Summer '05

Success! I managed to DO things this summer. It's amazing what weekends off can do for a person. Really, why have I been working 6-7 days a week? I'm trying to decide if it's because bills need to be paid but am now considering the possibility that I am infact a ... workaholic.

Things I want to remember from summer of 2005:

• the sound of loons calling eachother accross Boss Lake (near Merritt)
• how damned good your first smokie tastes first night of camping
• the proximity of the Milky Way, esp. on a dark night in the Okanagan (and those little aliens i swore i could see)
• that the first 5 minutes are the hardest to cycle, once you start you'll eventually find your groove
• cycling Mayne Island; you see more on a bicycle!
  
• moss makes for a perfect bed
  
• the drive to Vernon; two city folk attempting an escape in hopes of finding peace in the wilderness (we found a nightclub with a male:female ratio of 1:25)
• police auctions are a gamble
• wind over the our bluff at Boss lake (finally figuring out to move the truck in as a barrier)
• kayak wet exits
• The Angels in the heat of Abbotsford
• pilates in the mornings
  
• wearing my bikini w/ every outfit i have
• Anna and I having our dishwasher wars
• Nalgene water bottles
• Toffino Trip -camping in a rainforest, getting the nerve to swim in the cold & loving it. Attempting to parent better than my parents did, and failing miserably.
  
• Delayed ferry trips, littlo bro FINALLY falling asleep alongside his new dreamcatcher, to stop potential sleep walking - night terrors
• gardening isn't only for old people w/ arthritis!
• baking a cake is easier than I thought
• how i enjoy smoking so much that i do it too often, get that grosse feeling which makes me slow down, think about quiting & doing it all over again
  
• Charles Bukowski's "women". Funny at first, then you find yourself questioning everything your own man says/does. In the end you feel like throwing the book away for your own peace of mind.
• Finding out that wildlife doesn't just put on a show for the tourists
• Rock hopping Whyte Cliff Park
  
• Apparently I'm a bit of an exhibitionist
• The Tree Shower
• Gulf Island tides are fast
• note to self: buy bigger tent for next year
• Romanian and Spick's BBQ
• Lisa finding out it's a BOY!
• my psycho moments, and how Dylan put up w/ them
• the Birch Tree affair
• Dylan, Dylan, Dylan :)
• Jakub excited about sitting in a cockpit
  
• Sofia's sentences going to 7 syllables and loving tag at summer camps, Connor loving hi s blog, Jihwan volunteering at Kid's Camps, Joshua's trip to Disneyland and his Potty Party