… it’s not a destination if you don’t leave it.

Yes folks, most of you know already but I have accepted an offer to continue to study planning for Grad School at Waterloo. It was not an easy decision, but I truly think there is more of an opportunity for me here.

Even during the applications process, I have always been torn between two sides of the decision scale: having a vibrant urban life versus an opportunity to advance myself professionally in transit.

It would be easy to go to U of T; all of my friends are there, my family is there, and most importantly, I would get to actually live in the ‘bohemian’ lifestyle that I have always wanted.

Instead, I settled to live again in suburbia. Not any suburbia, small-town suburbia.

Haha, wow. My entry is truly Debbie Downer. Let me snap out of it.

Don’t get me wrong though, I am still truly very excited about grad school. I think there’s great opportunities to see improved transit in mid-sized cities like KW, Hamilton and London, and hopefully I’m here at the right time.

I am excited to work with a good professor whom I admire, and it would be good to continue to strengthen my working relations with the faculty. Plus, I will be cool to continue to experience all the revitalization that is going on in Waterloo Region.

As a compromise to my dream for urban living, I hope to live in Uptown Waterloo. If anyone knows of anyone wanting to be my roomie, don’t hesitate to let me know.