trapped in the city.

Even though I've grown up in it all my life, I've never been the biggest fan of The City (and nope, I'm not talking about the 'reality' show with Whitney Port). There's certain aspects of it that I'll always love, but I cherish wide spaces, surrounded by trees rather than tall buildings.

Case in point: yesterday I made the one-hour bus ride to my university. I went earlier to do 'school errands' (which were never completed because their offices suck) and then meet up with The Boy before my Shakespeare night class. It takes two buses to get to my school, so I usually blast my mp3 player while staring out the window.

When I was on the first bus, I noticed someone in my neighbourhood getting on the bus and sitting across from me. He then fell asleep halfway through the bus ride, and never opened his eyes once. I told myself, that once we got downtown, I'd poke the fellow awake. As I was doing this, there was a man standing behind me in his mid-40s, with yellowing teeth, a grey matty mullet, and a baseball cap on. My neighbour opened his eyes and said "thank you, thanks so much" and I got off the bus.

The mid-40s man RAN after me and stopped me in my tracks. I thought maybe he'd praise me for restoring his faith in humanity for being so nice (haha, I'm so full of myself) but instead he said, "I noticed you on the bus, you're really pretty. Is there any chance we could hook up sometime?" Now, I thought I had misunderstood, or my mind was playing tricks on me. I still my earphones in and asked, "Pardon?" hoping that I was just being silly.

But no. He asked if I could hear him and repeated, "You're a pretty girl. I was wondering if there was any chance we could hook up sometime?" I nearly puked in front of him, since my mind has that habit of visualizing whatever the person is saying (yuck). I just said, "Um, no. I don't do that." And walked away. Which was awkward, since we both crossed the same street, but I made sure to stay far, far away.

So once me and The Boy met up, after not completing any of our 'school errands', we grabbed ourselves some strawberry cheesecake Drumsticks (delicious!) and then went on a two-hour hike in the forest by the lake behind our university. A place I didn't even know existed. There, I didn't have to worry about any creepy men calling me 'pretty girl'. Instead, I had The Boy hold me and call me a 'sexy woman', which I consider a compliment!

I still love being where I am, but sometimes I feel trapped in the city. So it's nice to know these kinds of places exist! Even when I broke out into song on the trail and then swallowed four teeny flies and choked for ten minutes ... even then.

And on a totally different but fabulous note, BonBon Rose is having an awesome giveaway! These two girls are amazing, so you should definitely check out their giveaway and the many other great finds found on their blog!

Plus, I decided to make my Wednesday Wishes a bi-weekly thing, since I'll probably eventually run out of places/cities to dream about. But my Simple Smiles will be every Monday! Now I'm off to lay down in my backyard. Have a great hump day!