Hotashi

This is the maple tree behind my room that I talked about before. Thankfully when I made this picture smaller, you can’t even tell that I didn’t move the screen mesh out of the way. Hehehe…shh, don’t tell anyone. I love my tree. It’s so soothing to look at and just daze off into. It doesn’t look like this anymore because of the crazy wind we’ve been having. It’s almost completely naked now. Oh how winter is sneaking up…I can feel it already.

I really need a new coat, too. I’ve had to layer like mad the past few days because the wind is so nippy. Hopefully I can pick one up this weekend when I go home and save myself another week of sickness. I’m not sure what kind to get though…I definately want to keep with my goal of having a more mature look. But…I don’t know what would look good in a semi-casual way. Plus it’s always hard to find my size, so I can’t be too picky either. I wonder what’s in style these days. I don’t keep up with anything now, especially since I don’t have a TV.

I came across a video of Froggy (my previous hamster) today when I was looking through pictures. It made me really miss him. It’s not that I don’t like Tokki (my current hamster), but Tokki doesn’t interact with me the way Froggy did. I know it’s silly to miss a hamster this much, but I really do miss him a lot. I wish I could hold him again, or at least have a better goodbye.

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1. Finally got my sink fixed so the water drains. =D
2. Washed laundry yesterday so all my clothes are clean (except the ones I’m wearing right now).
3. Got an e-mail from Maki. ^_^
4. Getting to lecture about a topic I’m passionate about.
5. Fall is setting in and the trees look more beautiful each day.
6. Went to all you can eat Sushi last night and was completely satisfied. So yummy!
7. Exactly one week before I get to see my family for Thanksgiving. ^_^
8. Tokki is alive and healthy.
9. Heck, I’m alive and healthy. =P

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I’m sitting next to my open window listening to the rain. It’s very soothing. When I look out, all I can see are the hundreds of leaves still on the branches of a rather tall maple tree. It’s my one source of strength getting me through my new life. For some reason, when I look out at this tree I feel closer to God. I have no idea why. When Jack came up this past weekend to spend time with me, I rearranged the pillows on my bed so that we could lie from the footboard to the headboard. That way we could lie there together looking out the window at the tree. He didn’t understand why I thought it was amazing. I told him that when we were married and lived together I wanted to put our bed facing the window so that we could lie in it on Saturday mornings and look out at the trees. He didn’t think that was so amazing either. I didn’t tell him the God part.

In all honesty the past few weeks have been tough. Aside from the workload from school, adjusting to a new house with new roommates and not many friends around is hard. I miss my old house and roommates terribly. I miss being able to go to Vanessa’s room and watch useless clips/dramas/movies all day. I miss going grocery shopping with Maki and cooking something for dinner with her. I miss hearing Megs say “I love you too” at the end of her phone calls with her parents. I miss Sarah saying “I’m so excited” at the end of every story she tells us. It’s not that I want to live in the past, but it’s hard to move on with such fond memories still so close by. My new roommates aren’t that bad, but it’s just not the same. And life just isn’t as enjoyable without the ones I love.

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I’ve noticed that a lot of people have photoblogs or they post a lot of artsy pictures that they took themselves. On several occasions I’ve been inspired to do so myself, but my pictures don’t have the same ‘oooh aaaah’ aspect to them. I’m not sure if it is because of my camera, or if it is not adjusted to better settings, or if it’s just me who sucks at taking pictures. Even though I’m not really THAT into photo-taking, I still wish I could take nice pictures. I usually try to take them of nature because my emo pictures never come out that well. Speaking of which, I really like black and white photos. I don’t know why I don’t take more of them. Oh that’s right, I don’t know where the B&W function is on my camera. I’m so challenged. Anyway, this is (I think) some of the best outcome of my attempts to be artsy.

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Well the day finally came last Sunday. The day I have been dreading for over a year. Maki finally left for Japan, most likely never to come back to Canada. The only chance of seeing her again is to visit her in Japan. I am going to hope with all that I have that this is a guaranteed future. It was hard to hold back the tears at some points, especially walking her to the gate, but I managed to keep smiling. I really hate goodbyes.

Despite this sucky news, I have some good news as well. I made it into the Laurier Masters program. So I will be back in Waterloo to finish up one more year of schooling. I’m glad I finally received a conformation on their decision so that I can let it sink in and take care of all the nitty gritty things that I have to do for that. I’m not sure if I want to stay in the same place that I’ve been living. Although it is a great place to live and it would be convenient to not move, there are so many memories in the place. Not having everyone there with me may put me into mega depression mode. Plus I wouldn’t know who I would be living with, if anyone at all. I’m still not sure about those things, but I will pray about it and leave it to God. Whenever I place things in His hands, everything always works out better than if I worried about it.

Since I’m home I also got to visit Froggy’s grave. I don’t miss him as much now. Probably because I’ve been away from him so long that it’s not as shocking. My mom has put a nice stepping stone over his grave and has planted a flower next to it. Very nice. I’m somewhat relieved that I didn’t have to be there when he died. I think I would be a lot more upset. Anyway, that is all for now. I hope I will have more lively posts soon. Sorry for being so bummed out lately.

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