset with the way Dumbledore said “please.” It wasn’t ambiguous enough. I remember spending hours thinking about that “please” when I was waiting for the seventh book to come out. Oh my. I did like the movie though, and even though it was long, I didn’t get bored.
I’m excited to seeing more friends in the coming days and my mom and dad on Sunday and do some more of this relaxing thing before I start some research next week.
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Aug 10, 2009 - 02:08:20You never know what you miss until you’re away from it. The best part of my stay in Toronto was watching it disappear in the rear view mirror.
I do disagree with you on one point - Harry Potter’s latest movie was so boring. I fell asleep 3 times and still can’t figure out why the all powerful wizard Harry Potter seems to be such a wimp!
Great job on the blog and maybe Candice can teach her dad the significance of things such as Twitter and other social media sites!