Y'know, few things in life should be so highly treasured as a really good night's sleep.. honestly. Really think about that.. whenever you go to bed at night, you don't think about it.. you just lay there and think, okay, I'm tired, and then POOM, awake in the morning (at least that's how it should be.. I think) And then when you wake up in the morning feeling rested and relaxed, muscles nice and loose, energetic and ready to face the world, you don't think about the great sleep that you just had.. you are already thinking about what you need to do for the day right? Typically, that's easy, because sleep should be like breathing. Subconscious, and relatively easy to handle without much thought.

However... what happens on those nights when you go to bed just the same, and something holds you back?? Maybe its stress, maybe it's temperature, or maybe its just being right uncomfortable in your skin yes? Something tugs at you and keeps you awake, and then once you are able to sleep, welllllll forget about it being long, deep and relaxing.. noooo no, you can expect a vexxing, troubling, tossing and turning fiasco easily capable of keeping you up for a looooong time. What's worse is that in the morning, bags drooping, eyelids fighting every voluntary movement, you feel cheated.. like, in your head you think "What in the hell was that sh*t body??.. is that the best you can do??"
See, that's how I feel today.. my body is tired from working out, being awake for a long day yesterday, and yet here I am at 830 in the morning sipping on coffee, feeling as defeated as the day I let in 5 goals in 4 shots in a soccer game (yes its possible)

I realize that all that up there was kinda uneccessary, but yknow, it's my bloggy and I'll spam if I want to, spam if I want to..
So now that I am up and nowhere NEAR running, I figured I'd make my morning coffee and share my sleep woes with everyone. Strange considering that I used to be up until 3-4am every night.. man how the times change so quickly. Before you know it, you're working normal hours, giving yourself curfews, doing all this responsible stuff.. what have I become?? I still wanna be loud, proud and 19, going to rock concerts and skateboarding.
But it aint all bad, life at a quarter of a century does have its benefits. As Homer Simpson said it best, "I'm Male aged between 23 and 53.. EVERYONE LISTENS TO ME!"
I'm starting to wonder if this post has ANY point at all.. if it does, could someone please drop me an email and let me know what it was all about.. thanks, you're beautiful :)

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Hey guys.
Im just at work right now. The weather has been pretty awesome since yesterday. We had a chinook and it was like 10 degrees. I heard the weather was BRUTAL at home. Land slides and things? Wow.
So everything here is good. I'm enjoying my job quite a bit. The people i work for are awesome. And Vlad is really liking his job too. He's learning more and more it seems every day!
Can you believe how quickly Christmas is already coming up? I think im done my shopping for the year. I did it all online. Me and Vlad went to the mall a few weeks ago and we wanted to shoot eachother. Its so freaking busy. And the thing about Calgary is that there is hmm.. like 3 malls for 1 million people. (actually, its more like 5 large malls) But still, you can really feel the hugeness (yet squishiness) of the city when you go to the mall, (on a FRIDAY NIGHT by the way) Even going to the Superstore or Costco.. what a nightmare. I wish they planned infrastructure better. Its horrible. Calgary now houses THE WORST DRIVERS.. Mostly everyone here should be on Canada's Worst Driver!

So im now spending the weekends by my lonesome. Well, actually it is kind of good because i get to catch up with the people i dont see during the week.

Hey.. My mom bought her dream car on Wednesday!! (yesterday) yay mom.

Kath, did you get my letter?

On another note, my aquasizing has been fun! She worked the class so hard the other day. I laugh and my abs hurt. Coughing is the worst!! I feel better though. I think my heart loves me more and more every time i do some activity. running for the bus counts too...

Ok, well. i hope everyone is good in the land of rain. I miss you all.. i miss the trees too... ahhh. the coaast...

peace and hug a tree (hemlock preferrably) for me!
mia

Hey everyone! I know its been awhile, and things have finally settled down here. Its been a bit hectic, but slowly things are feeling kinda normal. It was really wierd to experience negative double digit temperatures for the first time in a LONG time. Its stupid, but i miss Van.

Our halloween was pretty low key this year. We thought we would just hand out candy, but NO kids came to our door! That was kinda disappointing, but that means we just have to eat the candy.
Vlad and I started going to fitness classes including Yoga, which was awesome this morning. We got a monthly pass to an aquatic centre which is really awesome. They offer everything including a huge weight room for Vlad ( i think im gonna join him in there too)
My job is going really well!! The people in the office are so nice and i really enjoy not running around like a chicken with its head cut off every day. (cough *BUX* cough) There are SOME (like close to none) things i miss about the bux except for my favourite customers and the fun interaction with people. But the job description itself.. not missing it. (and i miss my friends :( )
UNITY....

Hmmmm... what else....
Well, thats really about it.!!
Life is not as exciting anymore with being in the same country every day!! But every day i do think back on what a wicked time we had and where we went, and if im ever sad or bored, i just bring myself back to a beach or a cool spot we discovered, or us sitting on the beach watching a lightning storm at midnight....

Namaste!