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Catching up with, well, me.

I never know how I feel about posting these types of blogs. It's the equivalent of someone posting anything on facebook and me completely ignoring it because who still posts things on facebook?

Oh, the irony...

This will be a "let's catch up with Jay" post as I usually do when a big change is coming. So if you care as little as you should, I won't be offended if you don't stick around to read.

So I'm down to my last week in Thunder Bay (I hope) and wow, what a ...lack of a feeling I have about it. I'm kidding, I actually liked this place, more than I thought I would. It's been a crazy ride. I can't even remember much of the summer I spent here back in 2015, or much of the first year now that I think about it. It seems like so long ago, but two years went by quite quickly.

I made some great friends and hopefully some good contacts for the future over the last two years. I wish I got to explore the city a bit more, but like a friend said recently, the nature of engineering in school makes it difficult to do those things. All in all, I'm definitely glad I came.

I do have to say though, I miss the family events and birthday celebrations with my family from back home. I can't WAIT for some great home cooked food with more than just hot sauce on it, not paying for laundry and not having to take a bus. And man, do I ever miss my bike.

I'm going home for a short 4ish weeks before I begin the adventure of my life, so far. A glorious 2 months in Europe taking in as much of life as I can before becoming a full-time society contributor.

Speaking of contributing to society, I don't have a job lined up, as a responsible person should after graduating. I really didn't try hard in finding one either... oops.... but I didn't want my Europe plans to interfere with interviews and I'm really lazy when things aren't in the top 5 of my "Things I Need to Get Done RIGHT NOW!" list.

I do have a short online class starting in May, and some Europe prep as well as enjoying the outdoors and all the free time I'm about to experience. No more guilty "I shouldn't be doing this because there are so many more important things to do... CHECK THE DAMN LIST JAY" feelings, like I have right now. So I'm ecstatic about that.

It does feel good to be graduating. I'm proud of myself. But the true test is finding not just a job, but the career I set out to find when I decided to study engineering. I'm sure life has plenty more surprises in store, and I look forward to tackling them, just as I did here in Thunder Bay.

It was lightly snowing here today, by the way. Not that it matters since I don't leave my house, but still, I can't wait to get back to the southern Ontario pre-summer weather.

I'm having a hard time hitting publish on this one. I hate sharing these things mainly because they seem boring from a reader's perspective. Heck, I'm getting bored proof-reading it.

Once exams are done, I'd like to write more frequently. I know I always say that, but maybe one day it'll come true. I also want to take a crack at vlogging daily. Maybe I'll give it a try in May. I'm a little boring and have a total of 11 subscribers on youtube, so maybe it's for no reason. I still want to try it out.

Okay, I've wasted enough time writing this uneducational, unfunny blog post about myself... I'm literally shaking my head as I type this.

Until next time!
J


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