Today I handed in the last of my papers for this term.\u00a0 That’s one major thing I don’t have to worry about now.<\/p>\n
This term went by a lot faster than last year’s.\u00a0 I suppose a lot of that is because I know what to expect.\u00a0 But still, it feels odd to me that I’ll be going home again already in just a little over a week.\u00a0 I miss my family, but I think it was better for me to get away from them.\u00a0 Still, it’ll be nice to be back in Toronto.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 I can’t say with conviction that I know where to get the best hamburgers here.<\/p>\n
I’m also going to be happy to be using Toronto’s public transit system again.\u00a0 Vancouver’s is just horrible in comparison.\u00a0 The bus drivers here are much friendlier, but the actual bus routes in Vancouver are all so winding and random.\u00a0 Toronto’s transit systems are just so organized and euclidean.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Seriously, sometimes I feel like I’m in London.<\/p>\n
It’ll be nice to see my cats as well.\u00a0 The problem with living in rez is that the only pet I’m allowed to have is a fish.\u00a0 I’ve got nothing against Ferdinand, but you can only have so much emotional attachment to a fish.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0 I’m not going back to Toronto next summer like I did the last, so my permanent residence is here.<\/p>\n
Nothing wrong with that.\u00a0 It’s a beautiful city, and I’ve almost completely forgotten what it’s like to have crappy Ontario weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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