Sep 01, 2008 17:02
i am moved! it feels good to be home again, in my new, old house & favourite town. it feels strange to be a student again and incredibly intimidating (already!) to be a graduate student.
this is the current dealio:
my new house is great. it's in a beautiful old neighbourhood somewhere between kitchener and waterloo and is surrounded by equally as lovely old homes. its quiet and my roommates seem nice, albiet a little strange. but who isn't? they are mostly vegetarians and therefore i am too. we have lots of spices and breads together! i have an attic that is very creepy, just as an old attic should be! the doorknobs in all the rooms are at least one hundred years older than i am. is cool! but we have lots of flies and the kitchen is extremely messy and i'm really trying not to be as anal as usual about it and instead: gowiththeflow. in one week i will almost certainly be hyperventilating and yelling at everyone! such is life.
my last night at home in whitby was really wonderful! ryan drove down from lindsay to kiss & cuddle me and eat bbq with the fam and eliza. we ate lots of corn, made a fire and eliza played her guitar. it was quiet but a nice way to say goodbye for now. eliza is off to mexico in a few days for eight months and a grown-up job. it is exciting and i feel proud of her! she is always doing the things i could never even work up the courage to imagine. she is insane and very smart/funny/beautiful!
for the next few days my ex-boss who is mostly definitely in love with me is visiting my new life. we are going to go out for way too many meals and (over)induldge in alcohol and bookshopping. i am excited to have company while re-exploring the city! and he has become a very close friend and person lately, despite the unrequited love thing. we have so many things in common and he seems a good person to share things with.
romance! lj, i must confess: i was recently given a ring by the boy i love. a ring that is beautiful in its sentiments but not to be mistaken for an engagement ring - it is not the right time for one to be engaged - and is instead an i love you and want to marry you one day ring. that is to remind me, every day that ry & i are apart, that there is someone in the world who is thinking about me and swooning exactly the way i am. how safe.
things are so much better than they have for the entire month of august. september feels like a second chance, the possibility of fall is reason enough to get up in the mornings.
now that i have blabbered on and said too many things about my life i should brush my hair, slip in to my sandals and explore my new neighbourhood.
xo.