Mele Kalikimaka!
Aloha!
We are writing this greeting from Hawaii to wish you all a wonderful holiday season. I hope you forgive the generic nature of this blog but with life's busy-ness (and it has been especially busy this year!) it is our way of staying connected.
We started the year off with a surf trip in Costa Rica where Tim and I both learned to surf (meaning we could actually catch waves consistently and give a hang loose sign at the same time!). Thinking we knew what we were doing, we planned a summer weekend at Long Beach. The waves were a little different and of course the water temperature was a little colder than Costa Rica!
Since then, we've been working hard over the last year and for most of it we've been doing so in separate parts of the country. Tim spent the spring finishing his french language training in Quebec and then got posted to the recruiting centre in Vancouver. This enabled us to move to the Jericho Garrison where we live in what we call military "pleasantville". Our tiny brick house is not much to look at but it's got lots of basement storage and we are five minute from the beach and Pacific Spirit Park. Considering that we might end up in a tiny military town on the other side of the country, we are appreciating the ocean and the mountains in our back yard while we can.
That being said, Tim hasn't been in Vancouver much this year to enjoy our little brick box. He went back to Quebec in the fall to finish his academic courses in Canadian military history, leadership and technology. After returning from Quebec and being home for only a week, he left for Comox to complete the sea survival course. This was during the time that we were experiencing record breaking wind and rain storms!! Just think, BC Ferries was not running but Tim was being dumped out of a survival raft into the cold Pacific! After this course, Tim flew to Winnipeg for Aeromedical training. Tim got to experience what it was like to be at 30,000 feet without oxygen. He found out that his brain doesn't really need a whole lot of oxygen to survive. Go figure! Tim will start his first flying course in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba in January - a little sooner than we thought. This is his way of getting out of doing housework and learning how to cook!
It has been a year of change for me too. I started a Masters program (by distance) out of the Centre for Health Promotion Studies at the University of Alberta last fall. It has been a long time since doing my undergrad so it was a bit of an adjustment in learning how to write an academic paper. Some of you may think this is not nearly as exciting as sea survival....I have trouble convincing myself at times as well but hey, adventure all in time. Anyway, I managed to survive my first two semesters and do pretty well. I took a break this fall from studies this fall because I accepted a new position with BC Hydro as their Senior Wellness Advisor. The job has presented a new set of challenges and a bit of an adjustment to the land of "corporate ville", but so far so good. I will go back to school in January and be put to the test of balancing full time work, school, volunteering and some attempts to stay active.
We've both set aside Triathlon for now and running has been all that we seem to have time for. After qualifying for the Boston marathon in Vancouver last year, I registered for this world renowned event in April. Tim and his parents came down from Montreal and Toronto respectively to be part of the tens of thousands of spectators that lined the entire race course. This race was like no other and I literally smiled the whole way high fiving little kids that screamed out my number on the side of the road. Kind of felt like my 4 hours of fame!! Ha ha!
Tim also competed in the Toronto marathon in September. Starting out rather ill, it was amazing that he managed to conquer those 26.2 miles. It was a tough race and any normal person would have probably never started. Tim had a much better experience last Sunday after running the Honolulu marathon. He did very well despite having to rise at 2am for a 5am start and run in intense humidity.
I'm in a bit of a rush here but we have one last announcement to make......in the spirit of ALOHA here in Hawaii, we decided to get married yesterday on the Big Island. All of you were in our hearts on this special day. We were fortunate to spend the day in one of the most beautiful spots in the world! Many of you may know that Tim and I took our first vacation together here and so we decided to return to exchange our wedding vows. We will send you photos very soon when we get to the next internet spot.
All our love and ALOOOOOOOOOOOHAAAAAAAAAA
Corri and Tim
We are writing this greeting from Hawaii to wish you all a wonderful holiday season. I hope you forgive the generic nature of this blog but with life's busy-ness (and it has been especially busy this year!) it is our way of staying connected.
We started the year off with a surf trip in Costa Rica where Tim and I both learned to surf (meaning we could actually catch waves consistently and give a hang loose sign at the same time!). Thinking we knew what we were doing, we planned a summer weekend at Long Beach. The waves were a little different and of course the water temperature was a little colder than Costa Rica!
Since then, we've been working hard over the last year and for most of it we've been doing so in separate parts of the country. Tim spent the spring finishing his french language training in Quebec and then got posted to the recruiting centre in Vancouver. This enabled us to move to the Jericho Garrison where we live in what we call military "pleasantville". Our tiny brick house is not much to look at but it's got lots of basement storage and we are five minute from the beach and Pacific Spirit Park. Considering that we might end up in a tiny military town on the other side of the country, we are appreciating the ocean and the mountains in our back yard while we can.
That being said, Tim hasn't been in Vancouver much this year to enjoy our little brick box. He went back to Quebec in the fall to finish his academic courses in Canadian military history, leadership and technology. After returning from Quebec and being home for only a week, he left for Comox to complete the sea survival course. This was during the time that we were experiencing record breaking wind and rain storms!! Just think, BC Ferries was not running but Tim was being dumped out of a survival raft into the cold Pacific! After this course, Tim flew to Winnipeg for Aeromedical training. Tim got to experience what it was like to be at 30,000 feet without oxygen. He found out that his brain doesn't really need a whole lot of oxygen to survive. Go figure! Tim will start his first flying course in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba in January - a little sooner than we thought. This is his way of getting out of doing housework and learning how to cook!
It has been a year of change for me too. I started a Masters program (by distance) out of the Centre for Health Promotion Studies at the University of Alberta last fall. It has been a long time since doing my undergrad so it was a bit of an adjustment in learning how to write an academic paper. Some of you may think this is not nearly as exciting as sea survival....I have trouble convincing myself at times as well but hey, adventure all in time. Anyway, I managed to survive my first two semesters and do pretty well. I took a break this fall from studies this fall because I accepted a new position with BC Hydro as their Senior Wellness Advisor. The job has presented a new set of challenges and a bit of an adjustment to the land of "corporate ville", but so far so good. I will go back to school in January and be put to the test of balancing full time work, school, volunteering and some attempts to stay active.
We've both set aside Triathlon for now and running has been all that we seem to have time for. After qualifying for the Boston marathon in Vancouver last year, I registered for this world renowned event in April. Tim and his parents came down from Montreal and Toronto respectively to be part of the tens of thousands of spectators that lined the entire race course. This race was like no other and I literally smiled the whole way high fiving little kids that screamed out my number on the side of the road. Kind of felt like my 4 hours of fame!! Ha ha!
Tim also competed in the Toronto marathon in September. Starting out rather ill, it was amazing that he managed to conquer those 26.2 miles. It was a tough race and any normal person would have probably never started. Tim had a much better experience last Sunday after running the Honolulu marathon. He did very well despite having to rise at 2am for a 5am start and run in intense humidity.
I'm in a bit of a rush here but we have one last announcement to make......in the spirit of ALOHA here in Hawaii, we decided to get married yesterday on the Big Island. All of you were in our hearts on this special day. We were fortunate to spend the day in one of the most beautiful spots in the world! Many of you may know that Tim and I took our first vacation together here and so we decided to return to exchange our wedding vows. We will send you photos very soon when we get to the next internet spot.
All our love and ALOOOOOOOOOOOHAAAAAAAAAA
Corri and Tim
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