I’ve been more absent than I’d like over the last week or so. My new job has started. I was always supposed to move to North Bay for a couple of months for this one, but I was supposed to move in mid-August. Instead, on my first day of work I was told I was leaving at the end of the week. So I moved a week ago today and I am now living in a hotel near Lake Nipissing.
I’m sure, at some point, I will have time to actually go see the lake. I would also like to do a couple of short road trips. Someone was telling me about Cobalt, Ontario, today, and I might have to go check it out. I would also like to see Callander, which I have driven past a few times, but never actually visited.
Right now I’m working 8-til-8, and it’s high stress. It pays well, though, so I have promised myself it is paying for my travels. I’m going to hoard all I can, and go away as soon as it’s done. As a symbol of this promise, I bought my sturdy hiking boots specifically for travel. I’m wearing them every couple of days to break them in so they’ll be nice and comfy when I’m ready to go. I’m also starting the process of renewing my passport. Little steps, but they’re symbolic. Or something.
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