Oh yeah, that was why
I finished my long-distance Christmas shopping today, bleurgh, and remembered in the process why I had kept putting it off: it hurts. Focusing on people that I am not going to be able to *see* at Christmas makes me miss them hardcore and thus I spent most of my shopping extravaganza time in some level of tearing up. I did not, however, actually cry. I'm saving that for tomorrow night, when I wrap all this shit and package it up without the amazingly unhelpful assistance from a small furry animal who likes shiny curling ribbon. And then on Saturday, I will haul ass up to the post office first thing in the morning (God help me!) and it will be done. My godfamily is just getting various British sweets and the like and a note that I'll need somewhere to stay for a week or so in February so who wants to volunteer? *g*
Which, yeah: Toronto-area people, I'm going to be *in* your area in February. I haven't finalised anything yet, but my tentative plans are to go to Halifax first for 1.5-2 weeks, then Ontario for 1-1.5 weeks, which should be over the long weekend that only schools and governments get - which is also Valentine's, so if anyone wants to say fuck tradition and, y'know, hang with me on V-day instead, that would be cool. :D I will most likely be staying at my godparents' and that is... wait for it... in Acton. I'M WORTH THE DRIVE, GUYS! *dies laughing* I may have access to a car, actually, and if I don't, I'm probably going to rent one, because I will go batshit if I have to depend on my family for drives (and take one of them with me everywhere, ack). Besides, I am DEFINITELY going to be heading downtown T.O. (oh God I hope I remember how to drive in there!). There are a few places I want to hit - the correct Paradise Hut had better still be there, man, on the east side of Yonge between College and Wellesley, or I shall be pissed - but most of those I can and likely will do myself on a weekday when y'all are working. I would, however, *love* to go to the Kool Haus, if anyone's up for that. It didn't exist when I last lived there! How strange. Anyway, I'll babble about all that more later but I'm putting y'all on notice right now. My only concrete date is that I have to be back in Southampton by March 1st, because March 2nd is the first Metallica concert, hee.
Weird little occurrence: I have three email accounts that I use regularly, and when I signed on tonight and the notifs popped up, all three had five emails waiting. O_o I am just glad that there were *five* and not six, lol.
Oh and something else that probably only the TV-watching Canucks will get, but when I got home all teary and tired and carrying bags and shit, I came up the stairs and sniffed the air, and said, "It smells like burnt toast." And promptly cracked up. Heritage ads FTW!
Which, yeah: Toronto-area people, I'm going to be *in* your area in February. I haven't finalised anything yet, but my tentative plans are to go to Halifax first for 1.5-2 weeks, then Ontario for 1-1.5 weeks, which should be over the long weekend that only schools and governments get - which is also Valentine's, so if anyone wants to say fuck tradition and, y'know, hang with me on V-day instead, that would be cool. :D I will most likely be staying at my godparents' and that is... wait for it... in Acton. I'M WORTH THE DRIVE, GUYS! *dies laughing* I may have access to a car, actually, and if I don't, I'm probably going to rent one, because I will go batshit if I have to depend on my family for drives (and take one of them with me everywhere, ack). Besides, I am DEFINITELY going to be heading downtown T.O. (oh God I hope I remember how to drive in there!). There are a few places I want to hit - the correct Paradise Hut had better still be there, man, on the east side of Yonge between College and Wellesley, or I shall be pissed - but most of those I can and likely will do myself on a weekday when y'all are working. I would, however, *love* to go to the Kool Haus, if anyone's up for that. It didn't exist when I last lived there! How strange. Anyway, I'll babble about all that more later but I'm putting y'all on notice right now. My only concrete date is that I have to be back in Southampton by March 1st, because March 2nd is the first Metallica concert, hee.
Weird little occurrence: I have three email accounts that I use regularly, and when I signed on tonight and the notifs popped up, all three had five emails waiting. O_o I am just glad that there were *five* and not six, lol.
Oh and something else that probably only the TV-watching Canucks will get, but when I got home all teary and tired and carrying bags and shit, I came up the stairs and sniffed the air, and said, "It smells like burnt toast." And promptly cracked up. Heritage ads FTW!