Things are going pretty good these days. Slowly getting figured out at work — my new job. It’s a pretty cool job but a steep learning curve. However, my two bosses seem pretty comfortable with giving me the responsibilities. Maybe I just need to have more faith in myself.

It does make me feel good though [...]

I’ve mentioned a few times how I’ve been a tad on the exhausted side, getting ready for everything. My vitamin C regime appears to have worked and my throat is feeling tonnes better today. This is awesome news, believe me! I’d hate to start training sick. So, this is good!  However, overall I haven’t taken the time to [...]

Had my official swearing-in ceremony today! It’s official, I’m a Private! …. well, a private with an (R) beside it meaning, recruit. When BMQ is done, that’ll be removed but - still! I’m a private!

Who woulda thunk a year ago I would ever be here? Around this time I was waiting, waiting, waiting for my [...]

The last couple of days I’ve felt exhausted and… spent. I’m not sure if it’s the weather but I am suspecting I’m coming down with a bit of a cold or something! I’ve just felt off and everything feels like it takes ten times more effort than it should. I’m really paying attention to what [...]

Four weeks from now I will be driving down a highway passing through my old communities waving good-bye to my family along the way and heading to Quebec and finding myself at the Saint-Jean megaplex fortress where I’ll be walking through The Green Door.

The Green Door is where all new recruits to Saint-Jean pass through [...]

Just a few thingsto go over today — it’s the weekend, I’ve got three weeks of readings to catch up on, start my packing for the big move, a bit of cleaning and finally, get my arse to the gym!

I’ve had three regrets from this summer and hate living a life of regret. The first [...]

Wow, I can’t believe there’s only 50 days left until this new journey begins! But, that being said - I suppose I’ve been on this journey already for over a year now! So much has changed, so much for the better and it’s amazing to see the support I had from my family and friends. [...]

Today I woke up as a normally do however, it was after an abnormal sleep of almost 12 hours! After I got home yesterday, I just felt wiped. I slept on the couch from about 7pm until midnight, and finished the night in my bed. School and homework and work and working out, caught up [...]

Today for my run I decided to do some speed training.  I didn’t do a lot of distance (maybe 1500 metres in total?) but the first couple of runs, I went from lamp-post to lamp-post, at a faster run. I’m thinking that my speed went from (sorry, I have to use MPH for this part [...]

Tonight I had the chance to gather with some friends after an evening of band practise. Out of the ten there, three are on their way to basic training. It was awesome in that the three of us could talk about our excitement. It was exciting to have a conversation with others who share the same [...]