.... buzzzz....

Brenna left for Vancouver today. I won't be seeing her again until christmas. It's absolutely the most painful thing I've experienced so far. It's weird though. I know that the time will fly by, because it always does, but the anticipation of missing her is much worse than the actual act of missing her. Last night we accompanied Melissa and J.C. to the Global Fest fireworks competition and we ate gelato and wandered and just felt okay yet not quite. This feeling has only been properly explained in the Perks of Being A Wallflower. I cried all night while I was sleeping.

I am quite excited about leaving. I have been inspired by Brenna's packing to start packing myself. I don't want to take a lot of stuff, but I have visions of crafting during my long cold winter days alone while everyone else is in class. However, I'm not sure how likely that is. I'm terrified that I will want to do something that involves some sort of supply that I've left at home.

Also, books. I know I won't read that much that is unrelated to the courses, and if I want to there's a library on every corner, but I have a bunch of books here that I really seriously intend to read that I want to take. Maybe I oculd just leave them here with messges on them saying to mail them out to me at a specific date so that I will A]recieve mail from my parents and B] won't feel overwhelmed by having them all at once. Possibly.

My second [or third] cousin Andrea arrived on our doorstep this afternoon. Much to my suprise. She's trying to move out west but couldn't find a place to live here, so she's going to stay with us until she flies back to New Brunswick. She seems incredibly shy, which doesn't surprise me at all, she's pretty cool though, plus, I love having visitors from the east.

I'm quite excited about becoming a Haligonian. I will miss my friends though. Melissa is my sister now. I've always wanted a big sister.