C’est La Vie

I thought it was time for an update on life. This should be fun.

Wow, the summer is nearly over! I start university in a week, I’m moving in two days,  I only have two more four-hour shifts left at my summer job, and half of my bed frame and desk are stained. (Oh yeah, I’m building a bed frame and desk for myself. Well, my dad is, but I’m staining it.) Everything seems to be going as planned!

Except for one minor setback. Yesterday I fractured a bone in my foot. Ha. I know, right? One tiny little bone. Lots of pain. Because of this, yesterday was a totally wasted day. I didn’t get any packing done, I only got a little bit of staining done, and I spent the entire evening in the hospital (only for them to tensor it, tell me to ice it and rest). It was kinda cool, because I got to have an x-ray and I’ve never had one of those before. And I’ve never worn a tensor before either.

This has kinda screwed up my week. It’s my right foot, so it hurts a bit to drive. I have a standing and running around job, and it hurts a bit to walk. And I’m moving… and it hurts to walk. Oh well. C’est la vie, as my francophone friends would say.

I’m excited though. I’m still going to move on Thursday. I’m still gonna at least try to go to work on Friday and Saturday. And my dad has taken over the staining, I think. (I feel bad though because he already has so much to do.) Someone might have to help me move, someone might have to drive the van with all my stuff to Winnipeg, and my mattress might have to spend a couple more nights just on the floor of my room. But that’s okay.

I’m resting today. I spent a good chunk of my morning watching The Vampire Diaries with my little brother. I’m doing some laundry and I’ll probably do some light packing today. I’ll probably get my little brother to help me with the more painful stuff, like getting the boxes into the van. He’s actually been of great help. I’m surprised.

Yes, this was an incredibly boring post. I promise the next one will be a little more action-packed! And by action-packed, I actually mean thought-provoking. Just you wait.

#19: If I Could Live Anywhere...

#19: If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why?

I have two answers for this question, actually. Surprising, I know. So many people probably thought they knew this one.

My first answer is… Amsterdam. I am IN LOVE with this place. It’s a beautiful city. There’s lots to do. It has such a rich culture. I am in love with it, and I’ve only spent a total of three days out of my entire life there… and half of one of those days was in the airport. But still. I fell in love with it the moment I walked its streets. Now, I know what you’re thinking (I say that a lot, don’t I?)… when people think Amsterdam, they think of two things: pot and prostitutes. But this city is so much more than that! Let’s just say that those are the only two things about Amsterdam that I don’t like.

Here’s some pictures:

 
I swear this city’s main form of transportation is bikes. They have special lanes for bikes and everything. (I mean, we do too I guess, but it’s very different!) This is a picture of a parkade for BIKES!

 

Canals everywhere! When we were there, we took a canal cruise and it was beautiful. It was such a sunny day and the canals go all over the city!

 

I love this picture. First, because my friend Joel was being annoying which makes it funny; second, because I’m sitting in a giant Dutch shoe! Dutch culture is so rich and I love it. I’m sitting in a frickin’ giant Dutch shoe. Man, I wanna go back.

 

There’s ducks everywhere! There’s also tulips EVERYWHERE but unfortunately I don’t have a good picture of all the tulips.

 

There’s a playground/park right in the middle of the city with a huge landmark that reads “I Am Amsterdam”. Unfortunately, I don’t have a good photo of the whole thing, so you’ll have to settle for the one with Cooper on the D.

 

I had to show this picture because it’s frickin’ hilarious. We went to a Ben & Jerry’s down one of the pedestrian streets (yes, they have those!) and had these amazing waffles with ice cream.

 

So that’s my first answer.

 

My second answer is far less interesting and there’s no photos to show because I’ve never actually been there. But it is… the East Coast. Pretty vague, but I’ll explain. You know those movies where someone’s running away from something and they end up in a cute little fishing town on East Coast. (Maybe I’m only thinking of Safe Haven, but I swear there’s other movies like that, right?) Anyway, I always thought it’d be cool to live in one of those cute little fishing towns. And there’s just something about the East Coast that appeals to me, especially the Canadian East Coast. It’s a part of our country that no one ever really talks about, nobody from this side of Quebec has really ever been to, and everyone kind of forgets about. I love it. I wanna live there someday… even if it’s just for a little bit.  

 

So there you have it. Notice how neither of these places are in Manitoba? Haha, how on earth did I get stuck here!? (I’m kidding… okay, only a little bit.)