News item #1, I fixed the comments section on this baby so people can actually leave anonymous comments now, hurrah! Apologies to everyone that I gave the "you're an idiot, it's sooooooo easy" face when you told me you couldn't comment. Turns out it was entirely my fault...my bad.
News item #2, I'm home and almost completely unpacked! The drive here was long but beautiful and, best of all, uneventful. It was really hard to say see you later to the people I love in Vancouver but it was also such a relief to get back to my quiet, breath-taking town and the people I love here. I think the best part of going home for a visit was seeing that the things and people that really matter to me will always be there with me and that I can leave without feeling like I'm leaving things behind. It definitely wasn't the trip that I'd expected and I didn't get out of it what I thought I would but I got things I wasn't expecting and left with a feeling of...peace.
L, my roommate and one of my closest friends up here, and I have been unpacking, reorganizing, decorating and puttering up a storm in our lovely home. We've been having lots of family dinners, picnics and breakfasts with our nearest and dearest and just generally getting the house to feel less like a rental abode and more like our home. So far it's going very, very well.
News item #3, I had my first day of work today! For those of you who haven't heard, I've taken my masters degree and leveraged a sweet position at a coffee shop for the summer :) It's actually a really, really great place to be and work, and a fantastic break from the office/research/health environment. It was also nice to finally sever my almost ten year relationship with UBC at the end of March. I've got some more career-related things on the back burner but I'm really looking forward to a chance to sit back and think about what kind of work I really want to do. Urban-based, macro-level research at an academic institution is definitely, definitely not it. So today at work I spent six hours chatting with the lovely folks of Skidegate and Charlotte, learning how to make phenomenal coffee, puttering in the garden and greenhouse, making beautiful food, and occasionally running across the street to the ocean with everyone else in the shop to watch the killer whales playing in Skidegate Inlet. I couldn't stop smiling all day.
I am so happy here. It's incredible to me that I can feel this happy all the time. Things this spring haven't been easy and a lot of the changes in my life are really scary. But I am so, incredibly happy. I feel light and full of possibility and adventure. I've made a vibrant life for myself here that is fulfilling and exhausting in the best way possible. I live in one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. I have no idea how long I will live here or where I will go next or what I will do but every moment here is filled with joy.
This makes me happy.
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