Day 1:
My eyes were sore and puffy from crying for two full days before leaving,I got a speeding ticket 30 minutes into the drive (And up goes my Albertan car insurance),My cats peed in the kennel and rolled around in it before we could pull over,The cats finally slept, but so did my copilot, and I could not.
Day 2: The movers arrived, half of my furniture sat outside as it wouldn’t fit into our house,We can’t unpack fully as we don’t fit in this home and don’t want to repack,We slept on my mattress on the floor because the boxspring wouldn’t fit (Still better than the floor the previous week).
Day 3: We ate takeout like we had been doing for a week straight already, We began growing antsy wanting to be settled somewhere, We spent $500 on new house things as we threw everything away to save money (makes sense)We scoured the internet for homes and struggled to find one, We found one but it was not perfect, We realized that we cannot afford as much as we hoped and it was time to reassess.
Day 4: I ubered to work out of fear of not knowing where to park (Calgary is the second most expensive in the world – go figure),I had my first day of work, I didn’t hate it, I actually really loved it, I came home to an empty house and realized I miss my loved ones dearly, My roommate had her first day visiting her school, We ate vegan butter chicken without the butter n’or the chicken. Day 5: I drove to work and found a way to cheat a parking system (Insiders tips), I learnt that Kylo is a literal fraidy-cat, he is afraid of the window and people upstairs,I went to the gym for the first time in a week (I need to work out more),We came home to the power out, police along our road, and no heat,We decided to look for a 2 bedroom apartment.
Days 6,7,8… 256? My sister will visit next week, My family and friends will come here eventually.You can say we will find a suitable home that we can afford,That I will love my job more than ever before, We will eventually not have to spend more money, That my roommate will learn how to turn without crossing her hands over the wheel, and that we will be okay, each day seems to improve, Even in the slightest
But then winter will happen.And it will be time to learn new things all over again.
But I can’t wait because this has been a really good decision. I might miss my loved ones, I might feel like everything is in shambles, but there’s something about this city that feels right. It feels like it could become home.