Leaving Toronto Home

I did it! I'm sitting in my cleared, cleaned, sublet-ready room, bags all packed, groceries eaten, plane ticket in pocket. This is such an odd state of excitement, anxiousness, sadness, and pure joy that I'm in. I want to run around outside in the rain, yelling with joy. I want to be with my loved ones one last time. I want to be there already! In a few hours, I need to haul my bags to the airport where I plan to sleep on the airport floor overnight waiting for my 5:30am check-in. That, unfortunately, is the easy part. The hard part is landing, getting myself and luggage onto a bus, then onto a ferry across Brentwood Bay to be picked up by an ecovillager around 3pm. Once I'm there, I'll have plenty of time to setup my tent and meet the people I'll be living, playing, eating and working with. Monday evening is the intern greeting dinner. I can't believe it's so soon, so sudden. Less than three weeks ago, I applied. In less than 18 hours, I'll be there!

I'm really going to miss the people in my life and fully intend to keep in contact while I'm here. I got a laptop for $299 to use with the wireless here. I'll also switch my cell number to a local number then use a calling card. Of course, I need to stay in contact with my fellow New University Cooperative board of directors, because we're rolling along quickly these days. It's going to be difficult to juggle the internship, blogging, doing work on the New U projects, personal transformation, staying in contact with loved ones, and enjoying leisure time. Challenges make us grow and the bigger the better, so I'm feeling ready to take this on...we'll see how it pans out though.

So many people have given me well wishes. I feel so blessed. Namaste.