Adventures of a happy, joyous, and weird soul.
I suppose I've been like many people that started here on lj and have moved sideways (backwards) to facebook for quick updates and non-trivial statements about my day to day existence. I, for one, am a little sick of it and want to try to swing myself back to more lj time. This venue allows me to say all the things I want to say and feel and without the whole of my world knowing. Aren't you special, you chosen few. Ha ha ha.
My thoughts of late:
rant
This whole un-reality tv/Palin crap has to stop, I'm so sick of this kind of shit ending up in my news feeds, on my tv, etc. I swear I want to pull hair out every time I see or hear something about any of it. I HATE un"reality" tv and I want it to disappear of the face of the earth. Since that isn't going to happen, can it please become something easily ignored like daytime soaps and FOX news?
/rant
Our trip to Hawai'i was incredible and we had a wonderful time. While kayaking is still not my favourite thing to do I did enjoy the mile each way to get to some pretty damn incredible snorkeling. I loved all the snorkeling we did, it was amazing except for trying to climb up onto the lava rocks afterwards at City of Arches, with the water rough, throwing us around, and many sea urchins below the churning water. We managed to get the majority of sea urchin spikes out of Doug's knee (the rest are growing out) and my cuts are slowly healing but it was all worth it. We also did quite a bit of hiking (I highly recommend the Kiluaea Iki caldera hike) and drove to the top on Mauna Kea where the observatories are. Unbelievable, surreal, and incredible sites.
Right before Hawai'i I met up with some of my favourite ladies in Vegas for a weekend of adventure and wedding hilarity. On the Friday we mountain biked near Red Rock on what was advertised as a novice trail and it turned out to be anything but....but I managed about 9 or so miles of the trail before I burned out exhausted on the cacti (I was not the first to fall but the first to draw blood) and while we were recouping from that we explored the strip, participated in an unconventional wedding of a dear friend devoting her life to Rock 'n' Roll. I was all fun and wonderful.
My nephew, Noah, was born the weekend before that trip so Doug and I made it up to Vancouver where we saw the first grandchild on both sides of the family and rejoiced in his appearance (he was very reluctant to breathe real air and begin his journey in this world).
So here I find myself, two days before my 38th birthday, waxing poetic about all the things I've been lucky enough to enjoy and participate in these past couple of months and I'm wondering where that leaves me here at this moment. Well, pretty damn good I think. I'm going out there and doing things I've never done before, seeing many things for first time, and pushing myself physically that, in many ways, I never thought six months ago I'd be able to ever do. It's a very enlightening and extraordinary thing. I'm looking forward to some downtown time with Doug before the big Holiday party, Holidays @ my sister's with my mom and many other family members. Celebrating how lucky and loved I/we are in so many ways.
So while I plan on continuing this fantastic adventure that is my life I'm going to make sure I keep reminding myself how lucky I am, how many things in my life are blossoming, and how I can, in some, share this with others (thinking of my nephew who's going to be spoiled rotten).
But for now it's a Harry Potter movie, birthday wishes, and sushi in my near future.
-ab
My thoughts of late:
rant
This whole un-reality tv/Palin crap has to stop, I'm so sick of this kind of shit ending up in my news feeds, on my tv, etc. I swear I want to pull hair out every time I see or hear something about any of it. I HATE un"reality" tv and I want it to disappear of the face of the earth. Since that isn't going to happen, can it please become something easily ignored like daytime soaps and FOX news?
/rant
Our trip to Hawai'i was incredible and we had a wonderful time. While kayaking is still not my favourite thing to do I did enjoy the mile each way to get to some pretty damn incredible snorkeling. I loved all the snorkeling we did, it was amazing except for trying to climb up onto the lava rocks afterwards at City of Arches, with the water rough, throwing us around, and many sea urchins below the churning water. We managed to get the majority of sea urchin spikes out of Doug's knee (the rest are growing out) and my cuts are slowly healing but it was all worth it. We also did quite a bit of hiking (I highly recommend the Kiluaea Iki caldera hike) and drove to the top on Mauna Kea where the observatories are. Unbelievable, surreal, and incredible sites.
Right before Hawai'i I met up with some of my favourite ladies in Vegas for a weekend of adventure and wedding hilarity. On the Friday we mountain biked near Red Rock on what was advertised as a novice trail and it turned out to be anything but....but I managed about 9 or so miles of the trail before I burned out exhausted on the cacti (I was not the first to fall but the first to draw blood) and while we were recouping from that we explored the strip, participated in an unconventional wedding of a dear friend devoting her life to Rock 'n' Roll. I was all fun and wonderful.
My nephew, Noah, was born the weekend before that trip so Doug and I made it up to Vancouver where we saw the first grandchild on both sides of the family and rejoiced in his appearance (he was very reluctant to breathe real air and begin his journey in this world).
So here I find myself, two days before my 38th birthday, waxing poetic about all the things I've been lucky enough to enjoy and participate in these past couple of months and I'm wondering where that leaves me here at this moment. Well, pretty damn good I think. I'm going out there and doing things I've never done before, seeing many things for first time, and pushing myself physically that, in many ways, I never thought six months ago I'd be able to ever do. It's a very enlightening and extraordinary thing. I'm looking forward to some downtown time with Doug before the big Holiday party, Holidays @ my sister's with my mom and many other family members. Celebrating how lucky and loved I/we are in so many ways.
So while I plan on continuing this fantastic adventure that is my life I'm going to make sure I keep reminding myself how lucky I am, how many things in my life are blossoming, and how I can, in some, share this with others (thinking of my nephew who's going to be spoiled rotten).
But for now it's a Harry Potter movie, birthday wishes, and sushi in my near future.
-ab