tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138045652010-01-22T16:30:15.602-07:00Because all blog subtitles should begin "because"Dawn Z(ed)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04251620976773549086noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804565.post-73161482300460093432010-01-22T16:27:00.002-07:002010-01-22T16:30:08.319-07:00

I haven't had a chance to get to Glasgow yet, but on Tuesday I will finally get to spend the day there! I have an interview there, so I'm heading down early to wander around a bit, go to my interview, and wander some more before heading back.I'm excited! It will be cool to be in the city where my family emigrated from! When I was in Montreal I got to see where they landed in Canada, so getting

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So. Now we're all caught up, this is where I show the bloom is off the rose, to some degree.I am happy, over the moon, and everything is better than I ever imagined it would be. That said it's also way harder than I imagined. So much depends on having an address, which I don't have. It's hard to get anything done, from opening a bank account to getting a driver's licence. Things I need, and

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Basically it's my What I Did This Summer photo album.

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I've gathered together, in case you wanted to see them.

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So now we (finally) get to the part where I am finally in Scotland.Let's get caught up to the present, shall we?I've been here awhile now. I've been ALL over Scotland. Go open up a map of Scotland. Now, I started in Edinburgh. From there I have been to (in no particular order): Perth, For William, Inverness, Aberdeen, St. Andrews, Leven, Dundee, Glen Coe, Loch Ness, Thruso, Stromness,

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The day I left for New York I called my mother in tears. I'd been traveling for a few weeks already and I was exhausted. I was also about to leave Canada for good. I was really, really leaving. It all kind of hit me at once. It was really hard.I think I hit a wall by the time I got to New York. I was just so tired, both emotionally and physically. I didn't have the energy to head out and

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After a lovely and relaxing trip to Ottawa, it was off to Montreal!I took the train out, which was a first for me. I've never had a chance to take ViaRail before, way too expensive to travel out west, but it was a lovely trip. We passed a lot of farm land. It was nice to sit back and just watch everything pass by.I had a friend to stay with in Montreal, and she was an amazing guide to the city

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From LA I went to Minnesota. I'd love to post some photos of Minnesota, but I didn't take many. I was there for such a short time, I spent all of it just enjoying it.Minnesota was my first introduction to WINTER. Oh boy was it cold. So cold in fact, it snowed. It decided to snow the in the night before I was supposed to leave. The whole drive to the airport I felt ill (combine bad anxiety

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So after SF I headed to Los Angeles.I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was really happy when I got out outside to discover that it was nice and warm! Oh the nice warm weather! So warm I took off my sweater, which I promptly lost. *sigh*I was greeted by my two wonderful friends, and their two new fuzy kids! So cute!It was nice to have kitties around!I saw so much in LA. I got to see the tar

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So after I left Vancouver Island, I went home to Vancouver for a week. It was a very busy week. My mum got married, I packed up my bags, and left town!My first stop was Seattle, then a bunch of us headed out to Big House Lodge in Cle Elum. I had an amazing time. It was a great way to say goodbye to some of my favourite people.From there I headed down to SF. I'd never been and I'm so glad I

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I'm here! At long last!I have had an amazing couple of months.First stop was Vancouver Island. What an amazing month that was. I am so glad I went and spent a good chunk of time up there. I saw bears, and deer, and lakes and ocean, and it was all so damn beautiful.My first weekend up I went camping for a couple of nights. I headed up to a little town called Zeballos. I camped right on the

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Woah. Time has flown. I can't believe that my summer vacation in Vancouver is almost at an end. I leave for Vancouver Island on Saturday. I have five weeks left in BC. Five weeks until I move away. That time is going to fly. I have less than a week left here, then three and a half weeks on Vancouver Island, a week for Mum's wedding and then I'm gone. It's going to take awhile to wrap my

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The countdown is on!At the end of this month I leave Vancouver for three weeks on Vancouver Island. Three weeks of no cell phone, no internet, no anything except trees, and sky and lake and the worlds greatest dad.That trip is going to mark the beginning of the end. Once that trip is over, I will have less than a week left in Vancouver. Less than a week before I head off on my Big Adventure!

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This week (and next) I am bird sitting for a friend of mine. This means spending a couple of weeks in Vancouver proper. I've visited old haunts, seen how much things have changed, and I am currently enjoying a Vancouver thunderstorm. Not nearly the same as a Calgary thunderstorm.It's so humid here, and I can smell the ocean.I've said it more than once, this is the best summer ever.

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I love Wednesdays. I look forward to Wednesdays as soon as I wake up on Thursdays. I carefully plan every detail of Wednesdays. I sit and ponder for days what will turn into a great Wednesday. Wednesday is when I cook dinner.This might not sound like a big deal, but it is. I didn't grow up learning how to cook. I had to teach myself. And I am constantly learning. For example, I roasted my

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Life is slow here, and that's the way I like it. I've really found my groove, and I'm just enjoying my summer as it comes. I am really enjoying myself.It's not like I'm doing anything special, or super exciting, I'm just hanging out. It's like summer vacation when I was 17 but now I have a car, I am old enough to go to the pub, and I have a bit more money to do stuff, like buy beer.My life is

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Okay, so my last post was a bit doom ang gloom. Sorry about that.Things have cheered up a bit, but not much has changed. Vancouver still doesn't feel like home, but now I realize that I really needed to feel this, to really feel displaced, so that I can move on. Now, more than ever, I am ready to move away, well... at the end of summer.I'm reconnecting with people and I've been spending time

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So I'm home.Only, it doesn't feel like home.I'm wondering why I'm back.I know why I decided to move home for the summer. I wanted to assuage any guilt I felt at moving overseas. I've only managed to make myself feel nostalgic, and displaced.Everything is just a memory of home, but not home. My mum's house feels nothing like home. It's like I never lived here. Hell, it feels like the mum I

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I have three more nights in Alberta and then I'm done. Gone. Leaving.How on earth did that happen? This is really happening. I am really moving away.Yesterday was my last day of work. I managed to keep my shit together all day, which was a miracle. I don't know how I did it. It was really hard saying goodbye to everybody. They've informed such a huge part of my world over the last three

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I leave Calgary next week. I don't think that has really sunk in yet.I'm currently sitting in the midst of my very messy livingroom, having just watched my couch walk out the door, wondering what to do with the rest of my stuff. My bookshelf is leaving shortly. I have books stacked on every available surface. I'm feeling a little lost.What books do I keep? Which get the boot? And boots!

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I am in the OMG PANIC! stages of moving out of Calgary. 18 more days to go! And to think, this is just the first half of The Big Move.There are some interesting things about moving out of the country that I have recently learned, or figured out. First would be obvious, but maybe not.My doctor gave me copies of my surgeon referral letters (for my tonsils), and my latest blood work, including

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Today is a sad day. Between cuts to programming on the CBC and the retirement of Judy Maddren, today is a sad, sad day.Judy Maddren was the voice for World Report. Every hour at the top of the hour, in the morning, Judy would deliver the news. I would often wake up to her lovely voice saying “Good morning, I’m Judy Maddren and this is World Report”. When she said goodbye this morning, I’m not

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The CBC has been a part of my life since forever. I have fond memories of the beautiful “exploding pizza” logo, of morning watching Mr. Dressup, The Racoons, The Friendly Giant and of course, Fraggle Rock! I grew up with the Kids of Degrassi and followed them all the way to Degrassi High. I watched Good Rockin’ Tonight with TDM, Twitch City, and Kids in the Hall.As I got older I would try to

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I’ve been having anxiety dreams lately. My anxiety is kinda at an all time high right now. I hate to wonder what shape I’d be in if I wasn’t on anti-anxiety medication.Most of my anxiety is work related, but some major steps in The Big Move have taken place in the last couple of weeks, which makes the move a lot more real. It’s actually what is keeping me focused right now. Work is stressful

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I was reading this article over at Jezebel and I tried to think what my answer would be. I don't know, honestly, what the first album was that got me into music. I know it would be a Moody Blues album. It was most likely the 2 LP set "The is The Moody Blues". I have distinct memories of the album cover.I remember asking mum to play the albums, and as I got older and I was allowed to put the

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