A Journey

And I don’t mean the band (even though Don’t Stop Believing from my Journey & Rush playlist is on right now).

It’s almost the end of the break. Yay! 2 days and 18 hours left. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy my time in California, there are some things that California has that Vancouver doesn’t, which I got my full dose of (sun is one of those things in excess), and some which you can never get enough of (my mom, my dad, my dog, and my cat). Anyways, being the end of the term, end of the month, end of the year, and end of the decade, it’s a good time to remember what has happened. Because if I don’t refresh my memory, I’ll never remember later. Before I left, I subconsciously literally took a trip down memory lane on my last walk back to Vanier from Gage. There were so many “Hey, I remember when…” moments that time that I’ll just list them by each place.

Gage East Tower – This is where I lived for two weeks with fear, uncertainty, and pneumonia. And of course the best view (17th floor!). Even so, Jump Start was amazing despite my inability to be alive and awake for a good portion of it.

North Parkade – This is where my dad would always park his rental Mustang when he would come visit me while I was still at Jump Start. That was a beautiful car.

The grassy hills north of the SUB – This is where I would begin to be out of breath on my way to Buchanan for afternoon cohorts during Jump Start.

SUB – This is where I attempted to scavenge for food during Jump Start, went to origami club meetings, got my hair cut, and bought Christmas presents. Amazing how I can do all that in the same building.

IKBLC – This will forever remind me of all the filming that happens on campus. The IKBLC is FBI headquarters in an episode of Fringe (which is an amazing show by the way, you don’t need to watch it from the beginning, but it has more meaning and “OMFG!” moments if you do).

Hennings – This is the first building I would always go to at 9 in the morning for English. That is, when I could wake up. I think I did a pretty good job going to all of them except for 3 and that’s the class I missed the most of. It was also here where I met a very confusing person.

White Spot – This is where a good friend of mine had his huge birthday party. I love how conveniently located this place is…if only I actually liked White Spot.

LSK – This is where I would end all of my days (I think of my “days” ending after I’ve had every class once) in psychology learning entirely random things and meeting a certain lovely person.

Longhouse – Absolutely thoroughly I-want-to-lay-on-the-floor-and-die exhausted, I arrived here for the welcoming ceremony for Jump Start and it’s really a lovely place to be. Despite my condition, I still did enjoy being there and learning about its history.

Vanier – At that time of day and at that point in the exam weeks, it was entirely dead outside, which reminded me of when we moved in during Jump Start on my birthday. Step by step, my exhausted pneumonia-filled self dragged two full senior sized hockey bags up to the second floor to find my room not so inviting. Moths, stains, and spiderwebs don’t exactly get your hopes up on how living in this room is going to be. Luckily later that night, my friends and I had a lovely time eating chocolate cheesecake with chopsticks (and cut with chopsticks) on top of take-out boxes in what was true college style.

Adios to term 1 and 2009 and bonjour to 2010 and term 2! Happy new year everyone :)

Stay frosty.