Leaving Lennoxvegas (again)

I may have been putting off updating this thing for a few days... I kept thinking I should, but then I couldn't work out what to actually write, so it just didn't happen.

But I'm going to Montreal in a few hours to see my mother and sister :D I'm actually really excited. Webcam just isn't the same - particularly when it keeps breaking up and not cooperating. I think I'm pretty much ready to go. I've emptied the fridge of any perishables, packed my bag and dropped off the (single) fish with the neighbour. I even saw the bus I need to get go past when I was getting some more toothpaste, so I actually know which schedule it's following today. It's a better time than I thought. From what I could work out, the schedule I thought it would be following had all the buses getting to the depot just before the hour. All the coaches to Montreal leave on the hour.

Thankfully there are a couple I can get that arrive around half-past, so I'll have plenty of time when I get there to organise my ticket etc. Plus I have a little bit of freedom about whether I get the 12.13 or the 1.13. Either works.

I think my mother and sister are in the air right now. I think we annoyed my sister by sending about 36 comments (according to the count on facebook, anyway). I don't think there are too many from after she switched off though.

I baked my sister some gluten free cupcakes yesterday. I think there was something wrong with one of the ingredients, because the batter smelled a bit strange; but they taste fine and the one I had yesterday didn't kill me. I'm guessing they're probably safe. I wonder if that's why my hand was spasming this morning... It's fine now, but I have issues with that hand anyway, and I was using it to beat the ingredients together. Who knows; I'm fine now.

My first Christmas on my own was ok. I wasn't lonely or depressed, and it was kind of nice having a quiet day. I didn't open my present until I was showered and dressed and everything, so it was after 12 before I actually opened it. I could have done it earlier, I suppose; but it's kind of tradition not to open until everyone has finished getting up properly. We used to have to wait until Daddy had finished sorting whatever part of dinner it was that needed doing, as well. I don't actually know what he did in the kitchen the whole time, but I guess it was important...

I quite like living on my own. I always thought I'd be a bit weirded out by the empty house, but Iactually like it. I think it's an improvement on living with people you don't get on with or who don't have the same levels of mess-tolerance.

I passed my first semester it BU. I rather like this way of doing things; where first semester ends before Christmas hols. I don't need to feel like I should be doing something more productive with my time.

I should probably get the washing up done before I head off. I think I might go for the 1.13 bus, because then I'll have time to eat lunch and do a last tidy before I get going. It's only 11am at the moment, but I'm not hungry enough to eat yet - even if I have been awake since about 6.30. I'll finish the coffee before I wash up though.

I can't believe it's been nearly four months since I've seen my mother and sister. Admittedly last year I went six months without seeing my sister, but it's still strange. I can't wait!