I take it back!
I am FREEZING!
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Settling in
Fall is here. The leaves have all turned deep red and vibrant yellow. The air has a crispness to it that warns that winter is coming soon. The world looks different in fall - the colours have a different quality to them. Summer's colours are deep and saturated. Spring's colours are new and soft. In Fall the colours look like the air feels - crisp and sharp. I had forgotten how much I love fall.
It feels like a long time since I had a fall in Ontario. Four falls in Manitoba, one in South Africa, one in Rwanda. There must have been one fall here in Ontario in there somewhere but I get all mixed up sometimes. Anyway, with this fall has come a sort of feeling of being settled. Not geographically, since I spent a week in Winnipeg and am now house sitting in Mississauga for a month, but still somehow I feel more anchored. I still want to be back in Rwanda, but I am less ants-in-the-pants about it, if that makes any sense. I feel calmer about being 'stuck' in Canada and I am more contented. For the first time I can honestly say that if my trip doesn't actually happen in January (as is looking more and more possible) that it will be ok. Not that I know what I will be doing with myself if I don't go back to Rwanda, I still don't have a job after Dec. 31, but it will be ok.
I am actually starting to look forward to the snow. Weird. I have gradually started to acclimatize to the cold mornings while I walk to the bus and although I know it is nothing like the cold that is coming, I feel like I'll be able to handle it and eventually get my 'Canadian blood' back. I am thinking about learning how to snowboard. Or at least taking up skiing again. I may break something but at least I'll be out enjoying the snow until I do. :) That being said I am sure there will be several 'I hate snow' posts to come this winter!
It feels like a long time since I had a fall in Ontario. Four falls in Manitoba, one in South Africa, one in Rwanda. There must have been one fall here in Ontario in there somewhere but I get all mixed up sometimes. Anyway, with this fall has come a sort of feeling of being settled. Not geographically, since I spent a week in Winnipeg and am now house sitting in Mississauga for a month, but still somehow I feel more anchored. I still want to be back in Rwanda, but I am less ants-in-the-pants about it, if that makes any sense. I feel calmer about being 'stuck' in Canada and I am more contented. For the first time I can honestly say that if my trip doesn't actually happen in January (as is looking more and more possible) that it will be ok. Not that I know what I will be doing with myself if I don't go back to Rwanda, I still don't have a job after Dec. 31, but it will be ok.
I am actually starting to look forward to the snow. Weird. I have gradually started to acclimatize to the cold mornings while I walk to the bus and although I know it is nothing like the cold that is coming, I feel like I'll be able to handle it and eventually get my 'Canadian blood' back. I am thinking about learning how to snowboard. Or at least taking up skiing again. I may break something but at least I'll be out enjoying the snow until I do. :) That being said I am sure there will be several 'I hate snow' posts to come this winter!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Don't forget to vote!!
We are so privileged that we can vote, that our voices can be heard. Whether anyone listens is another conversation, but we have the ability to speak up and have a say in the direction and decisions of our government.
I get tired of people saying their vote doesn't really count or that they are not informed enough to vote. Your vote doesn't count only if you don't cast it. Get informed - it isn't actually that hard. Get off facebook for a couple of minutes and read the platforms. Make a decision. I don't care who you vote for, (OK I do care, but I'll be your friend even if you do vote conservative) just as long as you vote.
So many people around the world do not have this privilege and are fighting to get it. People have struggled in history to make sure that we in Canada have this right. There are places around the world where people line up in droves, despite intimidation and threats, to cast their votes. Stop taking it for granted.
Go vote.
I get tired of people saying their vote doesn't really count or that they are not informed enough to vote. Your vote doesn't count only if you don't cast it. Get informed - it isn't actually that hard. Get off facebook for a couple of minutes and read the platforms. Make a decision. I don't care who you vote for, (OK I do care, but I'll be your friend even if you do vote conservative) just as long as you vote.
So many people around the world do not have this privilege and are fighting to get it. People have struggled in history to make sure that we in Canada have this right. There are places around the world where people line up in droves, despite intimidation and threats, to cast their votes. Stop taking it for granted.
Go vote.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
About Mornings
This perfectly describes how I felt this morning after being violently jerked awake 15 minutes before my ride arrived for our hour and a half commute through gross traffic in the dark because the sun was still asleep. Like I should have been.
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