'celebratory' dinner

Wednesday 20th 2009----Amy planned a 'celebratory' dinner for me in refusal to calling it a farewell' dinner. She's so funny. It was really nice to see my friends come together and wishing me well. We went to an amazing restaurant titled faux bourgeois and the food was amazing. I personally don't like planning farewell parties...or any parties in particular b/c i've come to realize i make a really bad hostess. So i'm thankful that Amy had put this together or else i would have missed having dinner with some of my closest friends. I feel very lucky to have met this group of people and have enjoyed myself tremendously.

My mother

After i told my mum about my plans to Montreal she has been really worried. My appreciation for her worries oscillates between being grateful that I am loved and being annoyed that her constant naggings are repetitive. I simultaneously need her and rely on her to keep reminding me to be careful and be organized and wish she would let me make my mistakes and gain some sense of freedom.
Little by little, I had let her know the truth of my plans to travel and I am so grateful she is taking it all right at the moment. This is a little scary and I have all the support system and the emergency rescue ready on stand-by, but the thing is, I want to do this on my own. One year would pass right by and I will come back to finish four courses with a renewed frame of mind on who I am and what I would like to pursue. I can't imagine repeating another senseless semester without doing this. I need to move out of the comfort of my home where everything is provided for me to understand a different standpoint. I want to learn things that I can't learn being stuck in one place. I don't know whether my mum could understand this--the same women who refuses me to driving on a highway. But I am grateful she is supportive of my decision to move away. ...This will only get easier...fingers crossed