Past, present, and future

Last week I went back to Gibsons for my 10-year high school reunion: Elphinstone Secondary, class of '96. The crowd that I hung out with wasn't there, owing to their attendance at the wedding of one of my ex-boyfriends, which gave me plenty of time to catch up with all my other old high school friends. About a third of our class of roughly 120 showed up, and girls out-numbered boys by almost three to one, making the latter quite impressed with the turnout.



It was loads of fun to see all those old faces, most of which still look really young, and see what everyone is up to now. Some people have followed their dreams, others have totally exceeded all expectations, and there were a couple people I talked to in stages of transition similar to me. The most fun was connecting with a guy I had a crush on in grade 10 when we sat together in math and got along really well. Seems like we still get along really well, and it was very nice to have a week of romance with such a great guy before having to put my nose to the grindstone for the next year.

So tomorrow I'm leaving New West for good. Well, today, really, since it's 2am. I'll head up to Gibsons, get some work done on my car, and visit a couple friends who I didn't get a chance to catch up with last weekend. Then I'm off to Victoria on Wednesday for a few days of relaxing before starting my BA in Applied Communications at Royal Roads. And where the road will take me after that, well, it's gonna be a fun ride.

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Wow, it has been much too long since my last blog entry. So much has happened since then, so many more things are in the works, and there is just so much to write about that I don't know where to start. That is perhaps one of my largest problems: the bulk of interesting subject matter there is to examine. So much to write about and such limited time to write about it in that in the end, I write nothing.

Last May, my friend Vince and I went to Mexico for a week of all-inclusive relaxation. It was loads of fun and probably exactly what I needed, but I learned that the all-inclusive vacation isn't really my thing. Vince, inarguably a better blogger than I, wrote about our trip and posted some pictures on his blog.

Also in May, I went over to Victoria and found myslef a place to live, since I'll be moving there on Auguest 1 to attend Royal Roads University. I'm all set to start my BA in Applied Communicaitons on August 7, and as the program condenses two years into 12 months I have a mere two weeks left to enjoy myself. I wish. I'm working at an absuletly marvoulous flowershop called limelight floral designs four days a week, volunteering at my MP's office one day a week, packing all of my belongings up to move to my parent's house in Gibsons for storage, and reading my textbooks for class because I've been told that I won't have time to do any reading once classes start. I am squeezing some fun in there though, including doing my best to make it to my favourite beach once a week since it will be a long time before I will be able to make it down to Wreck Beach after I move.

My fellow LooseLeaf team members and I have just wrapped up our final issues of the ezine, and will be posting it on the internet pretty soon. I will update with a link when that happens.