Adios Quimica!

I have emerged from the place called studying continuously - my worst exam is over. I have two more exams this week and then party time! I fly home for the holidays next week on Dec. 19th after special mtgs. Sunday. I am looking forward to reading, sewing and baking. If I see any of you please do not expect me to look at any sort of chemical equilibria - I do not plan on looking at any of that until September 2007.

The past 48hours seems like an excerpt out a dream. Vancouver is an amazing city....what I find most fascinating about it is that in a matter of minutes you can be in a different world. Everytime I cross the bridge into downtown I feel like I am on vacation...it's so far removed from my everyday life and yet only a 15 min bus ride away. Anyways more to the point of this story - last 48hours - met Joy downtown late Sunday afternoon. We went to All India - mmmm...one thing I am going to miss about Vancouver is the food. my consolations are that a: I will be back next year and b: that mexican food is really good. :) After dinner Joy and I went to the library to study - extraordinary building - a must see if you are ever in the city. After we were asked to vacate the library, we went to her house. Studied until 1am and crashed at Joy's place. Got up at 6 to catch the bus to UBC. Wrote exam 8:30-11:00 and then we went for lunch. After lunch took bus waaaaay past China town to the Gelato place with 318 flavours. Do not ask why two girls after a chem exam felt the need to eat ice cream on a day when Van had wind speeds of up to 90mph. haha. But it was tasty. and then I came home.

I felt like I had been on vacation...strange perhaps given that I was studying the majority of time, not really an ideal vacation setting, however I think what I am refering to is the place.
You get used to your place, your routine, and your life - when things are switched up and you do things you normally wouldn't it's sort of like a holiday, a break from the norm. Refreshing - which is especially good when you are trying to force feed yourself 4months of chemistry.

People often get too attached to a place - they cannot adapt in other settings or they see changes as gliches in the grand plan rather than a holiday. I am excited for many reasons to be moving to San Cristobal. One of them has to do with 'place'. When I move there, at first, it will be like when I moved her, like I am a visitor - a holiday. But I do not think it will stay like that....I feel that anywhere I go I will make a home, a routine, a life. This isn't bad. Everyday life would be boring without vacations, but vacations would be nothing without the consistency of everyday life. Adaptability - my key to survival and happiness. For what purpose is there if one cannot embrace the ebb and flow of change.

It's pretty cool don't you think when you can vacation in your own city and be at home in another part of the world?