I know I've been MIA for ages.  Things have been good and busy and different and now I live in a different country, different hemisphere and different everything.

 

Life in Toronto is exciting and cold. I'm pushing myself to be everything I wanted to be before but was too scared to be or too stuck in a rut to do. I'm taking chances and leaping without looking. I'm swallowing my fears and just doing, trying not to think too much.

 

Doesn't that sound scary but exciting at the same time?

 

It's been 2 months since I waved my family goodbye at Melbourne airport and stepped through the gates to passport control. Seven weeks since I landed in Toronto to my new life. Six weeks since I started work and routine and life.

 

I am only seven weeks old really. A baby. Learning to take my first steps and learning that falling is not that scary. Sure, you get bruised and battered but you get up again and you learn.

 

And I'm definitely learning.

 
   

 


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myclette on
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Goodness Mandy, is it really you?  I'm glad you are liking Toronto. I'm sure it's really weird for you toexperience winter in December. How are you adjusting to the opposite seasons?
mandyt on
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Hey! I know, it's almost a year, hasn't it? Let's just say things got busy and I got bored and decided that I needed a change. Boy, is THIS ever a change! I've decided that snow is pretty until you have to leave the apartment and have to navigate over black ice and slush It's all a learning curve and so it's still exciting
shiny on
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Hey! Glad to see you back in the loop again!  Sounds like Toronto and you are treating each other quite well.

-- S
water on
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Hi Mandy, it's great to hear from you again . Are you permanently in Toronto or is this a temporary place? Sounds like you're doing well.

 

I've stopped Uni (for now) and got a bus admin traineeship. So will be learning loads about real work too. Couldn't imagine working in another country at this stage though! You're very brave for doing so.

mandyt on
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I'm here for at least a year - after that, we'll see. It's all going pretty well so far.

 

How's the traineeship going? That sounds exciting! It's a new stage in your life for sure - good luck!!

water on
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Yeah, I had induction today, signed all the papers so that's all oficial. I don't know how it's going because I haven't started yet. I start on Monday and get to write OH & S documentation so it'll be good or at least in my skill set.

 

A year's pretty long, at least even if you don't stay longer, you'll have heaps of friends to visit for holidays.

edr on
Re: *tap* *tap* Testing ... 1, 2, 3 ... anybody out there?
I had no idea you were even contemplating a move! I've missed you a lot, you know. I really hope you catch me up sometime!
mandyt on
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You know, for a long time, I didn't know I was contemplating a move either, but I realised that I was stuck in a rut and I needed something drastic to get me out. This is as drastic as I could think of. It's only for a year at this stage and who knows, maybe it will be shock my system into doing instead of thinking all the time.

 

I'll catch you up - I promise!

edr on
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Yay!
nimbo on
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It's great to hear from you again! I hope you're having a blast! So it's cold, huh? We're enjoying bright, sunny, hot days over here!
mandyt on
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Na, it's COLD!!

I'm talking wind chill of -17 degrees and I know it's going to get colder, but this is bit of a shock to the ol' system, you know?


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