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So I haven't written in here in... a long time. I am kind of in the mood for it though. I couldn't remember my password at first, I haven't made my password what it is for LJ since grade 9 or 10, when I first made this account I think, hehe.
Hmm... so I'm sitting here in my penguin fleece pajamas eating toast and thinking about life and who I am and who I used to be and what has changed since before I left for Czech, since I left Czech, since I started uni, especially since I am going back to Europe for 2 weeks at the end of April. It almost feels surreal because it took me almost this whole year to detach myself from everything that happened in Czech and Switzerland, the two places I lived in the longest. It was an extremely painful and difficult experience but I did more than I ever would have though myself capable of. Which is why I think EVERYONE should take time off from their lives in comfort and go somewhere different and live and work and volunteer and contribute somehow. If you haven't lived in another country you really have no sense of how ignorant and selfish you are, no matter where you go, it makes you sensitive to how people that came to your country to immigrate have felt. It really is amazing.
As for me, I moved to the coldest capital on earth (Winnipeg) to be close to my sister while she had her baby. It has proved an interesting and insightful year. My beautiful nephew Théo was born February 28, 2009 at 10 am. It is a feeling unlike any I've ever experienced to have a brand new human being in my arms that I will be attached to for the rest of my life, that I will watch as he learns and grows and see who he becomes. I can't describe the joy.
The school year is almost over. I've doubted and questioned who I was and and what I wanted to do with my life more than I did in Czech. I've met some cool people. My life in Edmonton seems so far away now. I keep in touch with a few close friends and I've been back once to visit which was great, but I am reminded of the fact that I haven't lived there in 2 years. And that's a bit remarkable to me.
Time goes by so slow yet so fast at the same time.
Hmm... so I'm sitting here in my penguin fleece pajamas eating toast and thinking about life and who I am and who I used to be and what has changed since before I left for Czech, since I left Czech, since I started uni, especially since I am going back to Europe for 2 weeks at the end of April. It almost feels surreal because it took me almost this whole year to detach myself from everything that happened in Czech and Switzerland, the two places I lived in the longest. It was an extremely painful and difficult experience but I did more than I ever would have though myself capable of. Which is why I think EVERYONE should take time off from their lives in comfort and go somewhere different and live and work and volunteer and contribute somehow. If you haven't lived in another country you really have no sense of how ignorant and selfish you are, no matter where you go, it makes you sensitive to how people that came to your country to immigrate have felt. It really is amazing.
As for me, I moved to the coldest capital on earth (Winnipeg) to be close to my sister while she had her baby. It has proved an interesting and insightful year. My beautiful nephew Théo was born February 28, 2009 at 10 am. It is a feeling unlike any I've ever experienced to have a brand new human being in my arms that I will be attached to for the rest of my life, that I will watch as he learns and grows and see who he becomes. I can't describe the joy.
The school year is almost over. I've doubted and questioned who I was and and what I wanted to do with my life more than I did in Czech. I've met some cool people. My life in Edmonton seems so far away now. I keep in touch with a few close friends and I've been back once to visit which was great, but I am reminded of the fact that I haven't lived there in 2 years. And that's a bit remarkable to me.
Time goes by so slow yet so fast at the same time.