BABIES!!!
MY BEST FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL IS PREGNANT!!! I am so excited. I think I could have only been more excited if my sister called to say she was pregnant.
I am SO HAPPY for her. I can't wait to see her. I was already being an annoying mom figure - "eat more broccolli, drink red wine - the French say so!!"
Only one thing made me sad - I won't be here to see cutie pie being born. I wasn't there for her wedding and now, another milestone missed.
What's next? Retirement? Well, let's hope I will have stopped touring the world and settled down by that time to see her through another milestone.
But never mind - I have to get there as soon as possible!! next week even!!!
E and D - congrats so much. Can't wait to see you!!!
Still Writing and the Weekend Jaunt
Had a great weekend in the city again. Walking down the club district streets to my friend's house I get so much inspiration for writing. And then, as usual, I get to the computer and it all goes blank.
I do remember my "beacon feeling". Looking up at the CN Tower. I am in a space that people come to from all over the world. A tourist attraction. I have been all over Europe to see these tourist attractions but I have never felt that way here.
To me, it is just home. I don't live here anymore but it still feels like home.
When I left my small town to come to school in Toronto, I would always look up at the CN Tower and remember how far I had come. I was in the 'big city', living on my own and being independant.
In the years after my parents left for the US, I would look to it and feel safe. I had done it. I was here. I felt comfortable in a place that is looked upon as a busy hustling place where people holiday.
I missed that feeling. I've been so many places this past year and have enjoyed so many fantastic things. But I have never been able to feel at home in those touristy places.
Here I can.
I can't explain why I would want to feel at home in a touristy place - why not just my home town?
Maybe it's just another way of connecting with all those people I saw milling the streets in places like Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, Paris.
They were all just living their lives. And now I am just like them again. I do have something in common with the city dwellers of Lisbon, Athens, Amsterdam and London.
I feel at home amongst a wonder of the world.
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On a different note, I'm sending out some good thoughts for a good friend who is going through a difficult time.
The mind can work in such mysterious ways. It's such a farce that there are so many times when you think you're going off the deep end but when you really might be, you have no idea.
I hope that I have the strength to help her get help. I know she is strong and will get through. It's just hard to see her like this right now.
So, send her your happy thoughts. She needs them.
MY BEST FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL IS PREGNANT!!! I am so excited. I think I could have only been more excited if my sister called to say she was pregnant.
I am SO HAPPY for her. I can't wait to see her. I was already being an annoying mom figure - "eat more broccolli, drink red wine - the French say so!!"
Only one thing made me sad - I won't be here to see cutie pie being born. I wasn't there for her wedding and now, another milestone missed.
What's next? Retirement? Well, let's hope I will have stopped touring the world and settled down by that time to see her through another milestone.
But never mind - I have to get there as soon as possible!! next week even!!!
E and D - congrats so much. Can't wait to see you!!!
Still Writing and the Weekend Jaunt
Had a great weekend in the city again. Walking down the club district streets to my friend's house I get so much inspiration for writing. And then, as usual, I get to the computer and it all goes blank.
I do remember my "beacon feeling". Looking up at the CN Tower. I am in a space that people come to from all over the world. A tourist attraction. I have been all over Europe to see these tourist attractions but I have never felt that way here.
To me, it is just home. I don't live here anymore but it still feels like home.
When I left my small town to come to school in Toronto, I would always look up at the CN Tower and remember how far I had come. I was in the 'big city', living on my own and being independant.
In the years after my parents left for the US, I would look to it and feel safe. I had done it. I was here. I felt comfortable in a place that is looked upon as a busy hustling place where people holiday.
I missed that feeling. I've been so many places this past year and have enjoyed so many fantastic things. But I have never been able to feel at home in those touristy places.
Here I can.
I can't explain why I would want to feel at home in a touristy place - why not just my home town?
Maybe it's just another way of connecting with all those people I saw milling the streets in places like Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, Paris.
They were all just living their lives. And now I am just like them again. I do have something in common with the city dwellers of Lisbon, Athens, Amsterdam and London.
I feel at home amongst a wonder of the world.
***************
On a different note, I'm sending out some good thoughts for a good friend who is going through a difficult time.
The mind can work in such mysterious ways. It's such a farce that there are so many times when you think you're going off the deep end but when you really might be, you have no idea.
I hope that I have the strength to help her get help. I know she is strong and will get through. It's just hard to see her like this right now.
So, send her your happy thoughts. She needs them.
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