7: ROUTINE
I absolutely hate my daily routine.
I wake up at 8:00AM naturally, change, eat breakfast, and wash up.
Head to work.
Get off work at 5:00PM. Head home, skip dinner, surf the internet, and sleep at 9:00PM.
I miss the Vancouver night life, but most importantly, I miss my friends.
I miss having people to hang out with.
My roommates are students, they’re constantly studying. Everytime I pass by their room, they would be sitting in front of their desk.
My co-workers are doctors or researchers, they have meetings to attend and research deadlines to meet.
Everyone is busy.
I’m a relatively talkative person to people I’m comfortable with, especially with my mom.
Back home, I would chat with my mom for 1 hour straight after school. Tell her how my day went, ask her how her day went, tell her how many cute guys I spotted on campus, and rant to her about my horrible lab mates.
And before bedtime, I would race to her room and hug her for a really long time until she gets super uncomfortable with my affection.
“You really need a boyfriend”
I think that’s my stress coping mechanism. Hugging always makes everything better.
But ever since I moved here,
it’s harder to reach my mom.
I only have a minimum of 50 minutes long distance call. It’s only been a week, and I already used up 47 minutes. So I have to connect onto wifi in order to reach her.
Her phone never rings with internet calls.
Getting her to pick up the phone is like winning lottery.
And by the time she realized I called, I would be in bed already.
I feel really empty,
I have probably a bazillion things I would love to talk about,
but there’s really no one here to listen.
I miss talking to people, and I miss having someone to hug.