Plans

As of now, I am unsure of what is going to happen in my life.

All I know is this Sunday I am leaving to Australia for a given amount of time which is still not an assigned number.

I am also unsure of what I am will do myself without school. Probably just train my butt off and work on that guitar of mine.

There's an update for you guys!

Aj

Milestones

The first thing that came to your mind when you read Milestones, well for some of you at least, you thought I was talking about the major chain restaurant. Well if thats what you thought your wrong. When I say Milestone I mean a momentous time in life at a certain place and time frame during your life. For some people its birthdays, driver license, car, first job etc. I could go on forever. I have narrowed down my small life into three Milestones.

1. My acceptance to NSS

2. First World Championships in France

3. My birthday, as it was the greatest day in history.

(just kidding)

3. Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the day I write my last high-school test. Scary huh?

A lot of things are running through my mind and unfortunately one of them isn't math. My mind is racing with University, Australia, growing up, and the washer that just clicked letting me know my laundry needs to be dried.

It's a cray feeling. When something for twelve years (for me twelve and a half) has been something you did in a five on two off shift work manner. Somedays it drove me crazy and somedays it made me happy. I have a feeling tomorrow will be a sad day though. I have finally made some concrete friendships at this school since September, and it all went by so fast.

I probably won't get invited to grad which sucks to but thats beyond the point I have come to realize. What I have come to realize is that high school went by in a blink of an eye.

You can almost say it was a thing of beauty.

An anonymous poet said "You can catch or miss beauty in the blink of an eye, thats what makes it beautiful"

This quote has helped me realize how important this twelve and a half years has been.

I have learned, succeeded, failed, and even worked my butt off even though some people think I didn't.

These years have been the years that I will probably forget someday's and others I will treasure each and everyday for the rest of my life.

Tomorrow will be the end of one chapter and a beginning of a new one. I hope that my new friends will be in this next chapter as some of them, I have a feeling, will be friends that I will still know in the next five years.

Life is like a growing plant, if you don't grow with it your gonna fall behind.

Well I guess thats what new with me. I will post more new and exciting things tomorrow!

And as always, I'm goin with it :)

Hope all is well

Aj

Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. ~Robert C. Gallagher

Again?!

Hey everyone,

Sorry it has been ages since I have updated this thing! I apologize for the delay with the new post.

Recently my insanely busy schedule has come to a complete halt! Again I find myself on the injury list for the next little while. My physio, Susan, expects it's from just pushing a little hard and not letting myself get the rest I need. To many late nights mixed in with hard training equals a lesson learned.

This injury is a little tricky just like the last one. We are not actually sure what is wrong but we expect a or some fractured rib(s). How this happened, the answer is unknown. It does sound pretty awesome to say that I simply fractured them from being to epic and training too hard though.

On the bright side of things though, I am going to finally pick that guitar up and have a swing at things. I also am going to be researching into cameras, and prices.

If the rest of the day is as good as the sunrise this morning, it should turn into a good one.

Hope everyone is well.

Aj

Dickerson Maryland

I am off to a new land!

Dickerson Maryland is the new destination. You may be asking, what brings Aj too the states?

Well, in fact I am racing at the US National Championships next weekend. I have never actually been to the Dickerson whitewater course before so it's an exciting time for me! Nothing like the rush of a new course. With the grant movie done, my full year movie finally almost complete, and on top of all that work my homework, this new journey is giving my brain a break from work! Time for a nice relaxing 10 and a half hour car ride....WITH FOUR OTHER WOMEN! This is going to be horrendous! Thousands of pee breaks, none stop talking, and of course horrible music.

I guess its just something I have to deal with myself,

I heard there is snow in Alberta....Ew.

Hope alls well,

Aj

"Women like silent men. They think they're listening"

- Marcel Archad

One more

Today is my last day in Calgary for another adventure!

This time I am going to Ottawa (again) but then after only a short week in Ottawa, I am off to Dickerson Washington for US national championships with the Ottawa river runners team!

I will also hopefully be training with the national team down there if Michael, Alexandra, and Rachel are the only ones from the team then that would be fine as well.

Thank goodness that this is the last time I have to uproot myself for a couple of months. But this is going to be a good one. I even get three races!

I get a Valleyfield race, a pumphouse race, and the US nationals.

This is going to be awesome!

Despite the weather, my hopes are up and I am still smiling,

Hope everyone else is as well.

" I always thought, it would be neat to make the olympic team."

Michael Phelps.

Aj

R n R

There's nothin' like being at home and getting some good ol' R n R. I'm home, happy, and healthy-kind of.

The lovely Susan Massitti has some idea's on the issue with my shoulder. Its a problem derived from my hips and anchor muscles in my bum. I have my exercises and that I do twice a day and I can already feel a difference in my natural movements.

I am hoping that I can jump back into training as soon as possible but I figure I had better wait for the go from Susan.

The newest news on training camps is I may be jumping over to Ottawa for a week then to Washington DC for US National championships which is in Dickerson. I have heard that the Dickerson course is pretty unreal so I am definitely looking forward to it.

Other then that I guess all I can say is that I am enjoying life right now and I am looking forward to what the future has in hold for me. It was a great racing season and I hope that I can put in the work again this year for another self satisfying season.

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something, but I can't accept not trying"

Michael Jordan

Hope all is well

Aj

Life's good.

New music, New destination tomorrow. Almost home :) Life's good.

I leave for Minden Ontario tomorrow for National Championships on the Gull River with the famour John Hasting's. We also have a scheduled stop to paddle on the Ottawa! I have not had the opportunity to experience this quite yet but my chance is upon me and I am very excited.

The weather has been a little muggy these passed two days but it doesn't bother me all that much. It's still bloody hot outside so who cares.

I am looking forward to paddling on the Gull but I am also even more excited to return to the condo and sit on that lovely couch of mine that is awaiting my arrival.

Hope my bum print still exists ;)

Hope all's well

Aj