I'm going to strong-arm myself into being brief with this post because I don't want to cause unnecessary embarassment/attention towards someone who might not want it. I do try my best to take out other people from my blog as I know they might not always want a mention. Thankfully, I don't do too much with other people so it's not usually a problem.
Anyway, today was another beautiful day weather-wise so I headed out to meet Joseph for some ice cream and lemonade in the Annex. We go to the Annex all the time - to the cinema, to the pub, for sushi, for books, for videos...etc. I kinda consider it to be more my neighbourhood than my real neighbourhood [as glamourous as it is]. My friend Seth [who I think sometimes reads my blog] has lived in the Annex for a year or two [or maybe more? I am very bad @ realizing the passage of time] and while I dutifully point out his apartment to people [well, the vague direction of his apartment] I have never seen him. In fact, I haven't seen Seth in years. Until today when I had a chance encounter with a friend that I haven't seen in over six years. Generally speaking, I don't have a lot of these chance encounters, although people are always telling me that Toronto is so very "small world" - there might be 3.6 million of us, but you bump into the same people over and over.
It was wonderful to see him again - he was such a big part of my life for the first three years that I lived in Toronto. Only now I will say that he seems calmer and more relaxed [I think the opposite is true of me, so perhaps I'm the ultimate bad influence]. We hugged [yes, I think I kinda initiated a hug - which is quite huge for me], I asked him if he wanted to go for coffee with us [a throwback to the hours and hours we wasted @ Starbucks on Queen West that first year in Toronto] - he couldn't...but who knows? Maybe we will run into each other again...[or maybe not]...
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I know people who are always running into people they know. I'm not one of them (possibly because I'm rarely aware of what's going on around me). Anyway, I'm glad you ran into your friend.
I'm generally hyper-aware of what's going on around me. However, I really struggle to recognize faces - even of people who I know really well. I don't want to go up to someone unless I'm sure it's them...so often I let people walk on by. Also, my social inhibitions often get the best of me and I will duck away before I can be spotted.
You are coming really close to the 365 day mark! My hubby is someone who is always running into someone they know.
Yes, I am coming close to 366 - it's pretty scary. I feel as though I haven't even done half of the things on my list. The year has gone by in a flash!
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