Is this real life?

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I’ve been feeling pretty uninspired lately. Plus, I’ve been in a bit of a funk, and haven’t really felt like writing anything.

This morning when I left for work, the sun was out. Something this simple after months of darkness in the morning really cheered me up. The sun was beating down on my face while I rode the train into Toronto. I felt so amazing with the light on my cheeks and listening to The Strokes Is This It?

I’m hoping that will the arrival of spring will help cheer me up and liven up my spirits.

One of the blogs I follow, soul emaciation;, the owner has Formspring and posts the questions and answers on her blog.

For some reason, I decided to get an account. Think of it as a little social experiment with no real conclusion in the end.

If you want to find me, I’m here.

For the past four months, I’ve been commuting to work via GO Train, and lately it has really been taking a toll on me mentally and physically. The first two and a half months were not a problem, wake up, get on the train, work, get on the train, go to sleep. But just before Christmas is when I started noticing that I was really tired all the time, exhausted doesn’t even seem like the correct word to describe how I was feeling. I began napping on the train (two and from work) and I felt like a zombie while at work. It was mutually decided that Travis and I really needed to move downtown because he was starting to feel the same way.

Travis and I had been looking at apartments, condos and lofts in the downtown core for months, but when the new year rang in, we took it a lot more seriously. Late last week, Travis and I went for our first showing. The place was located right in between where our jobs are located, so the commute, or lack there of, was about a 10 minute walk. The building was fabulous, modern, and was once a hotel, but half is now converted into condos, the things Travis and I are really looking for in a place.

We walked in and reality sunk in. It was small, really small. Not quite 600 sq feet small. Having lived in a house my whole life I was used to having a lot of space to move around in. This place you could turn around and you would have seen everything. That was one strike. Strike two was that there was no lighting in the living room or bedroom, and the lighting in the kitchen and bathroom were too dim. Strike three was that parking was extra. Travis and I want to keep my car for at least the first year, and not having a readily available parking spot is a problem. Having to hunt down a parking spot and pay another $150-$200 more a month is too much money.

And so the search continues. We found four more places we are interested in, so hopefully we can see them this week without being told that the places are already gone or that there is a bidding war between two couples (like we have experienced before.)

My and Travis’ goal is the find a place and move in no later than the middle of March. I can’t wait to see even more places and finally make the big move.

This was the first result, and I think it’s very fitting. I’ll stick to it. Find yours here.

This is the gorgeous poster that Travis designed for me for our 1 year anniversary on December 26, 2009.

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Danka and Mugshot Santa want to wish you a very Merry Christmas!

I decided to start a picture-a-day for Danka. The idea came to me last night in the midst of tears and sniffles. Everything is up and running on my Flickr page in the Set called Danka-a-Day.

I’ll blog something longer when I can manage to not ball my eyes out every time I write the word cancer. Until then, please check out her pictures as I update them.