As I sit at gate E73 in Pearson (YYZ) waiting for my flight to Narita (NRT), I can't help but notice how much has changed since I started flying semi-regularly. It's not surprising that things have changed in the airport, it had been somewhat ill-suited for people waiting around on their laptops for quite a while. Last time I went to Japan a year and a half ago, I had to balance my laptop on my knees while I enjoyed the free wifi that was finally available. The first time I went two years before that, there was no free wifi and I napped on the floor because I'd arrived for my flight 4 hours early (the joys of taking a shuttle from 2.5 hours away).
It's not just the airport that's changed, of course. Last time I flew to Japan I was squeezing in some time with daid (my other half) before going back home to London to do some work and then running off to a conference for which I was perpetually in the wrong time zone. This time, I'm leaving for almost two months and returning for vacation. Instead of cramming in as much time together before being separated for a large portion of the year, we get to move in together (it only took us a bit more than 2 years of being married to get around to that).
The big change that allows this to happen is, of course, the fact that I've graduated. I no longer have anywhere in particular to be so I can be with daid instead of us being apart. As a result of these changes (the graduation and the moving) I've decided to start this blog. I'll try to write at least weekly (aiming for Mondays), but perhaps I'll find enough interesting things to say that I'll write more often.
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