signs you're in canada...

(besides the fact everyone says 'eh' and pronounces 'about' as aboot'. oh, and they say 'sorry' (so-ry) and 'tomorrow' (To-more-oh), too)

i went to the dollar store the other day - a great place for the 'under' employed. except, it's easy to get carried away when everything is 'only a dollar' - a canadian dollar, at that. so, really, it's only 75 ¢. that just doesn't have the same ring to it, though...only had about (um, aboot) $10 CDN. they only take cash at the dollar store, so my visa was useless. for everthing else there may be visa, but for dollarama, it's cash. forgetting the higher taxes, and not counting my items properly led me to spend $12.50 or so. oops. no big deal, just decided i didn't need the cookie-cooling rack or the under-rug mat. to take these items off my reciept the cashier had to get a manager. this caused the people behind me in line to wait. and wait.

i apologized to the woman behind me in line.

'oh, that's fine,' she said, 'no big deal...it's happened to all of us. don't worry about it' she didn't even look impatient! generally, the pace of life is a little different here...the people are different here. i like it. :)

hmm, maybe it's not so bad that i lost my job...

it's amazing how busy you can stay doing 'nothing' - and i don't even watch tv! it's nice to live a low stress life. i debated going to paris...but, in all honestly, i'm chicken to go alone. how silly is that? i've driven across the country 5 times by myself, moved a few times, lived different places - now even in a different country, even though many consider canada just an 'extension' of the united states. (how terrible is that? no wonder americans have such a bad reputation here!), but it's somehow scary when it's *really* new, and i'm *really* alone. a $300 plane ticket is soooo tempting, though...

if i'm doing nothing, i SHOULD be posting here every day. i have lots to say...(don't i always? :) )

my mom's birthday was november 13. she would've been 53. i can't believe it's been 4 years since she's been gone. i miss her.