jagged peaks

Well it's a Friday afternoon and the weekend is beginning. Though I am working tonight and tomorrow.. not so much of a weekend perhaps. I don't mind though.

The lovely sun shone on Vancouver today. And as a matter of fact, it is still shining. The days are getting longer.

Today I went for coffee. had a nap. had two lovely phone calls. made some cookies. puttered around the house. read a good book. It was a good day. Nice and relaxing.

Not much else to say. Sometimes I really wish I could drive off into the beautiful mountains which I see everyday. Those of you who I hang out with a lot (ie Nanc) are going to laugh because I say that a lot. But something about them just makes me feel restless. A good restless. An adventurous feeling. They're just so mysterious to me.

On that note, I'm going to make some dinner and then head to l'hopital... Au revoir, tout le monde.

northern new years

This is my first post of 2009. Of other importance is that yesterday marked 1 year since I moved to BC- flying into Victoria on January 8, 2008. Crazy! What a year it's been. Some of the hardest times of my life, with all the change and transition, but it's all been worth it- it's been a great year. I've been to some really neat places, got to know 2 awesome cities. Met amazing people, people who I think will now be part of my life for a long, long time. Graduated, started a new job, lived in 4 houses... it's been pretty eventful, that's for sure.

I just got back from an amazing time up in Prince George with Brian and his family. The people of PG definitely know how to have fun in the snow. We went snowshoeing, cross country skiing, skating, sledding, walking in the (super deep) snow... lots of fun. Also just talking face to face and hanging out together was fantastic. We haven't done that in a while. Now we once again live on (literally) opposite ends of the country.

Other than that, Vancouver is still recovering from the massive dumping of snow which we had over the holidays. I think we narrowly averted the possibility of some massive floods but it's still pretty soggy out there. Tomorrow I'm supposed to be going snowshoeing as the mountains are still snow-covered- looking forward to it as those mountains are one of the main reasons why I love this city. Then Monday it's back to work. I've also reached the 6 month mark at VGH which seems to have flown by.

Life is interesting. Challenging, frustrating, exasperating at times. But God is good.