Went to Seattle with the family to visit relatives today - trying to catch everyone before I head. Read Time Traveller’s Wife all day. Half way through, I was so moved that I was constantly tearing up and had to take breaks to prevent crying. I have 20 pages left and I can’t go on. It’s my favourite type of love story, tragically blissful with predetermined doom… I don’t know if I can watch the movie.

Call me an old soul, but I firmly believe that true, passionate, undying love that you see in the movies, once quoted by Kirstie Allie in that horrible movie, “It Takes Two,” as that “can’t-eat, can’t-sleep, reach-for-the-stars, over- the-fence, world-series kind of stuff,” must be beautiful, brief, painful, tragic, and most of all, doomed. My favourite love stories always feature the latter. We have Romeo and Juliet, tristan and Isolde, and now… Henry and Clare from the Time Traveller’s Wife (there are probably others that I just can’t think of right now..)
Ultimately, I love stories that can break my heart into a thousand pieces, over and over until it’s a glassy, sharddy mess and just when Im almost through with the book - it stomps right into my heart-pile and crushes it just a little bit more.
It also strikes me, because I don’t remember another ‘recent’ novel that has struck me in this way. I haven’t blogged or had ’serious’ thoughts for a while on account of my upcoming move but… This was phenomenal. Still can’t bring myself to read the last 20 pages….

Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers, but, dressed in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a common table and mess together, feeding out of the common store according to their appetite. - Middlemarch

A very rough and jagged timeline of the next two months…Updated as life progresses.
May 30th - Have Zack’s new laptop up and running. Dismantling my own desktop to sell for parts.
June 14th - Last day at Cruise Experts Travel.
June 15th - Train tickets booked.
June 25th - Home Phone disconnected.
June 30th - All unnecessary furniture sold. MacBook Unibody 2.4ghz ordered.
July 4th-5th - Trip to Seattle with the family to visit my relatives
July 10th - First years class schedule released.
July 12th - ‘See You Later’ Party at Riverfront Park picnic area
July 15th - Place Ikea order per the 2010 Catalogue.
July 17-19th - Portland Trip with the girls
July 19th - Change all mail addresses. Call Rogers to set up new wireless plans. Book car rental for the first few days.
July 22nd - Fireworks
July 24th - Last Day at Economical. Free for All party
July 26th or 28th, 10:00am - departure