I was thinking...

I was walking through the library yesterday and something occured to me. As I looked around i saw that the place was PACKED, but just about EVERYONE was on a computer and few actually had BOOKS on their desk. I thought back to just 5-6 years ago when I was at UofO and it was the opposite, most people didn't have a laptop with them. Most people still went to the library to look at and read books. Crazy stuff. as I reflected on this, I had memories of time spent in the library at Ottawa U, researching different Human Kinetics topics. I love it. I'm not sure what part I love the most about the whole thing but doing research on those topics I think is a true passion of mine. I remember thinking about doing a Master's in HK, maybe something in Sports Psychology, or Nutrition or Exercise Physiology. Hey, maybe I still will one day. This teaching thing is awesome, don't get me wrong, and I'll definitely do it for a number of years (maybe even a full career) but I love the thought of going through for a Master's in something related to sport/health/fitness. I'm so passionate about this stuff that learning about it is easy for me. I was also thinking, I love writing these petty little blogs. I know they're riddled with spelling and grammar problems, sentence structure is poor and the content is almost always irrelevant to all but a few people, but I love writing. I love putting my thoughts on paper and reflecting about this stuff. Journalism? Maybe I could write for runner's world? or Triathlete mag? Nah... that's a dream job, but how cool would that be?

I guess I've always wanted to achieve greatness, in some way. I'm terrified of being mediocre in life and that's what drives me everyday. I realize that time on earth is both precious and limited, and there's so much I want to do and accomplish before I'm gone. I don't care if I'm remembered, I just want to feel as though I've made some sort of significant contribution, and that people are better off for it. Obviously, a teacher is a perfect example of this, but I think I need more than that.

Anyways, today I work 9 - 3 at Wollongong (it was supposed to be 11 - 9 at Warrawong but boss changed it yesterday evening, as per usual). This is a better situation for me and less stressful, bt I lost 4 hours of work, that's $60 outta my pocket.

Jubes and I are really scrapin' th bottom of the barrel here to make things work at the moment. We've come up with a plan for saving, but realize that it's definitely a tight situation if we want to be able to see and do stuff while we're here. We live dirt cheap day to day, only buy necessities and never go out to the bars or movies or restaurants like a lot of the others. We're happy with that because we know that a few days going to the bars means we can't take one of our little weekend trips that we've been enjoying so much.

I love travelling around over here. Everywhere is so beautiful, people are very nice and the experiences and memories we've had so far we will never forget. We were talking the other day and were thinking about how amazing it is all the stuff we've done so far and we're only a third of the way through!

- Australia Day in Sydney - Darling Harbour, Circular Quay, Opera House, Aquathon
- Huskisson/Jervis Bay - Australian Long Distance Championships
- Mojo Surf - Crescent Head
- Blue Mountains/Jenolan Caves - six foot marathon
- Port MacQuarie - Ironman Australia, Koala Hospital
- Canberra - Half Marathon
- BALI!

Coming here has been an amazing decision and I'm so glad we made it. I really feel as though it's changed who I am. It's really given me a great appreciation for family also, as I didn't realize I'd miss everyone as much as I do.