I can’t believe it is Sunday already. I am loving it here in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec so it will be bittersweet to have to return home tomorrow.
I have a ton of photos to share from my trip so the next week is going to be full of posts about my adventures.
I’m waiting for the ferry at Camp Wavelength and I will always find this sight beautiful.
I’m at Camp Wavelength this weekend! Follow my adventures on Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter. I even found a Pokemon gym near there:
This past weekend, we visited Nash’s hometown in Northern Ontario, Espanola.
I poked around at his old room and trophies.
And adorable paintings!
His father built a stage in their giant backyard and had a party where people performed.
Nash too!
It was a little bit rainy this weekend but we went out when we could to climb the mountain in the backyard and visit the lake.
It’s relaxing to be out of the busy city every once in a while.
I love the business of the city, but I will be in the middle of nowhere this weekend to refresh my brain and release the anxious need to be doing 10 things all the time.
I don’t know if it’s the heat or whatever but I have been feeling so many different emotions this summer: anxiousness, happiness, sadness, nostalgia.
Part of not falling into a hole of depression is realizing that it’s ok to not be happy all the time. It’s like the movie Inside Out. Life is made out of all different thoughts, feelings and experiences that are ours alone.
I’m currently in Sackville, New Brunswick for SappyFest! My best friend drove up here with her newborn yesterday so we all got to experience the festival for the first time!
I haven’t worn glasses in years, which is strange because in grade 5 I would have trouble seeing the chalkboard. Then one day in high school, I decided not to wear them or I lost them (I honestly don’t know why I stopped wearing glasses) and the rest seems to be history.
Weirdly, my eyes seems to have improved. I had my eyes checked and my prescription has actually gone down! I didn’t think that was a thing that was possible. Maybe I ate too many carrots or something.
Anyways, I bought myself a new pair of glasses with my prescription and I think I look 10 years older in them.
It’s amazing how places change in your life time. I grew up in Mississauga and I saw the evolution of Square One. I always thought it was a giant mall, but now it’s like a fancy maze that would take you the whole day to walk through.
When I was 5, I got lost in Square one. I had just acquired a box of pink and purple nerds from a store that was kind of like Biway and was very distracted by reading it. I didn’t get cool candy a lot as a child so it was an exciting occasion.
I looked up from the box to realize that everyone was gone. I had just started school but I was smart enough to find the help desk and very incorrectly tell them my address because I told them I lived on some highway.
Anyway, eventually I found my parents because they made an intercom announcement about a lost child. I don’t know why but this memory still is very vivid in my mind. It was a scary experience back then but it must be insane to get lost in current state of the mall.
Do you have any funny stories about getting lost as a child?
As I said in my cottage photo post, we tipped the canoe over the canoe. I didn’t know how to swim. I had a sudden panic attack but thankfully had a life jacket on. Also, as I discovered, the water wasn’t that deep. I ended up holding the canoe as Nash dragged it to shore.
In that moment, I decided that I should probably learn how to swim. If conditions were different, water deeper, farther offshore, we may have been in some trouble.
I’ve had lessons when I was a child but I seemed to have some fear of drowning that makes me not want to dunk my head in water or lie on my back. Deep down, I mentally don’t think I can float even when people try to guide me through the steps but I’ll try a little harder.
I’ll make a personal goal to learn how to swim enough to survive.
Tiana Feng 