Summer is ON.

I have to say... I do love adventures. Whether they be halfway around the world, or in your hometown, adventures are superb! Now, correct me if I'm wrong... But it's my understanding that blogs are for sharing adventures. Am I right?! The following is an excerpt from.. The story of my life.


Wednesday is a beautiful sunny day here on Haida Gwaii! So myself, Vera, Jed, Daniel, and Quinlan all decide to head to the church (which is on the waterfront) to go canoeing! Vera has a wetsuit, so she just heads straight into the water, skipping the boat completely. Jed and I are in one canoe, Dan and Quin in the other. Now... Quinlan has recently had his appendix taken out, so he has 7 lovely staples in his gut. This means he's not allowed to paddle, and he reeeaaaally shouldn't get those staples wet in the salt water, either. This is no big deal, as Daniel is macho enough to paddle both himself and Quinlan's dead weight around for a while. So Vera is swimming along, enjoying herself, and Jed decides to join her in the water. Just like that, I'm alone in my canoe and Jed is wet. Haaahaaa, good times all around! It dawns on Jed that he is now wet, Vera is wet, and there are three people who aren't -and have no desire to be- wet. Because I'm alone and defenseless in my canoe, I become the target of Jed's boat-flipping goal. But Quinlan decides he would rather see Daniel get flipped first, so he hops over into my canoe. Daniel promptly paddles away so Jed can't get him... But then circles around to join up with my boat anyways. Again: Quinlan can't get in the water, so even though he's trying to go back into Daniel's canoe (Apparently he thought I would be an easier victim for Jed after all) I hold him down. He manages to escape, and I follow, now knowing well that Quinlan is the safe-zone for those who wish to avoid drenching. Several minutes of intense canoe-hopping ensue, before we finally come to an impasse. Quinlan, Daniel and I are all in the same canoe. Jed has given Daniel an ultimatum: Either you get flipped, or you first help me and Vera with the task of flipping Kirsten. You don't need three guesses to know which he picked.... It all comes down to Quinlan trying to jump in the other canoe, so Jed and Vera can flip myself and Daniel into the water. I, of course, being a clever girl, am standing over Quinlan, holding him down by the shoulders. Daniel is simply holding onto my leg, which is fabulous escape prevention, to be sure. Sooo Quinlan manages to stand up (what can I say, I'm like 5'5" and he's... Bigger.) And attempts to step over to the other canoe, once and for all. Not one to give up easily, I follow suit, and Daniel? Well... I think he's still holding onto my leg. For those of you who aren't seeing where this is headed.... Hah. Yep. All the weight on one side of a lil' canoe? We fell in. Gut staples, leg-holding and all. The result was everyone heading to shore, to be treated to iced tea, cookies, and towels, courtesy of our pastor and his wife. Not to mention jumping on the trampoline and enjoying the glorious sunshine to wrap up our first summery experience of 2011. It doesn't get much better then that. OH and the Canucks won last night, after the aforementioned group of people made a ton of sushi and ate most of it, too. So. Amazing.


Also: today I saw an otter, a black bear, and the first fawn I've seen this year! It was lying on the road, so I had to pick it up and carry it off, or else it probably would've been run over. No worries, it ran away when I set it down, and the mothers DO take babies back if they've been touched by humans. Usually..

On it goes.

I love the feeling of life coming together. There's practically an audible clicking sound as the pieces are slotted into place. A sense of satisfaction is settling over the scenario of my everything, as I wonder what else I need to figure out. It seems like not much else for school needs doing, I'm SO thankful that Oceana's and my courses worked out so it looks like we'll be in a couple of the same classes. Yay! My work situation also seems to be regulating... I'm still working with my dad: wearing my safety-regulation hardhat at a jaunty angle, driving dump truck (heck yes, I learned how to SHIFT the other day. Harder than a standard car, fo' sho'.) and running the D5M Cat. Starting soon I'll begin going to Masset for training at Seapak, a fish packing place. I'll be managing the front desk mostly, so that shouldn't be bad at all! 


OH and coolness happened over the May long weekend! A certain someone (ME) was able to go to HISTORYMAKER in Abbotsford, where Jeremy Feser picked me up at the airport, I visited with Christine Feser and baby Benjamin, volunteered over the weekend, met tons of awesome people, saw the Fesers AGAIN and went home feeling absolutely sky-high with smiles. That is what I call good times. 

This evening, from a beach in Charlotte. Gorgeous much?!

Life vs Living

Aaahhhh life goes every which way.. ALL THE TIME. There's no slowing that sucker down. Make the best of it, and learn as you go, right? Well, if you're boring, that sounds just great. But if you're more exciting, you'll do what I'm trying (sometimes in vain, might I add) so desperately hard to do. And that's taking life.. And runnin' like MAAAAAD. Instead of making the best of your hum drum life, just give it a big ol' bear hug and say, "No! You're coming with ME." Show your life who's BOSS and.. be a mental case. Who cares?

Well, I guess that's how I'm trying to go at it all anyways... But going that all-out crazy for too long comes back to get you. I think? I don't know yet, I'll let you in on it when I find out.

In more reality related news.. I have work. In July and August. And some bits of work with my daddio until the other job starts. And next Thursday, I'm ferrying over to visit Ruth! Yayyyy! I like seeing that lil' Arndt family. They're great. My birthday is also comin' up pretty quick, so that's aiiiiight. I'll try to update this on my more day-to-day life, as soon as I actually get a life. Wheeeee!

I am true and I am living

We will walk through the valley 

of the shadow of the boring

and burn it all

No we will not go quietly

Lyrics from Closer Than We Think 

- The Classic Crime