Today I handed in the last of my papers for this term.  That’s one major thing I don’t have to worry about now.

This term went by a lot faster than last year’s.  I suppose a lot of that is because I know what to expect.  But still, it feels odd to me that I’ll be going home again already in just a little over a week.  I miss my family, but I think it was better for me to get away from them.  Still, it’ll be nice to be back in Toronto.  Even though I’ve been in Vancouver for a while now, I don’t quite feel like I know this city, at least not like I know Toronto.  I can’t say with conviction that I know where to get the best hamburgers here.

I’m also going to be happy to be using Toronto’s public transit system again.  Vancouver’s is just horrible in comparison.  The bus drivers here are much friendlier, but the actual bus routes in Vancouver are all so winding and random.  Toronto’s transit systems are just so organized and euclidean.  None of this “Take the #15 bus to the #4 station and then take the #78 two stops until you see a giant tree, and then wait for the #58 and take it until it makes a right turn” crap.  Seriously, sometimes I feel like I’m in London.

It’ll be nice to see my cats as well.  The problem with living in rez is that the only pet I’m allowed to have is a fish.  I’ve got nothing against Ferdinand, but you can only have so much emotional attachment to a fish.

I suppose it’s silly to reflect like this now, though, since I’m going to be back in Vancouver just a few weeks later, and I’m going to have to come to terms with making this city my home.  I’m not going back to Toronto next summer like I did the last, so my permanent residence is here.

Nothing wrong with that.  It’s a beautiful city, and I’ve almost completely forgotten what it’s like to have crappy Ontario weather.