so I left for school on thursday morning, off on the 1835 km drive to dalhousie university in halifax NS. I stopped off along the way for some lunch at my gramma and babba's place in long sault, right outside of ottawa. I got there relatively early in the day so my plan was to keep driving atleast some way through quebec, who knows how far until i get too tired to keep on driving. the beginning parts of the drive were brutal as i got little sleep the night before packing up all my stuff to get the move on. so after six hours of sleep i went down to where i was working in august and got paid, very generously i might add, and then after that i did some last minute running around and left. after lunch i went and kept on driving, and kept on driving, and kept on driving. the natural progression of the many many hours:
for most of you who know me well enough, driving is something i just love to do. when i found out i had the opportunity this year to do the ont-ns drive by myself, i was incredibly pumped, and although i didn't tell anyone this because they would've never allowed me to leave, there wasn't a single chance in hell that i wasn't going to do the drive straight. i left at 10h38am and got in about 5h40am, the only time i stopped was to gas up, and it was incredible. i spent the last two weeks about burning cds for the trip, and my ma last minute gave me the secret audio cd that she had lying around the house. now alot of people (SR included) fell that inspirational books and self-help stuff like this is all full of shit for lack of a better term, and i know people make a killing off of shit like this off of suckers that fall for the scams, but this book spoke to me. its all about the power of positive thought, and even if you cry out hoax every time you see it, i'd encourage you to take a listen or see the movie or read the book, whichever your preferece. so after arriving very early in the morning, i eventually got in touch with the landlord of the place i was looking at, got into the place (after a 1hr nap at ellen's) and moved into my new place. i gotta tell you, i wish i didn't sign that lease but i'm gonna try to make the best of it. its not that bad, but its certainly not that great, but who knows. it may work out for the best. the downfall and upfall of the place is there is no cable tv what so ever, so that means i'll be a bit more bored til i get adjusted but it also means alot of those friends that complained about not seeing me last year, this is gonna be the opportunity for us to hang out and me not have to spend any money to do it. i love my sports and i know wagner and i will be watching majority of the games in his room, and i'm sure if field gets centre ice again, me and the coyotes will be in company more often then last. this sounds of poor taste as in now that i don't have it, i'll use my friends for it, but you all know that i did want to see you more often, i just need a push out the door sometimes because i get so comfortable just relaxing by myself. i vow i'll try to fix this up a bit this year, for those mentioned and those not. so after getting settled i headed out to pei to see the girl that's been gone since april. ellen spent an amazing summer skiing hills and serving beer in new zealand and she arrived home on the 28th. i gave her the two days to get settled and showed up for supper on the 30th, but i'm not sure she's noticed me here yet. its crazy busy with everyone getting settled and so i'm really looking forward to when things settled down after the party in ottawa this coming weekend. the best part about this short drive to pei from halifax was a great guy named sebastien.
i picked him up just on my way outside of the city, and this guy and i were talking the whole time on the drive about everything. he's been on a little clensing expedition, taking him from montreal (where he's living) to northern newfoundland (where a complete stranger dropped him off). great guy, great musician and if you're ever in montreal, find out where his band is playing, or where he's teaching spanish or taking classes on the concordia campus, and get to know this guy. he's a rare soul in that busy city. my best regards to all those getting ready for school coming up, i'm pumped for the coming months for sure.
