I realize I haven’t written anything for 10 weeks, but trust me when I say it’s been an eventful couple of months. Let me give you a quick run-down.
I moved away from London
My assignment in London came to an end, so it was time for me to head home. It was an amazing eight months, despite having to shelter in place for most of it. Something about being in a situation where you’re forced to make your own fun has a strange, and perhaps ironic, way of bringing people together. I definitely feel like I’ve built a special connection with the friends I made during lock-down. Either way, it was a great assignment, and I’m glad I had a chance to do it.
I quarantined in Canada
As a Canadian citizen, I wasn’t able to return directly to the USA from the UK, so I was required to make a two-week pitstop in Toronto so I could observe a mandatory quarantine. And when I say “quarantine,” I mean a serious quarantine. Like locked-in-your-hotel-room-and-could-get-fined-if-found-in-public. The hotel I was staying at had no food or laundry; both services were suspended due to COVID-19 precautions. I had non-perishable groceries delivered to my room, hand-washed my laundry in the bathroom sink, and resorted to video workouts on YouTube for my daily exercise. It wasn’t as bad as it sounds. It was actually kind of nice to be forced to stay in one place for a while (again).
I moved into a new apartment
It took a couple of weeks of scouring Zillow, a few frantic days of back-to-back viewings, and more Ubers than I would have liked, lugging around not only all my belongings from London, but also all the things I had left in storage in Los Angeles. Needless to say, I’m now settled into a nice spot in Marina del Rey, and it’s just what I was looking for.
I started a new job
I’m still working with the video game company Activision Blizzard, where I was previously part of a rotational program. Now that my last rotation has come to an end, I’ve started a permanent role in the central marketing group. So far, it’s awesome.
I turned 30!
Okay, this is pretty belated. My birthday was actually back in August. In fact, it was the first day I quarantined in Toronto. No iconic milestone birthday bash for me this time around, but I suppose that’s okay because my 20s were a pretty wild decade. I’m looking forward to seeing what surprises come my way over the course of the next 10 years. Not that I’m in any rush, of course.
There you have it. Now you’re all caught up on what I’ve been doing over the past 10 weeks instead of writing these posts. I haven’t even started to talk about the Mulan movie, casting for Ms. Marvel, or the first presidential debate yet. That will all come in due time I’m sure, although who knows what people will still be talking about next week. In any case, I’m planning to get back into the rhythm of this, so expect to see more soon.
Until next time.