Yes, human connections take time. I spent my summer away, in a place of mountians, trees and the ocean. I was with family and friends feeling completely content away from here. Now I'm back, my world has reconnected. Just yesterday, I was down town shopping and hanging around - ran into not one but four different friends i haven't seen in sometime -It always happends, no matter where i go, I will run into a connection. In all fairness, I have lived here for about 17 years....I came from nowhere and didn't know a soul here. But i'm not alone here, why the other day some lady stopped my in the parking lot of a grocery and asked if I was happy, i replied half heartly that i was okay, she then, handed me a posey of beautiful flowers and told me to have a terrific day! For me, this city is one of serendipity, random kindness and comfort of the famliar and the constant...all in a laid back sorta way. Sometimes i think victoria is not for the young and the restless, its a city for those who know what they want and have obtained it. wE live in our vairious little communities and we find content in that. I have participated in various events and love how all the communities connect whilst keeping each identity individual. For example, the Sidney street market....brings out half of Sidney, its a smashing social success. I've then gone to the down town market durning the summer and seen folks from the sidney market, if its a community event one will ALWAYS run in to someone familar. I have always thought and found this city as sooo connected.
I hope you find your place here one day, I really do, and if not here - at heart.

Oh shit I totally forgot about the shit.