If there was a hangover to report, it was blown away by the cool wind that blew through the streets of Toronto this morning. It was only a few hours ago that I walked back and the streets were buzzin, the lights were dancing and the rooms spinning. Now, the show had to move on to the final stop before the big flight home. One cool thing about flying back to the USA was that I got my Immigration clearance here in Toronto. Instead of having to go through the whole immigration nervousness that I encountered in San Francisco, I had to do it here in Toronto. I wasn’t so nervous this time but it also meant that once I got into San Francisco, I got straight off the plane, collected my bags and then ... read more

I have no idea how I got here, but I awoke at 11am to find myself on one of the recliners in the lounge room. It wasn’t a bad bed at all! The only people who were awake were Tash and Spencer; Tash had gone to work and Spencer has gone to his mom’s house. I went for a walk out to the balcony but it was a little chilly, so I stepped back inside and the radio was still on. There were plenty of old rock classics to be heard and I drifted in and out of sleep, only to be awoken by something I hadn’t seen for nearly 8 years. The chilled winds had gotten even colder and before too long, the grass in the apartment complex courtyard started turning white. Soon after, ... read more

I hardly unpacked last night, but since Baz is so huge, there was a little bit of drama fitting him back into the luggage. He must have helped himself to some pumpkin squash while everyone was sleeping! Phil thought about calling in to work sick or just showing up whenever he wanted to. He has been working some crazy hours getting the new Home Depot store in town ready for their opening day and he hasn’t even been sleeping properly. He drives Kryssie and myself down to the airport and we hang around for a bit until we see Kryssie’s mom, Jade as well as a family friend show up. I don’t mind waiting around at the airport for another two hours while I wait for my plane back to Toronto, but the four girls ... read more

I woke up at 2am because my tooth was aching very badly. I went to brush my teeth and wash it out several times but the pain wouldn’t subside. I didn’t have any painkillers or aspirins on me so I went for an early morning walk around to find any store that would sell anything to alleviate my pain. I went back to walk up Yonge St and there was still the calmness and safeness that I hadn’t experienced in any other Northern American city at night. For once, I felt safe to be out at night by myself. I continued walking around but I only found a coffee house called Tim Horton’s, where I bought a bottle of water as well as a hot coffee. There was a bum that was outside the store ... read more

The cats definitely kept me warm all through the night. Dani said that it was one of the coldest nights lately but I didn’t feel such coldness. All I felt was the seediness of way too many Otter Creeks as well as combined beers from karaoke. I did all my packing last night and so did Dani so it wasn’t too long after we woke up that we began on our way at 10am. It was a perfect Saturday morning in the season of Fall, to be out. A convoy of RVs had the same idea and we were stuck behind them for about 30 miles as they cruised down the roads, having a look at all the leaves changing on all the trees by the side of the road. In all our ranting and ... read more