I know all there is to know about the waiting game...

So I haven't updated in almost a month. Why? Because I'm having crazy fun times in Madrid!

Not.

I'm still in Canada. I never thought I'd say this, but it's boring. Mostly. Well, being in Canada in and of itself is not boring... but when you know all the amazing new things you could be doing... it kind of pales in comparison. The only nice part is that it gives me some time to see folks some more before I go. Case in point: the epicness that was my last (for real this time) night in Guelph. I've met some great people the past month or two, and its a shame that I'm leaving them so soon, but at least I had the chance to meet them at all.

In other news, I'm now staying with my father in Oakville until my visa comes through. It's closer to Toronto, and all around just more convenient for me once the time comes for me to fly to Spain. I'll have to go back to Guelph once to pick up a few things I left and help tidy up the place a bit more, but this is the real deal. I'm out of Guelph for good this time, I think, after almost a decade studying, working, and living in the city. As Samantha aptly said, its the end of an era. In future years, people will refer to these years as the "Brett Age" due to my lasting impression I left on the minds of all citizens of our fair and noble city. Or not.

Regardless of me not being in Spain yet, I've already started the job. Matching TNs, answering frantic emails from worried VPs, sifting through spam, and setting up meetings; all in a day's work. I'm just glad that our Planning Days have ended, and I can get up at a normal hour. Those 4 am days were brutal on my system, even when I got to "sleep in" until 6 am. :) But its worth it, all in all. I know (well, I don't know... I just really really hope) that I will be there soon, and things will be all right again.

In an update on the visa situation, I called and emailed the consulate last week, and still nothing. I'll try again tomorrow and hopefully I will have an answer. But unless a Christmas miracle comes early tomorrow and I get my visa and can find a cheap flight before the week is out, I'm not going to be able to make it to AI Transition Party. Which sucks, as I was really hoping to be able to see some of my EuroCo friends again. At least it will give me another excuse to travel across the continent while I am there!

Spain won this weekend, so good for that at least. It figures that they might win the whole bloody thing before I get into the country.

Now to figure out how to link this to facebook so y'all don't complain I don't write again. :p

10 points for the first person to get the title reference.

-Pan