All settled in and ready to get down to business
Posted by Cassandra | Filed under The Real World
So, I’ve been working on this new blog here and there as I’ve had time over the past few weeks and it’s finally to the point where I can actually accept visitors to my new home. Thank you for joining me again. I promise I will start to write regularly again now that I’ve made my new corner of the Internet all homey.
I suppose I’ve done the same in real life, too. It was a month yesterday I moved out of the apartment in Toronto I shared with my (now ex-) boyfriend and back into my dad’s house in Cambridge. Here, I’ve painted, decorated and unpacked most of my things to make it feel more like home again. Unfortunately, I can’t wait to move back to Toronto.
I’m grateful I have the opportunity to take a breather, to catch up on my finances now that I’m done university, to be with family, etc. But after being independent for so long, moving back to my dad’s house in a town where the only way I can get around is awfully planned, infrequent bus routes feels like a prison some days.
I miss being steps from the subway. I miss having everything I need within walking distance. I miss having common space that was more or less just my own.
Things have changed here, too. My little brother has his own life. My dad’s girlfriend moved in two weeks after I did. Many of my high school friends have moved away or we’ve just lost touch over the past five years.
Time just seems to pass more slowly here and I’m going to have to get used to it. I really hope the money I’m saving on rent, groceries and bills is worth it.
Tags: blog, family, moving, Toronto, whining
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