Obviously this is the perfect time to write here

Especially since I am supposed to be finishing up a presentation for tomorrow morning but ah that’s the way it goes all the time isn’t it?

I had a wonderful holiday break, even though I was grossly sick for the majority of it. I missed home much more than I thought I did, and I didn’t get a chance to see nearly as many people as I would have liked. I love living on my own out here, but flying back seemed a tiny bit emptier this time around leaving all my loved ones behind. I began to question what I was doing, whether I was on the right track, and where this current ride is taking me. This led me to reassess my life and plan my work as much as I could to be efficient with my time. My waning enthusiasm for my research was kicked up again and now I’m eager to get as much work done in the lab as possible for the next year and a half.

I also trimmed out an aspect of my life that played a big role over the last couple of years. No more rowing, at least for the next little while. It was hard to admit that my priorities had changed. Tonight I started taking an intro business class, just to open myself to other things going on out there…

My best new year’s eve

Bagel bites, homemade lemonade slushies, cosy pajamas and Return of the King with my favourite person in the world.

Happy 2012 to you.

To do list

- sign up for a 5k race
- start yoga again
- something something school work
- get a bicycle (+ helmet, + lock)
- quit rowing

All right!

Oh yeah, this thing!

Starting over again. New province, new school, new coworkers, new team, new people, new routine.

Summer’s over and I’m back doing research and studying and being indoors. I am enjoying my work and believe in what I am doing. I don’t row as much but I am still at the lake all the time. Victoria is a great city and I love how relaxed everything feels on the island. Very happy with my decision.

I was ready to finally move away. The transition was so natural and easy. Just missing one person…

05:15

In two weeks’ time, at this hour, instead of writing yet another uninspired paper for my undergraduate degree I will be doing my warm up in a racing shell as the sun rises.

(SotiredofthissummerpleasecomeNOW)

Feel good vibes! Short shorts and summer fun!

Heyo!

Weather talk is boring but it was sooo nice out this afternoon. The first day of spring is this weekend! Then summer! And no socks and tank tops and dark tans and early morning practices. Cross-country trips and spending whole days outdoors. Four more weeks until I finish my degree and start a new job. Ready to trade my pens and laptop for oars and a paintbrush. 

Life is so good! I am pretty lucky to be able to say that.

I pity the fool that falls in love with you

Little Cee Lo is a gem. Summer jamz!

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“Frost clings to spiderwebs and the statue of Lord Alfred Tennyson as freezing fog surrounds the tower of Lincoln Cathedral as plummeting temperatures continue to grip the UK on December 20, 2010 in Lincoln, United Kingdom.”

This photo is freaking me out.

Dear Diary blah blah blah

My mind is drained and my body is exhausted, so it’s especially annoying that I can’t fall asleep when I need to most. Instead I am lying awake thinking about seasonal affective disorder (not that I think I have it, that is just the type of thing I think about late at night) and wishing I could see my chiropractor (love the feeling of the bubbles between my joints popping), or better yet, a massage therapist. It’s too hot with the covers but I can’t sleep without them so I have half of my body covered and half exposed. Every movement feels like an over exertion, like my muscles are constantly going through a slow burn, and I can hear and feel my joints creaking. I am always hungry.

Burnt out but summer is still fourteen weeks away!