May 11, 2014 13:36
This entry comes as prompted by Myles Kitagawa who has been a long time online friend, met through Live Journal. It was his birthday yesterday and he requested a reunion of sorts via a Live Journal post. I'm a day late. But that's per normal. Regardless, I will start with a happy birthday greeting for Myles!
It has been years since I have posted here. It looks like 2010 was the last time. Back then we lived in Turkey. Since then we moved to Qatar for 3 years and are now back in Canada living in Winnipeg. We have two boys who are 3 and 5 who go to school right across the street from the house we bought. Elyssa has a good, stable, full time job at University of Manitoba.
Over the time we were overseas, we got a lot of great travelling in. I've been to Russia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Belgium, Ukraine, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and the UK. It was a great time in life, indeed. But it is nice to be settled in one place, with our own house and stability as well. Mind you, the last two winters here in Winnipeg have been so horrible that I am finding Winnipeg not to be my ideal location. I can't handle these darn winters!
Let's see, what else. Oh, I'm a stay at home dad. I have no external job. Mind you, given all that being a stay at home parent involves...I don't have the time or energy for an external job. Anyway, this set up is working great for our family. It's nice to be able to stay at home with the boys.
I have, however, found a hobby that I enjoy. Comedy. I'm doing stand up comedy. Yup. It's fun! I like making people laugh, writing and all that jazz. I've met a ton of nice, good people doing it and it gets me out of the house. I recently got second place in a competition in Thunder Bay, my hometown. I was pretty happy with that!
I've done some writing for various websites, so that is good. Haven't been paid. I don't get paid for anything I do. I just do it. Who needs to be paid for their hard work anyway...:) I mean that in terms of the writing or comedy. Parenting isn't something that should be seen as a paid profession. It's called being a responsible adult I believe. It is a labour of love. And I'm okay with that without a doubt. Given that though, my wife still does the lions share of the work around this place and works at the U of M to boot. I don't know how she does it....but she does.
That's a bit of a summary of what life has been like for me since I last wrote. Oh, I could probably go on and on about little details. But, this is the gist. Life, as always, is good. I keep plugging along and living it the best I can. It is life. It is a life. It is my life.
update,
entry,
happy birthday,
myles kitagawa