22 Days Left..

After an incredible weekend in Jasper with my dad, brother, two half-sisters and bree's baby joey I realized my time in Canada is dwindling. With 22 days left in Canada, I have limited time to get my life together before embarking on my incredible journey to come. I feel as though I have been lucky to be able to spend half my summer with the greatest friends in the world in Ontario and the other half of the summer with my amazing family and beautiful scenery out here. 

I want to take the time to give a major congrats to my fellow racers and best friends. Congrats to Amanda Switzer for the insane triathlon racing she's been doing. For those of you who don't know--she's kicking some major ass and will likely be on TV in the very near future for her speedy races and incredible athleticism. I also want to congratulate Tim Green for his excellent 10k road races and continuous improvements in running over the past year--so proud! As well as Kira Costello who is likely going to have a half marathon under her belt in no time! Lastly, I would like to give a major shout out to Kristen Kuzemko who recently completed a 30km night race in a fantastic time! You all are amazing and have made me realize I need to amp up my running again haha.


I got a backpack for my journey as my travel buddy has suggested this as a good method for when we're venturing off the traditional courses and perhaps Thailand specifically. I also decided I'm going to try and find patches to sew on to my suitcase for each location I visit. I already have got one for this past weekends visit in Jasper. I hope I'll be able to keep this up as I got the idea from the show Departures where they collected bumper stickers. 


22 days...that gives me enough time to see my cousins, family and spend quality chatting time with Dad. Enough time to get any last minute clothing items, travel items, etc. Enough time to quit my job soon and collect my one and only paycheck from them before fleeing the country. Enough time to wrap up any existing burdens in my life and enough time to get packing for this great escape. I'm still trying to get used to the idea that there IS the possibility of me not coming back but I'm mostly excited to finally get that feeling that I've found exactly what I needed without the worries of tomorrow. 22 days left to really look at what we have here in Canada and our society--the way we go about daily life, the things we stress about and our values here...which are all about to change...in 22 days.