Hello there. It has been a while, hasn’t it? Yes, I did make it back home safely. Aside from the slight black ice scare, the remainder of the road trip has been relatively uneventful. The only other slight mishap was when the car developed a rock chip on the front windshield from the sand being applied onto the road at Banff. I heard a LOUD bang, and immediately noticed a 1 inch crack right by the edge of the passenger side. I wasn’t too worried. As of today, the crack has spread to approximately 10 inches long.
Unfortunately, we are still in the midst of a global pandemic with Covid. The new Omicron variant is as the most contagious variant so far, and my family nearly had a scare after being (potentially) exposed to a co-worker who was infected. Luckily, the test turned out negative.
I figure I’d write a little status update of what my situation is currently.
Also, I just picked up a new toy. Check this out…
My new toy…
I will be installing this once the weather is warmer. I plan to use this with a small 3quart Instantpot that will consume 600watts or so. I am sick and tired of eating fast food from McDonalds, A&W and Tim Hortons. Being able to buy food from local grocery stores would be quite nice!
Below is a small redacted snippet of a recent entry of my personal journal. It documents my current state of mind, along with what my plans are for the near future.
I’m so ANGRY at everything right now. I feel robbed of everything dear to me. I have sacrificed so much to be where I am. <…> I finally got around to begin to fulfill my life goal of driving coast to coast across Canada solo in my car. My Mother tagged along for the first leg of the trip in 2019 because she wanted to try it, and also so she could do her Grandmother duties when she got to Vancouver. I didn’t mind, since I figured I could enjoy the return trip back to Toronto as she stayed. But because of natural causes, I had to rush back home to escape a massive snowstorm along the way. Yet I was optimistic I could do it again the next year. Then Covid hit. Next year, I drove my Mom again to Vancouver, this time in the Accord. And I drove back in a Winter storm. This was significantly less enjoyable, since I was unable to make stops along the way in order to minimize Covid exposure. Again, I was still hopeful I could finally do it in 2021.
I have owned the BRZ since Spring of 2019. It is currently 2022. I have owned the car for almost 3 years now, yet I have only driven it for less than 6 months. I know it is stupid to put so much emotion to an inanimate object. A machine. But every time I walk past the car, it gives me hope that perhaps, this year, I can make the second leg of my road trip. And many more after that. As I said to my friends, I’m not picky about my food, or the clothing I wear. I’m very picky about the type of car I am seen driving.
So I promised myself last fall, that no matter what, I would be driving the BRZ come spring time. I had so much planned.
I hope I get to keep that promise.