Yoga and new friends! Or not.

Oh. Hey there. Remember when I used to blog? Yah. Me too. Those were good times. But then my entire life went from a perfectly comfortable, yet very happy routine to one of complete newness in every single corner and crevice and I had to have a freak out about it every few weeks and find a place to put my hair products and buy fancy pillows for our bed and get used to everyone speaking English all the time. 


In case you're just getting caught up, I left Montreal to move in with the BF in suburbville, Ontario. 


So, how do I even begin to describe the past three months? 

With a list, of course. 

1. New house. When combining two entire households of people's stuff, there is going to be some overlap. So a lot of things get donated to the Salvation Army and a lot of things just get shoved into the basement. Then there will be some disagreements over how many hats one person should have, or how many plaid shirts from the 90s someone in their 30s really needs. And there is going to be some "Lindsay, that is way too girly and I don't want it in our bedroom." And then the guest room basically becomes Lindsay's former bedroom. But otherwise the two people who previously lived five hours apart get to see each other day which is pretty neat. Even if boring golf always trumps What Not to Wear. 

2. New car. Someone asked me recently if I liked driving. I guess because my life in Montreal didn't require a car. There is no liking or not liking it. It's a necessity to get anywhere when you live in the suburbs. Like strip malls. And Walmart. And Costco. Of course I bought the nicest car of all the ones I test drove. And of course I got leather seats. At first, I started yelling at people who were turning on red lights. And then I remembered that I live in Ontario now and that's allowed. Sorry everyone I honked at. I'm new. 


3. New job. It's come to my attention that advertising in Toronto is very different from advertising in Montreal. For one, I've learned a lot of English marketing buzzwords. I can now speak in whole sentences that are just acronyms and buzzwords. And people will understand what I'm saying. It's sort of a fun game. My new agency is much smaller than my previous one, and the people are nice and I like my projects. However, it takes me a total of two hours to get to work. And then another two to get home. And I'm usually pretty grumpy by then. But very well-read. So, at least there's that. 


4. New yoga. I found a yoga studio in Montreal that I loved. Or, more precisely, I found a teacher I loved. And soon after I found him, it was time to move. And then I was sad. Since moving, I've Googled, Tweeted and pleaded to find a new yoga studio in my new neighbourhood. After a few weird classes and even weirder teachers I finally found a place where I sort of not-so-secretly want to spend all my time. In fact, starting in September I kind of will be spending all my time there. I enrolled in a yoga teacher training course. Because you know, the world needs more funny yoga teachers, right? Plus I get to buy school supplies and cool textbooks. Which I've already started reading. Because I'm a keener. But mostly because I have a lot of time on a train in a day. 


5. New friends. This area is a bit, um, undefined. Because I don't have any new friends. I have a couple old friends, but they live in Toronto. Where I don't live. So hanging out with them usually requires some sort of pre-planning and a sleepover and a heavy overnight bag. Because if What Not To Wear teaches us anything, it's that we need a variety of outfits. At least I think that's what it teaches us. I'm not allowed to watch it anymore.