Severing Attachments

Not much to be done in the city... I went and renewed my driver's license, which expires next month... and then picked up a few pieces of caving gear at MEC. I realise that I have almost no use for the city now.

I met up with Cathy at a climbing gym (the biggest in western Canada, apparently)... and then Sylvia joined us. They climbed to exhaustion, and I climbed till they were exhausted. There were so many easy routes with friendly holds that it was a climbing vacation. We were there till past 10PM, and we'd been there since 5:30. Afterwards, we went across the highway to a Cactus Club, where we were able to get the same food as at the Shelter. We could pretty much have had the same evening in Tofino... except the climbing routes would have been more difficult and the dinner more expensive-- I suppose Tofino has everything I need, if the right people were there.

The dragonfly pendant I've been wearing was also a lapel pin. On the back, this bulky and unnecessary pin has always been in my way-- getting caught on things, coming undone and stabbing me in the neck, &c. The other day, Timothy cut it off for me. He used something like a pair of tin snips to take the pin off, and then filed it down with a diamond file. It's slightly scratched up... but the attachment has been severed-- which makes an excellent landmark for the severing of attachment.

I am now back on the ferry... leaving behind a whole list of missed appointments. I don't feel good about it... but my time is not my own in the city.

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