travel plans?

hey guys (mainly lily because she posted most recently),

yeah dan told me that you (lily), aaron and ann and him were planning on coming... and please don't take this the wrong way, but my immediate reaction was (in my head) nooooo and a really uneasy/overwhelmed feeling. at first, i didn't understand it because, of course, i do want to see you guys and it would be really cool if you came to see where i lived/worked, but i talked to dan and thought about it, and i realized i didn't think i could make your guys' trip very fun at all. and i'm not trying to be modest or anything, honestly, i just think if you come here, you will be bored...

i leave the motel at 8am and don't get back 'til about 530pm (depending on my carpool... but it's usually 515pm or 530pm). so... yeah. you guys would be alone here for many hours... and my place is very big for one person, but on the small size for 4 or 5 people (though we will all fit, we're going to have to get a bit cozy... and i'm not sleeping beside lily, who turns at 90 degree angles in her sleep!!!! haha :P). there is a small tv and internet acces... but i feel like it's a waste of your guys' time to come all the way here just to watch tv!

and then when i do come home, i have to do some reading for my online class (there's quite a bit every week) and post on the discussion board, and then i still need to be finding a summer co-op job... that really stresses me out.

but yeah, there honestly is not too much to do here (even if you do have a car... which, apparently, we are having trouble with anyways). there is a time horton's and denny's (5 min walk away) and then a safeway (20 min walk away, i heard though have never tried), and then a mall (maybe 30 mins to 1 hour walk away? never tried... but i think it's closer to an hour) that is about half the size of oakridge (it is honestly a straight line, with one line coming out... even oakridge is a full circle!), and there is a wal-mart and dollar store farther than that (so maybe 1 hour walk?). and along the way, there is a burger king, wendy's, earl's, white spot, little caesar's, and banks (this is along the main street).

so... yeah. and i'm not trying to make it seem bad here or anything, it's just, there's nothing much to see here in the winter (at least in the summer there are the beaches sooo closeby!) and so that means you would probably come here just to see me... and i don't feel like it would really be worth your time. which makes me sad :( but i really don't feel like it's worth $70 each just to see me before bed.


aaaactually, now that i'm thinking about it, if you guys came on a weekend, i could bust my butt off and get my homework done early? if there is a weekend that works for you guys. and if you still think it's worth the money for just a few days (you could come on a fri and leave on sun?)...

don't know, just throwing that out there. because then we could all hang out and play some board games (if you bring some!) and i can show you the town! (well, not really. i have not bussed anywhere... i know it's stupid but i feel annoyed for having to pay for bus :P haha because i'm used to using my u-pass. also because i hear the bus comes only once an hour. and i saw how close the stops are together... one to two stops every block?) maybe we can learn to bus around here... or just walk, if you guys bring warm clothes. OR go skiing/snowboarding!!! i can find out how much that costs (much much less than whistler, i am guessing!) if you guys are interested. just throwing that out there, again. you guys honestly don't have to come because i know money does not grow on trees, but if you reeeally did want to come, these are just some ideas.

:)

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chels