The curse of the blog: not posting

A full month has passed since my last entry, which might be the result of a few things:

- more time pressure at work, with purchase loans needing to close by June 30th to qualify for the Federal tax credit;
- burning out on over-thinking the move; or maybe just
- not being as stressed about the move.


I found out a week after booking the flight that we'll be there right in the midst of the G20 economic summit, with (probably not coincidentally) being bumped from our hotel downtown to one in the suburbs (but a bump up to a 3 1/2-star hotel, which will be nice) and very close to the Toronto Zoo.  It's the feeling of "hey, it's a big city, things like this are to be expected and worked around," not one of inconvenience.  Travel is all about being adaptable, and that'll be part and parcel of finding my way around anyhow, and if it's chaotic downtown with the expected protests and heightened police presence, it'll be a relief to get a better night's sleep than I might if all of that was happening almost right outside our window.


The thing I love about traveling is the random exploration; the thing I'm not liking as much about moving is not knowing where to live except for the twin goals of being near a subway stop and not being in a ground-level apartment for safety reasons. (Plus the other goal of not living in a far-flung suburb far from the city center - having the school some distance is enough.)  Anytime I chance to read something in a Twin Cities publication or see something advertised on television, I instantly have a mental map of where it is; I don't want to trust someone who's simply trying to rent a hard-to-rent unit in a part of town where there's no convenience store within walking distance to get a gallon of milk, or with poor public transit access that will make it hard for Jen to get to a job, or where it's simply not safe.  But, like so much with this whole experience, going with my gut has led me to the answers I've needed to find, and I'm confident that this will be no different.


There's so much wonder and hope to discover, and we'll begin discovering that in earnest in just ten days.