So, I'm sorry. I haven't been keeping up with the blog, which isn't fair because I know that people other than Kaeli [Hi Kaeli!] read this blog. Seriously. I speak to exactly one American regularly and unless she's on here refreshing for kicks, more of you read and I'm being super awful by not keeping you all entertained.
Basically, I've got some pretty sad news and I've been putting it off because that's my style [and my computer is driving me INSANE]. I'm always a little worried about coming off flaky because I'm pretty much the biggest extrovert EVER when it comes to my thoughts. Every thought process has to be to be said out loud, so it seems like I'm almost always changing my mind, which is true, but doubly so because I won't stop talking about it. It's not just big things, it's everything. I like to bounce ideas off other people, and things feel better when they're not all jumbled up in my head.
In one week I went from, "Yeah, I can totally live here until July! This is great!" to, "I really can't do this. There's no shifts at my job and no one else will hire me because it's the post Christmas slump!" I even sent out my monthly e-mail to the fabulous people at my old job all, "It's so much fun here! See you in July!" Obviously I expanded more, but you get the picture.
The truth is, living here hasn't been exactly what I expected, which isn't surprising because I am the queen of Beatricing things. I love it, I do. I've made some fabulous friends, and I've had some great experiences, and being so close to continental Europe is great. I collect places like people collect Pokemon. I've already been to all the provinces except for Newfoundland, I've got some US states under my belt, and now I want to collect all the European countries! It kills me that I won't get to stay long enough to experience all of them, but obviously I can come back. And besides, it's a much better use of my money to visit a few places now and then go home and work, than it is to sit in London and work minimal hours at a terrible job and not be able to do anything on my time off but try to avoid interacting with my terrible roommate.
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| You see Bulbasaur, I see Scotland and I WANT IT! |
So, on March 10th, six months after I left Canada, I'm going back. The job prospects are already looking way better. Those amazing people at my old job? Might have hours for me, and they pay more than minimum wage! I just didn't have the networking here that I have at home. It took me months here to get a job, and it was basically waitressing, at a company where employees are treated terribly, and you get minimum wage. I sent out one e-mail to my old boss and got a positive response within two days. That only strengthens my resolve. I'm clearly making the right decision.
Anyway, this brings up another reason for this post. I've been busy. Crazy busy! I'm taking that rent money and trying to shove as much in my last month as possible. I've done so many museums, I went to Stonehenge yesterday, Dover tomorrow, Margate, France and Belgium next week, and Amsterdam, and Oxford. CRAZY BUSY!
I'll keep updating this thing, definitely catch you up on the stories I'm sure to collect over the next couple of weeks! I'm going back to school in September, so, that's something to write about. >.>
Thanks for sticking with it! Since I started posting in July I've had over 700 page views. So, that's 100 page views a month, since I'm not going to include February yet. That's AMAZING. I guess someone out there likes me, haha.
<3 Jade
