less than half an hours drive from where i am currently sitting at my desk there are mountains upon which many many centimetres of snow fall each year. every weekend during winter people flock to these mountains in hoards. however only 5 centimetres of snow in the downtown and surrounding area is enough to produce complete chaos. it took my boss 3 hours to get to work on the bus this morning. most people were late and some didn't even make it in. the snow is supposed to keep falling for a couple of days. i wouldn't be surprised to see people on the street predicting the end of the world.
1:36 p.m. - January 06, 2005
i usually return from a vacation feeling lost and low and wondering what the heck i'm doing living in a foreign country where i have no family and only fledgling friendships. this time things feel different. instead of returning to "vancouver" i returned "home". instead of feeling lonely and missing family and friends from the motherland we've been busy making all sorts of plans to see our friends here: we are seeing lizzie and baby alice on saturday, i'm meeting diana for lunch next tuesday, we are heading up to whistler the weekend after next, the saturday after that we are going to jen and ross's for dinner and then the friday after that we are going to see the scissor sisters with marcel and terrance. plus we have tentative plans to see karina and doug and baby max and/or the rest of "the girls". it takes a long long time to settle into a new town in a new country. there were times when i wanted to call it quits and head back to england because i felt so alone but now i think it's going to be ok. i have my blossoming friendships to thank for that.
9:47 a.m. - January 06, 2005
hands up who knows what my favourite cure albums is (hands up who knows that i even had a favourite cure album!!) i didn't actually think anyone knew which is why i almost started crying in the grocery store after picking up a package from the post office which contained " the cure's classic 1979 debut album remastered with an additional CD filled with 20 period rarities" ie three imaginary boys (i only have it on vinyl so i don't play it very often). i can't believe Mr. D remembered. i also can't believe he sent me a christmas gift even though i've never ever sent him one and we haven't talked for ages. what a big sweetie.
its snowing outside. it hardly ever snows downtown in vancouver. i wish we could have stayed home today and watched it from our 23rd floor window. it looks beautiful falling over the city.
8:29 a.m. - January 06, 2005
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