In Montreal

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII my lovelies!
I am in Montreal! What?? Okay if you have been following my blog or you're friends with me on Facebook (which is most of you, but anyways) you knew/expected me to be back. It feels so weird to say so though!

I was less excited to come back than I thought at first. I think my excitement was much aimed toward my family and friends and much less toward the city itself. Actually I was a bit disenchanted when we were landing last night at 5pm local time. In the last three months I have set foot in a large city (aka Edinburgh) for about 30mins that one time my friends and I went to Rosslyn Chapel (yes that was in September) and were waiting to catch a train back to St Andrews. We hung out on Princes Street for about half an hour...and you can't really compare downtown Edinburgh with Montreal. And that is no offense to Montreal - it's just like comparing apples and oranges. Love both but I can't compare their taste, can I?

Things I was excited to be back to: 
-My family. I cried at the airport..which I totally did not expect! I saw my dad and he smiled and came toward me and I started crying (although in my defense I was really tired ;)). Very nice welcome moment with him and my mom! And I quite missed my brother as well, it was a great reunion!

-My bed! omg the bed in my flat is horrible..my back is now fucked i.e. used to the new bed. I walked upstairs in my house and literally just let myself fall unto my bed and I swear I could have just let myself fall asleep right there. I think it's the one thing in my house that truly made me feel at home last night.

-My friends. I don't mean to make you come third, it's just that I'm in bed right now and it's like the love of my life right now. I haven't seen any of them yet, but I will as of tomorrow and I can't wait! In advance, I thank all of you who will make the trip to come see me in PAT, much appreciated!

Things that made me less excited: 
-I'm realising that for once I wasn't looking forward to flying back to Montreal because my life is now in Scotland. It might sound weird but usually when I fly back I'm coming back to school, work, normal social life, etc. but this time I'm really not. I was flying back and my one goal was to stay home and rest (which I still plan to do). So many of my friends are just expecting me to head off in every direction and anywhere in Montreal like before and I really don't feel like it anymore.

-Distance. As I have said countless times, St Andrews is a fairly small town. I can walk to my friends places, walk to school, the gym, the grocery store. The longest walk I usually take is to my favourite grocery store, Morrison's (and by favourite I mean I hate Tesco). I realised I may be 'more lazy' now because I just don't want to travel to get places, but at the same time I am much less lazy, because I have been walking so much more since I've been in St Andrews. When I was attending Concordia, I would walk 5 steps to the bus stop, sit, then sit in the metro then walk the two blocks from the station to the uni where I would sit in class or in my office...so really I'm not lazy, I just hate public transportation that's all haha

On a last note for today, So since I've been AWOL for over 3 weeks due to the end of Martinmas, I have SO MUCH TO TELL YOU! So many things happened, my final papers (and a mental breakdown in the middle of it), the A Capella Christmas concert, two fun balls, movie (aka procrastination) nights with my friends. I will try not to say everything at once! Since now I'm in Montreal and my blog is about Scotland, I will be posting every day or two to update you on my last few weeks in St Andrews. Pictures and videos to come too :)

xx