The Quay

On the long weekend I spent my Monday doing a little exploration of downtown New Westminster. I decided that I could walk down there. I looked at the map and was like oh that's not too far from my house, shouldn't take me too long to walk down there. Fast forward an hour and a half later to arrive there hot, sweaty and seriously questioning how I thought it could possibly take 45 minutes to walk there. Going there was pretty much all down hill. It was a beautiful walk seeing as it was warm and sunny out, just a lot longer than I had guessed. Downtown New West has some cute little shops and a mall that has the weirdest hours I have ever seen. On one street I think I saw at least 7 different wedding dress shops, as well as some fancy clothing stores and upper class furniture stores (at least that's what the sign in the window said).
 After exploring I sat down by the waterfront (or Quay pronounced key as I was told later it is called) for a while just staring at the water and letting the nice breeze cool me down. For those who don't know me, I sweat terribly. Doesn't matter what I am doing, I sweat and mostly from my face. I'm sure the people who saw me thought I had just run a marathon or something.
 As I was sitting there I had the realisation that I would now have to walk back home all uphill. Since I have been battling a cold for the past 2 months my cardio has not really been a part of my workout. This was my first real good walk for a while now. I had to stop partway home and get a drink and just sit. I realised on my walk that there are not a lot of benches around New West. Only at some bus stops and at some parks. I thought I was going to fall over when I finally got home. All I wanted to do was get in a cold shower and cool down. Next time I go exploring I'll take the bus. I thought about taking the bus home, but my bus pass was conveniently sitting on my kitchen table waiting to be activated.

Song of the Day: Bite by Troye Sivan