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The Big Update
Aug. 12th, 2004 08:39 pmThe last few days have been a bit of challenge for me. I’ve been up to my poor wee eyeballs in sorting, packing, and cleaning. I didn’t know that I had that much crap! Needless to say, I wound up falling pretty badly behind and did not get to do a number of things that I wanted to do before I left such as selling off the remainder of my textbooks at Subtext, fully cleaning my room, cleaning the kitchen, visiting with my friends a little more, and visiting the beach (and the funky tree that grows out from the bank to hang out over the water). And, on Tuesday night, I also didn’t get any sleep (chuckle).
But I was ready to go by the time my ride arrived at 4:30 in the morning. We even left a little early, which wound up being good as that gave Sarah (my ride) the opportunity to be exceptionally thoughtful. First, she took a more scenic route to the airport, taking me through my favourite stretch of road (closely bordered by forest). Then, after hearing about missing the opportunity to go to the beach, took me to another one along way (as we still had plenty of time to spare). There I got to see a beautiful crescent moon accompanied by a bright planet (not sure which one it was) overlooking a calm and beautiful ocean in the pre-dawn light. I stepped into the waves, blew a kiss to the sky and the earth, as is my wont on occasion, and bid my home farewell.
The flight itself went very smoothly, though I might have enjoyed it better if I had been either fully awake or not seated in the aisle where I kept being awakened by everyone brushing by me. As a side note, I did witness a little human stupidity. While going through security, a lot of people wound up having to remove a lot of things like nail clippers, hair trimming scissors, etc. Okay, we do these things without thinking about it; once I had forgotten to take my pocketknife out of my belt pouch. And most folk were good about, if a little chagrined. But one woman got upset when airport security wouldn’t let her pass through with a pair of folding scissors that she had bought for the express purpose of being able to travel with them. She started going on about how two other airports had let her go through with them. The security officer calmly explained she had three options: give to anyone still waiting for her to leave in the airport, get a stamp and envelop and mail it to herself (the option I had taken with the aforementioned knife), or abandon it. The woman was still irate. Silly wench! I don’t care how it can be folded or what material it’s made out of; it’s still a sharp, pointy thing!
I arrived about four hours later in Toronto to be greeted by a dear friend I’ve known over the net for at least five or six years, but had not the opportunity to meet in person. I will be spending the next two weeks in company of her, her mother, and a small host of pets (mostly cats). I’ll also be able to visit with a number of internet friends from the region.
(‘Course, amidst all this relaxing, I still have to get a bunch of unit and lesson planning done, as well as finalizing my arrangements for a room to stay in England.)
Last night I had a good, long sleep. I did actually wake in the morning (with about 20 minutes to spare…). I’m not yet sure what I’ll be doing with the rest of my day, but I am certainly going to strive to take it easy.
But I was ready to go by the time my ride arrived at 4:30 in the morning. We even left a little early, which wound up being good as that gave Sarah (my ride) the opportunity to be exceptionally thoughtful. First, she took a more scenic route to the airport, taking me through my favourite stretch of road (closely bordered by forest). Then, after hearing about missing the opportunity to go to the beach, took me to another one along way (as we still had plenty of time to spare). There I got to see a beautiful crescent moon accompanied by a bright planet (not sure which one it was) overlooking a calm and beautiful ocean in the pre-dawn light. I stepped into the waves, blew a kiss to the sky and the earth, as is my wont on occasion, and bid my home farewell.
The flight itself went very smoothly, though I might have enjoyed it better if I had been either fully awake or not seated in the aisle where I kept being awakened by everyone brushing by me. As a side note, I did witness a little human stupidity. While going through security, a lot of people wound up having to remove a lot of things like nail clippers, hair trimming scissors, etc. Okay, we do these things without thinking about it; once I had forgotten to take my pocketknife out of my belt pouch. And most folk were good about, if a little chagrined. But one woman got upset when airport security wouldn’t let her pass through with a pair of folding scissors that she had bought for the express purpose of being able to travel with them. She started going on about how two other airports had let her go through with them. The security officer calmly explained she had three options: give to anyone still waiting for her to leave in the airport, get a stamp and envelop and mail it to herself (the option I had taken with the aforementioned knife), or abandon it. The woman was still irate. Silly wench! I don’t care how it can be folded or what material it’s made out of; it’s still a sharp, pointy thing!
I arrived about four hours later in Toronto to be greeted by a dear friend I’ve known over the net for at least five or six years, but had not the opportunity to meet in person. I will be spending the next two weeks in company of her, her mother, and a small host of pets (mostly cats). I’ll also be able to visit with a number of internet friends from the region.
(‘Course, amidst all this relaxing, I still have to get a bunch of unit and lesson planning done, as well as finalizing my arrangements for a room to stay in England.)
Last night I had a good, long sleep. I did actually wake in the morning (with about 20 minutes to spare…). I’m not yet sure what I’ll be doing with the rest of my day, but I am certainly going to strive to take it easy.
