Antwerp HotelsTime flies. I can't believe it's already August. The summer went by so quickly that I never gave myself the chance to just sit back and watch it pass by. It seems like I was so busy that I never took the time to take note of it. I probably didn't write about all of the things that have been happening in my life because I have kept myself busy with fulfilling familial, personal and social obligations.
I'll probably write more later. I can't seem to transfer my thoughts into words. It's funny, isn't it? This isn't a writing assignment for school; it's not even close to it. It is merely my own personal online journal. Yet, I currently appear to be experiencing writer's block. I haven't been blogging as often as I used to, but that's only due to the fact that I have been kept busy with other things. These days, I am too busy to write in here.
Hamburg cheap hotelsWe drove to Seattle for Terry's appointment with her advisor at Seattle Central yesterday morning and we didn't come home until midnight. The highlight of the trip was dinner at Salty's by the side of the lake across from downtown (I think it's Lake Washington so please inform me if I happen to be wrong). The city becomes more familiar to me the more I visit it. What used to be different, exciting and interesting has become more commonplace. Seattle does not exude the beauty that is so characteristic of Vancouver and it does not carry the quixotical nature of San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. However, it is a city that I can envision myself living and working in someday. It's a livable city and the people seem friendly enough, but I always seem to feel this pull towards the city further south almost as if I'll eventually find my way back to the Bay Area someday. Ideally, I want to live and work in the SF Bay Area someday. Granted, it's a city I came to love during the six weeks I was there during the previous year. However, I believe I would be just as happy living and working in Vancouver or Seattle. Besides, Seattle is closer to home even though I would be happy anywhere as long as it's in the West Coast.
I will be returning to Edmonton in about a month. I look forward to my classes, to seeing the people I left behind and I look forward to graduation, but I do not look forward to experiencing another cold winter in the city. I will also need to begin applying to grad school. The question then will be where I will end up going to grad school. Again, the ideal situation will be that I will be accepted into at least one school in the West Coast.
I thought about quite a number of things during the car ride to and from Seattle and I've decided to put love in the backseat. In the meantime, finishing my degree and grad school are more important at this point in my life. Romantic love is important, but there are far more important things to worry about for now. It's hard to let go of the past, but I dream of the future and its brilliance outshines the past. Don't get me wrong. I will still treasure the past because it will always have a warm place in my heart, but I must pave the way for a bright and happy future...
Posted by Cat at August 3, 2004 09:38 PM