Vancouver Aftermath

After an incredibly tiring and super fun weekend I’m back home.  Vancouver was phenomenal as I got to see a large number of friends.  I stayed with Peter and Blake who live on Haro St. which is just behind Robson.  Talk about a fantastic place to stay when visiting.  Both Peter and Blake worked at different times throughout the weekend but we had a party on Saturday night that was well attended by my friends.  My friend May was planning on “just stopping by after work for about 20 mins” and finally left at 130 in the morning after.  Got to see a number of the few remaining awesome people from The Bay – Oakridge and spend time visiting and just enjoying being around them.  I was also really happy to finally spend some quality time with Marcie and she was amazing (as usual) and came to pick me up from Surrey on Saturday morning then took me to the airport this morning which was very much appreciated.

Arriving home this morning my Dad and I were talking on the way home about my trip and some of my feeling about being in Vancouver and leaving after such a short time.  I can honestly say that I am extremely thankful that I was able to go down and I had an absolute blast but I am happy that I live in the Valley.  The main thing about being down there is that it’s SO expensive.  That and it’s just SO tempting to get into shopping spree mode.  Aside from that though it’s just amazing to me how people down there seem so stressed.  Even while they’re playing they’re stressed.  True I bitch and whine about the Valley being to laid back all the time but the constant stress for no reason just isn’t worth it.

A final thought on my trip.  I realized just how many amazing friends I have down there.  All of you are so unique and amazing and I miss all of you frequently.  Thanks for being there and don’t forget the Okanagan is only a 4 hour drive!

*One more day ‘till Raphael gets home!