spy vs spy

I'm in Montreal enjoying my honeymoon. It's our second day here - just taking it all in. I miss it here, but I'm pretty glad I don't live here full time. This city has a vibrant brilliance to it, but a real gloom as well. Summertime is perfect for that dualistic feel. Jess and I have been really growing together. I'm very happy that we did it this way. When you know, you know. People have always said it to me that way, it just took awhile to find it for myself.

I've been ready to enter a new stage in life, and she is my perfect opportunity. A match. Enough of that for now

We had a blast at Jana's cottage, and plan on spending a couple of days out in the country here in Québec after we leave Montreal. Once that's over, I'm headed back home. I've got some stuff to finish up before school starts - plus I need to replenish my cash stack. This is my last year of school. I'm so happy it's finally over. Again, I'm glad that I did it the way that I did. I needed a few good years of living before I got lost in the shuffle of the real world. Now I'm looking forward. I plan on traveling once I get my diploma, most likely teach English in Japan or elsewhere in Asia perhaps. Some idyllic Japanese fishing village with plenty of time to ourselves sounds perfect. Probably just for a year or so.

While Louisville will always be my true home, I'm more than likely going to set anchor here in Canada. It's just too perfect. Plus I don't have to wait for Barack to get his shit together before I get health coverage.

It's true

I got hitched.

Tango til they're sore

I did this last week. Except I got a little lost along the way towards the end. The maps I had with me were kinda shitty -- plus I had a flat along the way, so darkness had a factor in how late it took me to arrive at the Hostel.

I've definitely felt welcome here in Canada. I've found my people -- of sorts. I'd never be inherently Canadian, but I've created a root here -- maybe someday an anchor.

This weekend, I'm going camping with a few close friends. We're only going about 40 minutes out of town, but it's a decent park with a river and a lake. I may buy a second tent -- for extra people this weekend, plus I'll have a better backpacking tent if I do it that way. I've already acquired the world's most awesomest hammock.

My Spanish is passable, I went to a taqueria this afternoon and had a decent chat, partly because I was looking for pulque or bohemia, but mostly they wanted to know what an American was doing up there. I told them "the same thing as you are" en espanol. Jana lives here in the Portuguese neighborhood of Toronto, so it's nice to be surrounded by decent people speaking their native tongue all day long. I should give it a shot if I get around to it. I wonder if I could get a good day's lesson in before I leave.