By the time this post is up, I will be three days away from making my move to California. I have packed up and left Vancouver, having enjoyed my final weeks with not only the many close friends I have made there, but my girlfriend who will be staying in Vancouver for now while I begin the MBA journey. (I get to have a home in LA and Vancouver - awesome!) It has been an emotional few weeks, and tomorrow I will be celebrating my sisters wedding as one final party with familiar faces before setting off to LA to make new friends.
As I wrote previously, moving to the US has been one to do list after another. With each task completed comes a new one uncovered, and it seems endless until you get on that plane, sit back and reflect on not only what you've accomplished, but what lies ahead (I write this post from my Vancouver to Toronto flight). While I relax with family and friends this week in Toronto, my roommate will be taking the keys for our Brentwood apartment. From the sounds of our class Facebook page, people are piling in daily, and happy hours are starting to take shape - it's all pretty awesome if you ask me. Of course there still sits an accounting case I should look at, some Parker CMC work to do, and other Anderson related tasks, but just like I told myself during undergrad, 'everything will get done, and everything will work out'.
Yesterday was my last day in Vancouver, and as I posted so on Facebook, what I found amazing was that alot of the people wishing me safe travels and wishes weren't only friends from the last few years, but classmates at Anderson whom I had yet to meet. If that doesn't speak to the culture that Anderson attracts and breeds, I'm not sure what does. Either way, I am getting more excited by the day to meet the hundreds of people I will be spending all of my time with over the coming years.
For now, I will focus on two more food and adventure to-dos!
Week 5 - Food: I've got a bit of a weak spot for ice cream, never mind ice cream sandwiches. Coolhaus (http://www.eatcoolhaus.com) has an awesome line up of ice creams and fresh cookies for great ice cream sandwich concoctions such as this one:
They've got a storefrount in Culver City and a truck...that's dangerous...
Week 5 - Adventure: My Pre-Orientation trip is to Mono Lake next weekend. Located to the east of Yosemite, Mono Lake looks like a great place for some kayaking and hiking, and I'm looking forward to doing all of that while building some memories with some of my new classmates. This view isn't too bad:
Here we go...
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