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After 3 years of being a poor social worker (the work I loved, the pay I didn't), I decided it was time to go back to school and get my Master's! After weighing my options (school far away from home, or school in a different country that is only an 8-hour drive from home) I decided to try my luck in British Columbia, Canada.

For a year I lived in Surrey, BC while attending Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, BC. However, as the final component of my work toward my Masters degree in Criminology I have moved back to the states to complete an internship at an Independent Living Program for youth leaving the foster care system.

Here is the story of my adventures as a graduate student in a "foreign" country as well as my current work back in the states.

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Saturday, January 31, 2009

What I Miss About Oregon...

  • Sweet Life
  • 6th Street Grill
  • Being able to go to the grocery store at 2 AM if need be
  • Not having to have a dollar every time I need a grocery cart
  • Saturday market
  • Getting into bars/clubs without having to wait in line forever
  • No tax!
  • Being able to bake and not have to convert units of measurement
  • Having friends who also have cars
  • Being able to find 65 cents in my wallet without having to individually identify each coin
  • Being able to understand someone who speaks the same language as I do
  • Carl's Jr (why do all my "miss"es have to do with food?? lol)
  • Tillamook and Umpqua cheese and ice cream (there I go again!)
  • Bike paths/routes through town
  • The coast... with an actual "beach" and ocean
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  1. AmandaFebruary 1, 2009 at 8:27 AM

    I guess needing a deposit for a shopping cart would keep homeless people from stealing so many. Then again, there probably aren't as many homeless people up there than there are here in Portland.. .

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