Bright Lights Big City

I got a voicemail from a friend & colleague based in the Calgary, Alberta branch of my company last week. The voicemail said this: "Um...hey...it's me! Avi! And I'm just wondering what has happened to you? You are talking a mile a minute, your voicemail cut me off half-way through my message, and you're already closing deals? Holy cow you people in Toronto move fast! You're so GO GO GO! Call me dude!".

I think this is a tell-tale sign that a) I'm back to the old Dings, and b) this city really is fast-paced!

First day on the job the Huzb and I took the subway into work together - awe! - and as we walked up the stairs at St. Andrews station we both had to stop and stare. Up Up UP. Look at the buildings babe! I said to him. He looked Up, then at me, then cracked a smile. I turned to him and said: "Holy Shit! You're Michael J. Fox and this is Bright Lights Big City!" Needless to say we have been mildly shell-shocked by the size and speed of our hometown. How quickly we forgot as we settled for 2 years in the quaint downtown of Vancouver, nestled between mountains and ocean, with a silent lull of ship horns vaguely in the distance. Am I homesick? How could that be? Nah, just feeling the effects of the transition. But I gotta tell you, I might be rethinking the coffee habit I just kicked...I'm EXHAUSTED!!