This is my last post from home in BC for a little while. Tomorrow I'll be flying to Montreal. It doesn't seem real. I feel a little numb.

posted by Maresa @ 7:45 PM 0 Comments

Well, I'm leaving in a week. And I'm cycling through emotions like I'm on a fucking tilt-a-whirl: anxious, excited, nervous, anticipation, sadness, happiness.

I'm moving out of my apartment this weekend. My to-do list has almost all been checked off. Including today I have 5 days left at work. I'm getting my eyeballs checked today before work one last time for free.

The weather is turning nice. Sunny and warm. Spring is approaching and so are new beginnings.

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posted by Maresa @ 12:01 PM 3 Comments

Is it a little pathetic that one cider will make me tipsy? Um, yes, Maresa you lightweight lush.

I have to pee. And I want to go to bed and I don't care that it's not even 10 o'clock yet.

posted by Maresa @ 12:56 AM

Reaching for my dreams

For 3 years I have wanted to move away and live in a bigger, more vibrant city. I have started the process a few times, and stopped for various reasons, mostly because the timing wasn't quite right (and life, really, is all about timing) and because it's scary - I have grown up here and lived here my whole life, I have all my good friends and family here and it's terrifying to leave that nest.

But, I know that this is something that I need to experience, and I need to do it by myself, to fling myself into the unknown. I know that living elsewhere will help me grow, bring me a confidence and independence that I can't obtain here in my bubbled life. Just like deciding to get an apartment by myself has helped me to grow. That was probably one of the best decisions I have ever made for myself.

And so, at the end of this month, I am going to be packing up all my things and hopping on a plane to go live in Montreal for the summer. I'll be subletting a cute bachelor apartment, one block away from Mount Royal park, I'll be taking some photography and possibly web design classes at Concordia University, and hopefully getting a job, even though my French is a little (read: lot) rusty. My time in Montreal will also be like an extended vacation - I plan to see all the sights and travel around to other cities, including NYC. And I hope to have lots of visitors! I will have a fabulous air mattress, so if anyone wants to come see Montreal in the summer, you can crash with me! :)

Why Montreal, you ask? Good question. Montreal seemed to have all my requirements: big city, far away, culturally diverse, trendy, with charm, and it's very inexpensive to live there!! That was the clincher. I couldn't get over the apartment prices! Currently I pay $825 +hydro +internet/TV for my 1 bedroom apartment. In Montreal I could easily have this place for $700 all inclusive. For my furnished bachelor, I will be paying $550, all inclusive - so I'll actually be saving money by living there. Crazy.

I'm feeling mixed emotions about leaving. I am excited and looking forward to new change and challenges, but it's bittersweet because I leave behind my amazing friends and family as well as someone who I love so much. Even though it's hard, I know I need to do this for myself. After all, 4 months isn't that long, but long enough to make a change, to make a fresh start, to see life clearly. Come what may, I'm making this decision for me, I'm living my dream, and the rest will fall into place as it should.

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posted by Maresa @ 12:33 PM 0 Comments

What better way to spend your Saturday afternoon than eating cupcakes at the cupcakery which is a 5 min walk from my house?? Oh, right, the icing on the cake (ha!) was doing my taxes and finding out I owe over $800. Great.

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posted by Maresa @ 12:46 AM 2 Comments

Quarter Life Crisis

They can’t make any decisions, because they don’t know what they want, and they don’t know what they want because they don’t know who they are, and they don’t know who they are because they’re allowed to be anyone they want.

Read it.

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posted by Maresa @ 11:28 AM 0 Comments