First day away from home...in Victoria

I made it! To Victoria anyway. Karen (my sister) and I arrived late last night, and I am all settled into the place she lives, in Oak Bay. We are sharing a room, and my bed is a mattress on the floor. Quite cozy. I have two drawers for my clothes, some hangers in the closet, a part of a rack in the fridge for food, a piece of her table and dresser top for other stuff, and the rest is crammed in suitcases. I guess I have to get used to living with little and having next to no space. We set up the room today after breakfast to accomodate the two of us, then we went shopping for groceries and miscellaneous things we will need for our Offshore trip. The weather was quite nice, so we took a walk to the library (the only computer/internet available for us to use), and later tonight we have a meeting with our Offshore crew at Skipper Tony's house. I was very sad to leave home (many tears, and cried myself to sleep last night), but I am looking forward to the new schedule I will have soon, and getting accustomed to life away from home, family, friends, and Matt (I miss you)! I think I will be better once I start work tomorrow on my first sailing trip of the year, and getting to hang out with my crew. It may take a while to feel at home again, but I know I will fit in just fine. I miss you and love you all! I haven't got pictures yet to show, but I will work on that...

Graduation has finally come!

I AM DONE! Well, my University education anyway. Master's anyone? 4 years goes by so fast, but I have enjoyed every moment! I will be graduating with a Bachelor's of Human Kinetics from Trinity Western University tomorrow (Saturday). I leave that night to go live in Victoria for the month of May for training before we set sail on Offshore, June 3rd, 2007. Thank you to everyone for all of your love and support! I will miss you - and hot 30-minutes showers, well, really just showers in general - but I will post as much as possible while I am away! Until then, keep the memories vivid and the laughter overflowing...