Routine

Life is pretty much back to normal for me here in Canada. Living at home, I am back working at Great Wolf Lodge, and hanging out with my friends. Only thing that is missing is Rick. Some days, it is easy to not see him but I am always reminded of how much I miss him whenever I send him a message knowing that he can't respond for at least eight hours because he is asleep. What scares me is that even though we have been talking at least twice a day, some things are still hard without him here. We went from seeing each other all day every day for over a year to talking on the phone twice a day and texting in between. This scares me because soon he will be leaving the comfort of a friend's couch in Taiwan to actually start his travels. On February 26th, he leaves Taiwan. He comes back to Canada on April 3rd.

I've been thinking a lot about this blog and how much I actually enjoyed writing in it, and whether or not I should continue to write in it. Or maybe if I should start a new blog, we really aren't a couple living abroad anymore. We are now half a couple living abroad and half a couple living in Canada. Lots to think about.

For now, I have my routine here. Work. Hanging out with my mom. Watching my favourite TV shows. Babysitting Aberdeen. Cuddling Atlas. Hanging out with Saher. Planning our next vacation! Repeat. 

I leave you with a picture of my soon to be goddaughter (Aberdeen) and my baby Atlas:

Cutest freakin' kids alive

Four Months in Taiwan

We have officially been in Taiwan for four months. That alone sounds insane but to think that we still have, at least, eight months to go. That sounds even more insane. Especially because our apartment already feels like home so I can't imagine how it is going to feel when it is time to leave.

Ever since Shawn and Tarisha visited, we have both felt an invisible pressure to decide what comes next after Taiwan. I mean that invisible pressure is always there but I feel like its more pronounced since we had some visitors. So what next after Taiwan? I think for myself, teacher's college in September 2014. Hopefully I am accepted to Brock, but I don't have to apply for that until December. Life here feels like it's just on hold, like our life here in Taiwan isn't real life yet.

What I do know is that I have Chinese lessons tomorrow morning at 9:30 so I should head to bed. Goodnight blog readers. I leave you with this quote.