Day 51: Crunch Time

Ten days left before I decide - Alberta or Ontario. It's a daily argument I have going on in my head amongst other conversations (getting kind of noisy up there, and I really do think the peanut butter debate is long over, Kraft Smooth is a definite winner despite my conspiracy theory on Kraft. Another day...). Ontario has free rent, my mom, K's air hockey table, and friends that remember me for which My Little Pony was my favorite instead of which job I got fired from. But I like Alberta. Plus Alberta apparently has more job opportunities. Although I'm starting to wonder what I have to do for those "opportunities". Trust me, I'm not shy, I'm willing to do alot of things right now that I'm sure I won't be too proud of later on in life. Oh well. We all have our little secrets. Let bottle collecting be one of mine.

Crunch time, yes. That means apply for all jobs paying. Hundreds. That way, when I hit the highway May 1 to Ontario, I'll get the call just about when I reach the QEW Niagara and have to turnaround and come back again. Well, if that's what I have to do to get a job, so be it. Nothing like a good mother-daughter road trip with my mom, anyway. We won't talk to each other for a month after.

Yes, I miss Ontario. I miss the trees, juicy fruit (well, maybe not for much longer. The entire green belt is being plowed down for the little box revolution, paper houses for everyone...). I miss the lakes, the shopping, the people, and just the metro-ness of it all. But in Alberta there's simplicity. You blink and rush hour traffic is over. People generally make enough money to pay their rent. There is never a rush to do anything. Best of all, I blinked and somehow some pretty great people walked into my life out here. Awwwwwwwww, I know! So sentimental...