t minus 27 hours until i land at toronto pearson airport. it is simply impossible to try to explain how my heart smiles at the thought. i've been pouring through toronto weather reports, current affairs, gossip so that i won't feel like a total alien when i touch down. i realise that 7 months is not such a long time to be away from home, but for someone who has never spent more than a month away it has felt like an eternity. i spent the majority of my youth pining for an international adventure and now that i have experienced a little taste of it first hand, it is nice to think that tomorrow i will get to eat my mom's food, shovel the snow off our driveway, bicker with my sister about the state of the clothes i've left behind (haha jenny. that one's just for old time's sake!) and sleep in my room that is still filled with remnants of my toronto life.
it is especially pleasing to know that i am finally well settled and suited to my london life, with lots of good news/adventures to share with everyone.
aaron was in town for a couple of nights (just to see the spice girls!) and last night we met outside of my work in picadilly circus. though we've known each other for over five years, aaron and i didn't really bond until the final months leading upto my relocation to london. we'd meet once every couple of weeks to excitedly discuss my upcoming move, our individual european experiences and love for travel. he was one of a small handful who really encouraged me to take the leap and leave home to find what it is that i had offer to the world outside of toronto. it felt really sweet to walk down regent street and share a few pints and pub food at the windmill while we chatted about the past seven months of our ever progressing lives.
i'm not even home yet and already i feel my stay is much too short. how do you catch up with the family, friends, city who is home to you in just a week? how can i absorb all the smells and textures of home in 7 days?
heaven forbidding - i will always be the girl on an adventure who wishes she was safe at home..
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Ann,
This is James. Hong. From highschool. :)
Stumbled across your blog from Jay's. I read his every once in a while to read introspective little stories like how he found music for the first time.
It's good to see you're doing welll and good to see you've found a job and you're beginning to carve an exciting path and life in London.
Can't say I've cried on a bus in a foreign country but I've been through a lot of the same uneasyness of living in a different place - I've recently moved out to San Fran.
Anyhow, lets keep in touch.
You can reach me at: hong.james@gmail.com
Lates!
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hi! can you update your blog because i sort of did.
miss you! xx
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