I love walking downtown. It's my number one thing to do, right now. The thing is, I just can't walk downtown without a purpose, there needs to be a reason for me to go outdoors and well, walk around. when I have something that needs to be done, I'm all over it.

This is where I realized something, again. always with these revelations, allison..

yes, in less than two years, I will be moving out of this town. maybe temporary, maybe permanently, time will tell, etc. but the point I'm making is that for time, I will not be living in this somewhat small town.
it doesn't faze me though, and yet it also doesn't excite me.
When I walk downtown, I say hi to everyone I pass. sometimes I ask how they're doing. small talk with strangers is something I kinda love, because I know there's a possibility I may never say hello to them ever again, which gives me sort of a confidence boost. weird, yeah, whatever, etc, moving on, I always say hi. they always say hi back. usually everyone is so friendly. today I had a great chat with a woman about math exams, and the pins on my knapsack. yesterday I had a lenghy conversation about work schedules, halifax and subway cookies. the point of me saying all this, is that if I were to move to a bigger city, which I fully plan on doing, whether it be slightly bigger than this town, or much larger, these encounters with strangers will become less frequent, and that saddens me. only to an extent, though, because I realized that this livin-in-a-small-town phase of my life is almost over, and it's time to move on to something else. my days here will soon become memories, and yes I will miss them a great deal. I miss other parts of my life, like the innocence of my youth, and times spent with great friends, but I don't long and ache for them to come back, because they happened, it was a chapter in the life of allison, and it's time to see what's next.

do you sort of catch my drift, here?
maybe that's why I love walking downtown, and saying hi to passerbys.
idk, lol.