10.04.06

i'm a little bit homesick today for one of the most corporate but somehow comforting pleasures of canadian life: the strong, "hit you in the core of your being" desire caused by the aroma of starbucks coffee as you walk into a chapters bookstore on a cold, windy night. the selection of magazines that seems limitless, almost overwhelming and books on any and everything, ahhhhhhh.

i'm also a bit nervous about my upcoming trip home, a bit worried that upon arriving in vancouver i will be overcome with how much i really, really love it - the damp air, so much water, mini ferries across to granville island, walks in stanley park, feeding eager squirrels and timid birds, the best, can't-get-enough-of-it sushi, flowers in bloom all year round, green everywhere, canadian geese flying between tall, modern, glass covered buildings, views of mountains from every window, a sea of umbrellas, the smell of hot dogs on robson street, the way my hair curls just that tiny little bit in the humidity, being only an hour and a half from family, rain, rain, rain...