Tag: life

  • The Valley: Gateway to Tayrona

    The Valley: Gateway to Tayrona

    We were meant to be up at 5am. It was now 8am. It wasn’t looking like a great start to the day. Our plans had long since fallen through on account of a late night and a migraine keeping me up most of the night. On the positive side, at least my pain had subsided.…

  • The Countdown to 43

    The Countdown to 43

    Lately I’ve been feeling a tad burned out. I can feel the continual stress building up of being in a management role all day at work, then being in the mom management role as soon as I leave the hospital. It’s a lot to manage staff all day, despite them being a fantastic group of…

  • A Dream Come True

    A Dream Come True

    How cool would it be to become a published author and have your written work displayed in a real, live, brick and mortar store? Well, I can now answer that question. It’s pretty freakin’ amazing!! Never in a million years did I ever think that would happen. Gosh… how many times have I wandered through…

  • Vancouver Waterfront

    Vancouver Waterfront

    When opportunity presents itself, you take it. It doesn’t matter if it’s an offer for coffee, a day off work, or an all expense paid weekend at a 5 star waterfront hotel. When you’re given the chance to do something, do it! A couple months ago I received an out of the blue e-mail from…

  • My Book

    My Book

    I’ve long been told that I should write a book about my travels. And truth be told, I’ve always thought it would be pretty cool. As a kid I used to make up little books (in fact, I recall one about the adventures of a parrot and dog that had world-class artwork in it), but…

  • Mountains in Mexico

    Mountains in Mexico

    It was October, and the perfect time for a vacation. I had 3 weeks off work and a week of solo time arranged. I’d been humming and hawing about where to go with only a week at my disposal. Due to timing, crossing the pond was out of the question. And it seemed South America…

  • Nights in the ICU

    Nights in the ICU

    Beeep. Beeep. Beeep. The alarm on the alaris pump is going off. Line occlusion. Bingg. Bingg. Bingg. The cardiac monitor is alarming. Low saturations. Bop. Bop. Bop. The ventilator is alarming. High circuit pressure. The doctor is bellowing out orders: “I want an x-ray, art line, and central line. And add in covid serology, ICU…

  • 2020 in Review

    2020 in Review

    2020. Welcome to our new reality. We are raising a new generation of children who will sadly never know what things were like before covid, but will have “wash hands” and “mask” among their list of first words (or at least that’s been my experience with my daughter). So where do I start? Well, where…

  • 2019 in Review

    2019 in Review

    Wow. What a year. This time last year I was back in Canada for my second R&R, enjoying time with my family at home, as well as some quality time running and cycling through the mountains. It was a much needed break from the stress of work, but I was excited to be going back…

  • 2018 re-visited

    2018 re-visited

    Countries Visited: 8 New Jobs: 2 Races completed: 0 Relocations: 1 2018 has been a year jam-packed with changes; and to say that my learning curve has been steep is probably a bit of an understatement. I’m currently sitting on a plane en route from Canada to China, and what better time to reflect on…