2010/Winter of 2011

I spent part of the year on course.....again!lol but I was able to do Mountain Man and do a lot of things Ive been yearning to do!
Mountainman is a 52 km race with a Rucksack, incuding a 10km canoe portion.
I was able to skydive (not as much as i wanted to by time and money had a factor!)
Played Rugby.......almost a full season which I dont think Ive ever been able to do!
I took Caidence on our first hiking trip!! She loved it!! We went backcountry hiking for a couple days down in Jasper then I took her to Penticton for my Highschool reunion! I couldnt believe it! Lol It made me feel OLD!LMAO! I am no longer the 'spring chicken' I once was (yes Im laughing at myself for using that term!)! I had a blast! Then I went up to Kelowna, visited with Cadies and took her Skydiving!!I was so excited to do it for her! I told her that would be her grad present and its been overdue!! She jumped with no problems (typical first time queasiness of course) and said she loved it!!Bahhaaa another one in the family is a potential skydiver!!
Dads going to hate me!lmao
Then soon after I came back, Dad and Garnette came to visit me! I was so excited!
Garnette got her tattoo, we all got to take dad for a picnic a couple of times! I got a really good visit with my nieces! I had a blast! I have to admit that there were some tensions though. I love my family and that was the first time that I hosted them. My place isnt very big at all so it was congested, so it was good to have everyone out for picnics!

The next thing I need to boast about is my trip to Mexico! Money has been really tight so I really needed it! WOW! All inclusive adults only over christmas!
I partisipated in all the games, played volleyball a lot and danced around a lot!lol to sum it up
We started with going to the beach, went and played volleyball, had our volleyball game interrupted by a guy to ask us to join them on a yacht! Sure!!lol! The guy and his friends were canadians and it was escorted by the resort!So no we werent being careless!Regardless we definately didnt regret it!!It was a blast!!
We went to the Mayan Temples and went snorkeling, to the mexican nightclubs. Lol what a good time, with good company!!
I spent Christmas eve Snorkeling and hiking around an island! Christmas day dancing around the pool (to a dj) in a bakini bottom and a santa hat..... all day!lol Met so many awsome people, had this crazy pool party just too much fun!!!
We came back stuck around Toronto for a day or so! Toodled around Toronto Eaton Center and then flew home! I needed that!

i am now in Gagetown.....lmao Again! I am on my Tank commanders course and training for the deathrace (125km over 2 mountain peaks)!
So I go back to Edmonton in march then I will be back here at the end of march to assist with a training exercise! Meh not excited but I spent the last year doing what I wanted! THATS what I needed! A little bit of my own life!!! Chaos how I want it!
Its been a long couple of years!
This coming year, Im posted to wainwright, not sure exactly when but it will be this year, things are up in the air about me going to Afghanistan again! So there's a lot of possible things on my plate!
I hope to go overseas again. I dont think Id be able to give you a straight annswer why, but I do!

My friends said it so right in Mexico!

You know how people say that a persons dog is usually like its owner!LMAO its so true! She will hang out with anyone and she wont know where shes going or what shes doing but its like shes saying "OK"
Well thats me in a lot of ways, friends say hey lets make a road trip, "ok"! lol
the military asks me to do something, "ok"
I like to say I learned to be a yes man long before the movie came out!lol! I dont like the idea of missing out on any oportunities! So I say ok to anything that comes my way! (with having a head on my shoulders,lol, I dont say yes to just anything!)
Thats part of the reason I got burned out, So i have to learn to say no, to somethings!
was going to try and make a yes man reference, but not sure if it would come out right so noteven going to bother!

I was on top of the world a couple weeks ago!
I go back, and train and wait for my posting and move on! (i dont really want it but its my time to get posted, Ive already spent 9 yrs at the regiment its only fair)
So I am frusterated with coming back here (there was more on my plate until recently!)
I am not sure if ill be able to do the deathrace, but will see!

Anyways, I prefer lots on my plate..... but my way!! So the posting will give me down time in a sence where I can do that! I have a couple of girlfriends out that way and a close friend just moved to fort mac, so life is good in the total spectrum, but its hard to be motivated with a lot of the crap that comes with the choas i cant control!

So john, and anyone else that is wondering, the military still seems to be in my future, I just need to figure some things out with myself!
Im looking forward to teaching Leopard courses and going on feild exercises like we used to! We used to have fun! Old school army fun!

My moto these days, Work Hard Play Harder!
I gotta lay off the booze though and just train! Will see how it goes!!!lol