I have been gone for the last week to my sisters place in Vancouver ... originally it was to help with her kids, babysitting, picking up and delivering to different activities while her husband was out of town. So I booked the flight and then plans changed and he didn't go. However the ticket was purchased and non refundable so I went anyways. Kind of frustrating because normally I would have visited for a long weekend and it wouldn't have messed up my schedule so badly. However it was fun and I did a massive amount of walking as they only have one car (way ahead on my km's now).
In some ways I like Vancouver, its pretty and getting around without a car is not that difficult however they live downtown and I realized that I am spoiled for noise and space. I find it stressful with the constant traffic noise and everything is so crowded. People have that private / blank way of being that says 'I am in my own space ... do not enter'. Still managed to work in several acts of kindness, one on the bus with some elderly chinese ladies that were totally suprised when I moved so they could sit together in a bank of four seats. They were cute ... thanking me profusely in broken english. Helped a lot of ladies with strollers and babies, we must be having a baby boom ... they were everywhere! There was a lot of hesitation and doubt on their faces when I offered to help, such a shame that they have to worry about whether to accept help ... Is it safe? Is she crazy? Will she ask me for money or smell bad or invade my space in some unacceptable way?
Can't fit the horsewisk or tai chi in the front yard (its really tiny) you have to go to the park a couple blocks away and everybody looks at you funny, which is awkward.
I have not developed the city mode of being in my own space in a crowd where I can close out all that other stimulus and put out the 'I am in my own space ... do not enter' vibe. Not sure I would do well living in the city? Very glad to be home!
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