Memories of Hamilton

I am back home in Victoria (where it's beautiful but warm!) and am slowly adjusting back to BC time and recovering from exhaustion and travel excitement. For example, I took Christine's house keys with me back to BC! The lady at the post office laughed and joked around with me when I went up to her and said I needed to mail the keys! Before I left, she said, "Next time don't forget to leave the keys behind and not bring them with you!" Haha! Good times.

Hamilton has been good. I had a wonderful 11 days with Christine and her housemates. Some highlights of my trip:

1. My Dog Joe cafe: Christine and I sat, drank tea/coffee, and read in the warmth of the cafe while the snow fell gently outside.

2. Trip to Toronto: we ended up not exploring more of downtown Toronto because it was so windy and snowy that day. But, we did get warm in a coffee shop - sat, read, drank coffee while watching the snow fall and people walking outside.

3. Tea shopping and tea tasting with Christine: we sat, tasted 5 kinds of tea, snacked, wrote letters and chatted as the snow fell outside :) Hmmmm...

4. Ice skating on Lake Ontario: I got to skate thrice with Melody! It was really nice having the opportunity to skate on a frozen lake. I also found that I have better balance on the ice :P

5. Downtown Hamilton: Christine and I explored a little and got cheese ;) We came home and had cheese and crackers and tea for lunch! Yummy!

6. Avatar! Christine and I went to watch Avatar with Dave and Eric. We wanted to watch it in 3D but tickets were sold out by the time we got there! :(

7. Bean Bar: Christine took me out for a nice dinner at Bean Bar. We had ribs and sweet potato fries and 2 HUGE pieces of cake! Heavenly... Then we walked to the grocery store and home because we were so full and needed to digest the food :P

8. Movie watching, nap times and lots of introvert time. I appreciate the abundance of quality time with Christine :) I can't wait for more when she comes over in the summer.

9. Tour of McMaster University.

10. Snow! ;)

Good times :)
Thank you Christine and house for such a wonderful time! I will always treasure the times I had in Hamilton and I look forward to visiting again :)

I'm tired and so there is no proper transition and flow of what I wrote...

Lack of updates due to either 1. nothing to update or 2. tired or both (I pick both)

Which the latter sounds more like it. I am really not sure why I've been tired this week, but I was and am, and I got back from classes today and my body just shut down, and so I slept... and I am awake right now because I went to brush my teeth and seriously, I am heading to bed right after this. I have a Math midterm on Friday, which I am SO NOT prepared for, but I decided to not revise today. I probably will not understand what I'm revising anyway... So, being tired also has an effect on my "I-don't-care-about-the-midterm" attitude. I am a little (wait, no, very) stress (wait, no, it's not the right word. scared, yes, scared and worried) about the midterm, but at the same time I really don't care about it. (this is bad)

So, conclusion is: I want 2 things!!! that is ALL I want. Just 2 things!
1. my bed and MORE TIME (no, not to study... to sleep) - Some me alone time
2. FRIENDS and quality time - LOTS of friends time (So, don't be surprise if I grab you and force you to spend time with me. I need YOU! you read that RIGHT - YOU! But if you're far away from me, know that if you were in Victoria with me, I would have find you :] )
PS: Okay, I won't technically grab and force you. I probably will be very persistent in trying to make time to hang out with you... there, now that sounds a little more like me eh? ;p

So there you have it! My week thus far... What fun...