A post to a friend that wanted my insight on a reunion.

The following email was sent to my old but young friend Tara Diachun.   She asked  for all of our perceptions of a reunion that we had two years ago for a class she was taking.   This was my email to her.


My random thoughts at 5:30 a.m. with my hot coffee in hand.




Its always fun to meet old friends and acquaintances after x amount of years .. but there are always concerns too. For me it was a mixed feeling of both. Insecurities and old memories of being the runt of the group definitely popped up - certain people that were relatively mean to me as a child still poking hard at me as an adult. And the excitement of seeing people that meant the world to you back in the day as you played barbies under a tree .. and noticing that the chemistry still is there 30 plus years later. I find it cute that Karen is considered a stonergirl .. considering she never lived on the street .. but we all love her so much because of the energy and smiles she brings that she's considered family. The chemistry between yourself and her is captivating. I find it interesting how some of us have on the outside completely changed .. but inside .. we are still relatively the same people .. there is the quiet one, the funny one, the pretty one, the sarcastic one, the odd one, etc etc .. I will always look back at that first reunion with big smiles and giggles - but a little more self aware, that I was not the only one with insecurities growing up.

K

The One Attempted Border Crossing

Guess I should explain that :) ... Im always trying to add new things to adventure .. change them up a tad.   Well .. This one was after going to Toudassac .. thought .. lets drive due south .. cross over .. and go home via route of Vermont and New York .. and re-enter Canada .. through Ontario .. so there I was with my trusty map .. and guide (aka Brooke) .. drove due south to come across Pohenegamook .. a small gate to the USA .. see mommy here didnt want to travel an hour east to get rejected at the border due to not having paperwork .. had our passports just not a notarized letter from her father .. so .. there I am all proud as I find a gateway due south .. unfortuately .. with a smile and a very good sense of humor the chap would not allow me to cross .. as it was a friday .. and it would have been 40 miles of logging roads .. had we broken down .. no one would have found us till Monday .. so we continued to to Ontario .. made it to Cornwall .. crashed the night there .. woke up .. and took a cruise to boyd castle in NY .. each adventure can be replaced with a new adventure ..

Eight days and one attempted border crossing

I've been back for over a week from the road trip with Brooke.   It was an amazing adventure with her.   8 days .. Old Montreal Old Quebec then north east to Toudassac .. the look on her face when she saw the whales swimming in the river was amazing.   I am hoping I made an impact with Brooke on this trip ... stopping in side cheese factories - breaking bread at the side of the road.   Wandering the streets of old montreal - seeing the great churches of the down town core.    Puttering through Old Quebec City - the last and only walled city of North America.      Brooke was enchanted by Montreal and announced that she was going to move to Montreal and open a boutique and live on top of it.   She was going to create.    Didn't matter what she was going to create .. just that she was going to create.

Each year Brooke and I could escape to the Island for beach and fun .. but in the end .. the travelling .. the lack of electronics and the company of just the two of us .. was incredibly bounding.

Now .. what will be the next adventure

Road Trip - 2010

Some of my most fondest memories as a child are the road trips that my family and I took across the country.
Now I am not as lucky as my parents having 7 week holidays etc ... so Brooke and I are about to adventure off to a 10 day trip across Quebec .. Montreal - Quebec City and Tadoussac .. Yes where is Tadoussac you say .. well it is one of the whale watching capitals of Canada .. a small little town tucked along side the might St Lawrence River.

So what am I hoping to get out of this trip .. some adventure .. hopefully some great moments with my daughter .. and a moment or two of being captivated by the towns - sights and smells.

Now .. off to pack

Welcome

Welcome to my blog.   At the age of 42 years old I've decided to jump in all the way with technology and start blogging ... I will be honest - the concept of blogging has always intriqued me.   What I find interesting about blogging is the fact that you are putting yourself out there .. for all to read so to speak .. kinda holds you responsible for your thoughts you put in writing.

I thought I would use this blog for two different things:

1)  My travels and adventures with my daughter, Brooke and partner in crime, David.
2)  My body transformation

I recently made a commitment to myself. And that was I would start to live again.   Start smelling the flowers.   Try to put down the blackberry and start opening my eyes to the incredible people, places and things around me.

The other commitment I made to myself and to my family is to start living more healthy.   Through exercise and through weight loss.     I have amazing people around me to help support me through this transition.   And trust me when I say .. its been a tough transition .. something that I take day by day.

So welcome to my blog .. and enjoy the postings to come.   (who knows maybe I will be the only one to read this) So welcome Kat .. to your new and improved life .. Enjoy .. Breath .. and most importantly smile ..