the concept of time
People put a lot of emphasis on time. It can be good, it can be bad. It can be liberating and it can be limiting.
I had mostly forgotten about today as I spent most of it fussing at Amanda for ignoring me, even though it was my IM client eating her messages, I worked on photos, I washed dishes, I made dinner. I was just browsing through my flickr contacts where someone has posted their wedding annivesary photos, it made me think.. what was I doing those few years ago on this day? I was adjusting to being a wife, my new homeland and being amazed at how quickly time had flown. Then I realized, not only is it Amanda’s birthday.. but it’s also been 5 years since I packed up my suitcases and got on a train in Windsor, thus changing my life forever.
It seems like much longer than 5 years, but all the same it seems way less. It feels like yesterday that I spent the first 3 weeks in Canada, with my dad asking me if I was ok and if I wanted to come home yet (I’m still doing ok Dad..loveyou!) It seems like no time has flown by since Kev and I discussed marriage through a chatroom; him in Ottawa, me at my parents on grey November morning… the message of “we’ll figure out all that engagement stuff when you get home” and me asking my mom what she REALLY thought of Kevin. It seems like this morning I walked down the isle a few short months after and noticed my sneaky husband was wearing a tuxedo and not that suit he said he was going to wear.
Other milestones while living in Canada? Oh there are many. The ones that stand out however are the ones closer to home for me. Filing for immigration, waiting on pins and needles for that day to arrive, the elated joy getting the letter of appointment and all the hoops I had to jump through that day, but finally hearing “Welcome to Canada”. Buying a house and making it a home. Celebrating our first holidays in that home.. and now getting ready to bring a new life into the world. The time period that is my pregnancy.. is just flying by as well. 24 weeks today.
May 19th, 2006 at 5:40 pm
some times it’s alright to be thankful for the time passing so quickly.. but other times i wonder.
but that’s my issue not yours *L*
You’ve come a long way grasshopper.. and i am so very happy that everything has fallen into place for you. You deserve all that is great..
much love
xxxoo
May 19th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
holy moly..its been 5 years already??? Time DOES fly by :-)
May 20th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
i am a feelin ya on the time fly-age. i am about to head ‘home’ (where is home now?) for my first time since moving down here just over 3 years ago. i often marvel at how it only feels like it’s been about a year. aaah immigration, nothing more nerve-wracking! glad everything is still going good on that end :)