I had a moment tonight where it was just James and I and we were doing something together. It was spontaneous and exactly what I needed at that exact moment. I'm so very thankful that those moments exist and I'm reminded that, though our surroundings may alter and our "normal" turned on its head, we'll have each other through it all and, very likely, more of those moments.
And, just to really bring this back on topic to London, here:
As mentioned before, my cultural experience, where London is concerned, consists mainly of overly-curated film and television selections. I don't mind this one bit, but it occurred to me that I'd like to find the London equivalents for all the various city-specific online content I dearly enjoy here in Ottawa. My very first foray into this turned up The Londonist. This seems like a pretty all-around site for information and news-like items, however, I'm still trying to search out something a little more finely tailored to my interests. The search continues, however passively, for the time being.
On the plus side, London, unlike Ottawa has a far wider variety of iPhone and iPad apps in all sorts of categories. Perhaps I'll write up a little about them in the next little while.
Ok, can I just say, I have nothing mind-blowing or insightful or overly humourous to say. I'm just really relishing the idea that I'm going to be living in London soon. When the years started passing and James and I set up some roots here in Ottawa, I truly believed my "get up and move a zillion miles away" stage was over and that I'd missed my chance. But here it is and I'm spending a lot of my waking hours thinking about how lucky we are and how much of an adventure this is all going to be. And in London, of all places.....when I used to think, in my internal story, where I'd imagine myself living it has always been London. *sigh*
Not everyone gets the chance to uproot themselves and start over somewhere in the safest and most secure situations. We really do have an incredible opportunity unfolding for us.
