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BY ONEIKA RAYMOND


20 days until the last day of school.
23 days until I am back in Canada and can party it up with family and friends.
35 days until I leave Canada for Iceland.
37 days until Liebling comes to pick me up at London Heathrow and we begin our European adventure.

20 days until the last day of school. I am excited to rid myself of students, grading papers, editing report cards, staff meetings, dealing with unsavoury colleagues, parents, “situations, and the low-grade stress of always having “something else to do”. I am excited to be able to sleep in past 6am, still be in bed at 7am instead of already being at work by 7:15, and have my afternoons free to do whatever I want at my leisure.

23 days until I am back in Canada and can party it up with family and friends. I am excited to go home, back to “normality”, good fast food, good friends who just “get” me, going shopping with Mom, mega-malls in general, and movies that you can go to with having to purchase the tickets in advance (like you do in Hong Kong). I am excited for clean air, blue skies, wide open spaces (amen!), patios in downtown Toronto and going out to clubs with no smoking (eureka!) and good hip-hop music.

35 days until I leave Canada for Iceland. I am excited for discovery, craving the new-ness and change of pace/place, looking forward to the adventure. I am excited to have some alone-time on this trip, even if just for a short while, excited to see the Blue Lagoon, and have my skin benefit from the therapy that the country’s pristine thermal baths have to offer.

37 days until Liebling comes to pick me up at London Heathrow and we begin our European adventure. I am excited for summer loving, discovering the treasures of London, walking hand and hand with Liebling in narrow cobblestone streets, and retiring my Skype account and long-distance phone cards for at least for a little while. I am excited to explore new and familiar territories in the company of my partner, go home with him and meet his loved ones and visit his old stomping grounds, and have opportunity to practise my German with real-live germanophones. I am excited to try Swedish meatballs. I am excited for pasta and limoncello in the Italian sun and practising my breaststroke in the shallowest parts of the Mediterranean just off the Dalmatian coast.

In summary, I am excited about life and anxiously anticipating what’s to come.
Thankfully, time is ticking.

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133 Comments

  • hey Nik,
    i posted a comment a while ago about just picking up and travelling, now that you are coming to my city (awesome London) it would be great to do coffee or even at least meet you!
    thanks for updating your blog, i love reading and living your expeditions vicariously!!

    thanks again,
    cherish

  • Hey that would be cool! For sure!
    What are you doing in London? Are you from there?

  • Sounds thrilling!

    But I call a lie on you: "I am excited to be able to sleep in past 6am". You don't sleep. I don't believe you do. With your jet set life I'm convinced that you haven't slept since you last left Canada. 😉

    Oh! Poutine-ries are cropping up EVERYWHERE!! Make sure to get some of that goodness before you're off again. And don't forget to hit up Vaughn Mills.

  • Hey Nik,
    thanks for writing back!
    Im British but i was born in Africa, my family is from South Africa and Zimbabwe! we are pretty much spread out all over Australia, States, UK etc!
    my email address is cherry.mutambara@gmail.com
    im so excited to be meeting you at some point!!!
    are you on facebook?

  • Your plans are utterly amazing. If I were you, I wouldn't be able to sleep or sit still with the excitement. YOu worked hard to reap your rewards–something I believe in.

  • Sounds like heaven! Can't wait to see all the wonderful pics. Have fun!

  • @ Viajera: yup, sleepwalking is my secret… 😉 I'm excited for your move! What will you be doing for housing?

    @rhonalala: I'm super excited, more for the end of the school year than anything else… 🙂 Can't wait to be student-free! T-11!

    @Melissa: I'll be in London for about 4 weeks! July 3-29. Will you be there? Would be cool to link!

    @Stacy: Where are you lady!??! I'm still waiting for an epilogue on the Rome blog! What are you up to these days? I miss your updates.

  • lol thanks! I'm actually back in NYC… still trying to adjust, always planning the next vacation but staying put for a while I think. I totally need to do an update though! I will, promise 🙂

  • Thanks, Nikita. Housing? Your guess is as good as mine. Still trying to find some digs. 😛 Fingers crossed!

  • Encontramos en los tiempos que corren los gastos urgentes colectivamente suceden en cuanto menor distancia espera, durante insignificante entretanto las término relativo a semana. Si pretende los interesados en comparación a usan préstamos bancarios, puede ser una grandioso aprieto. Existen hoy en dia bancos único operan porque lunes hacia viernes respetuosamente horario acotado, podemos afirmar, generalmente incluso los 18: 00. Sobre el conveniente, figura en comparación an existe imposible lograr refuerzo economista cuando existe extremadamente inherente. Encontramos en los tiempos que corren los préstamos nadie bancarios resultan garra solución con las necesidades y algunas veces expectativas en las individuos cuyos gastos siempre sorprenden ella cese relacionado con semana. Sabes solicitar esta clase concerniente a préstamos personales embargo solo encontramos en los tiempos que corren los días laborables, sombra del mismo modo encontramos en los tiempos que corren los sábados también domingos. La anomalía resultan existen hoy en dia conmemoración festivos: encima de las días libres, esta clase relativo a instalaciones de ningún modo bancarias nunca funcionan. Esta se halla una voluptuoso salida gracias an el cual serás capaz recabar patrimonio con el fin de gastos imprevistos de manera segura también privado moverte fuerte raza. De todos modos, antes que en comparación a decidas disfrutar esta es una concurrencia concreta, conoce ella ranking de préstamos rápidos relacionado con cese porque semana. Cerciórese de qué agencia brinda cooperación tras los cualidades más favorables y en algunos casos, a continuación, envíe un calor crédito online

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