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In simple terms I moved to Alberta back in March for one basic reason: Alberta has jobs. At the time, I wasn't thinking about the fact that moving without any plans to become a student in Edmonton would mean that I would have to become a resident of Alberta.
Now I'm a prairie girl, and Edmonton does a fine job of being prairie, but I'm also, at heart, a Saskatchewanian, or Saskatchewanite, or whatever incredibly long word you want to use to describe someone who has her roots planted immutably in that particular soil.
My friends' parents tend to come from amazing other places, but my parents are both from small-town Saskatchewan. My grandparents ran the Co-ops, taught at the local schools; one acted as the Mayor (I think) of Saskatchewan towns. It's my home, it's my back-home, it's my history.
Of course, it has been good to get away from. Because as much as I love it, as much space as there seems to be there, I needed more room to grow. So here I am, trying to figure out who I am and what I want my life to look like. Life is far from perfect, or even pretty at this point, but I'm trying to press onward, find a place, stick it out.
Which, I guess, is the short answer to the question "why Edmonton?" I have my prairie sky, the wind and sun I love, and I have space, in a way that I couldn't in Saskatchewan. Space to stretch out into, in my quest to find out who I am.
And who am I?
Hi, I'm Hayden, nice to meet you.
I'm a 24-year-old, striving to be an earth-mother, with no kids, and giant dreams (the need for big sky is connected to this). I bake, I knit, I read. I watch television discerningly, or I'm trying to. I love the Prairie, and Montreal, and most colours of blue.
I walk everywhere I can. I miss my friends. I don't like spicy foods, but I'm trying. I like being alone. I don't get along with my parents. I'm underpaid, and overworked. I like music, movies, fun, long walks on the beach. I don't like candlelight dinners unless you can still see your food clearly.
What about you?
