Yes I cried in Costco

So this weekend was long overdue. It will be nice to have the overtime of working last weekend on my paycheck.... but otherwise... well it really sucked.
So we are now preparing for the birthday of the Village (Dec 7). To commemorate this occasion, rooms on the South Wing 4th floor have been set up to showcase the home countries of the foreign teachers. It was my job to create a poster representing Canada and to decorate this room. Though I have been really happy to have the extra work.... well this project has made me really homesick. Enter Costco... this weekend, Paula and I joined Costco (for only 35$ a year we can get access to some of the foods from home... well that is a deal). Anyone who knows me knoes that I feel ooberly uncomfortable in big box stores (totally afraid of getting lost)... so heightened with the fact that I was/am homesick.. well it was a little recipe for disaster... or so I thought. We walked into Costco... and I literally started crying... I was really overwhelmed... because it looked, sounded and even smelt like the Costco back home. The pizza at the food court even tasted the same. It didn't even bother me that people were staring at me... more than usual... I was... well you never know what you have until it is gone... and it made me really appreciate and miss the trips to Costco I used to take back home with my Dad.
Overall I think this is going to be a tough week cause I am ooberly emotional... missing the little things that I once took for granted when I was Canada... like Crunchy Bars and Tim Hortons Hot Chocolate.
The first snowfall happened this weekend as well. It is really pretty now... all white and fresh. It has been a tad funny though... since many of the other foreign teachers (mainly South Africans) have never seen snow before. The joy and excitement on their faces... well it is like a kid in a candy store... all wide eyed and curious.
I saw Harry Potter this weekend as well... it was really dark... but good.
I guess that is all on my end... nothing much to report.... just snow... the Canadian Pavillion and homesickness.
20 days til christmas!
Cheers!
Chelsea