So...questions, questions...
I always get asked why I moved to a small town. Well, the answer is that my partner is one of those Canadian Forces peeps, in that he kinda gets around, goes places, does stuff and, on occasion, his employer tells him he has to move cities. Cities that are 3,000km away. You see, I didn't always live in this town, I lived in Edmonton, Alberta, first. Land of meat, mainly cow, sometimes elk, sometimes caribou. We moved to Ontario in August of 2012, and it has been marvellous.
The next question is: Why did you move here, to Canada, I mean? I moved here because I fell in love. Sickening, cringeworthy, headover heels, in love. I don't like to talk about it too much, because I take it as a given that people would know that I kinda like The Canadian, but, ya never know. He's pretty cool. He's alright. He'll do. Who'm I kidding? I kinda like him a lot ;)
This is closely followed by: Do you like it here? This one makes me laugh, because I fast learnt that 'no' is not an appropriate answer. Then I learnt that I no longer felt like 'no' was a truthful answer, although at one point I would have given anything to go back to England; the culture shock was intense. However, I think that Edmonton didn't help, what with its very cold winters and spread out city. I like compact, I like old, I like trees and walking trails, and nearby cities that are easy to enjoy. Edmonton, for me, didn't fulfil that, although toward the end of living there, I was finding some pretty enjoyable places (centre of Alberta, anyone?). I love Ontario, and I love Canada now. So much so, that perhaps I could be persuaded to say that it is 'home', but let's not jump too far ahead yet!
Do these answer the basic questions? These tend to be the ones that come up the most when I first meet people here, so that's that.
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Just for fun here are 10 extras about me:
- My hair is uncontrollable, seriously. It takes big and beautiful to a whole new level of Diana-Ross. It's always changing lengths.
- My favourite colour is red.
- I watch TV shows in the background as I work.
- I did a partial postgrad toward using therapy skills with clients then moved countries, did some more mental health work and then decided mental health work was not for me. BIG turning point for me.
- Mad skill: organising. Not so great skill: staying on top of said organisation - I need a organisation maintenance fairy.
- Geek describes me fully. I am so geeky, but I'm learning to own it! Back to Final Fantasy I go.
- I am not a big tea drinker, but get me back to my British friends and I could drink 6 cups in 4 hours. I'm not sure if that says more about me or my friends.
- I was kinda boring at university, if I could do it again though, I'd probably do more or less the same, just without the guilt attached. Turns out I like a quiet life.
- Mixed up things: it's a big part of my identity. I love my identity, my heritage and my culture.
- Taking pictures is fun. I love it! But I really wouldn't ever do it professionally. I think that would take away some of the fun for me.
- (ok, so I slipped in an 11th one) I enjoy playing with photoshop, I haven't developed a style for pictures yet, but it blows my mind that photoshop is filled with possibilities, so while I explore that, there will be all sorts of photographs floating around on here.
