Snow mayhem

I guess the one benefit of living on a "mountain" is that it snows here. Actual snow, not just Vancouver slush- but big powder flakes that send everyone into a frenzy. Vancouverites assume freak-out mode as soon as they see it- and then EVERYTHING shuts down. I had my first ever snow day on thursday, because of the bad road conditions. The buses couldn't get up the hill, so classes were cancelled, and the uni basically shut down.... unfortunately, classes were cancelled after I had finished mine- so no luck there. Even the gym shut down, so I was forced to run in the snow on the trails. I have never got so many "what the hell is that freak doing running in this weather?!" looks from people- honestly, running in the snow is not a death sentence, it's fun. I even saw an xc skier, a mountain biker and another runner weathering out the elements.

The snow has mostly melted here, but little patches of it are hanging on still, and the track is covered in slush, so back to the gross winter conditions- but only 16 more days until I am home again and back to a real winter!

First final is this tuesday in bisc 102- open book lab final!

Back to study hall for me- two more hours of study crunch time, without facebook or blogging, or cellphone, or youtube, etc distractions. Technology is great, but it sure can be a bugger when you want to study.

-peacee && love-

teensy bit overdue

After receiving a friendly reminder about the state of my blog (or its unstate) I've decided to give an update.

Time has just flown by since September, and now there is less than a month left before I am back to the koots! The killer onslaught of final exams begins on November 29th and finishes Dec. 14th. So close to a three week winter break! I am excited for some good skiing, and a nice vacation from university/city life. I've found that there really are differences between city people and country bumpkins such as myself. People are seem so stressed and always in a hurry to get somewhere... they just can seem to enjoy the minute of life that they are in. Now the snow factor is something that really gets me. It started snowing on Burnaby mountain on Thursday morning... and it's stuck on the ground. oh my god. snow. People are seriously freaking out! It's almost funny to see how people react to this foreign white stuff falling from the sky.

I found some people slightly similar to back home today while at an AMAZING Sugoi factory outlet sale down by Burnaby Lk. Right away you can tell the type of person... not to judge a book by its cover, or in this case, someone by their car- but the parking lot was filled with subarus, volvos, trucks and other sporty hatch-back cars, most all with roof and/or bike racks. Typical outdoorsy people, all dressed in puffy Northface jackets and tights... not giving a damn about dressing nice or wearing torturesome high-heels- people like Rosslanders. Seeing that made my day! The sale was great- I bought a jacket, xc ski tights, long sleeve bike jersey, knee warmers for cycling and a pair of running tights all for under $90! I think I may need to go back tomorrow....

Running has been slowly coming back. I had my first real "hard" Mundy park practice this past tuesday- 3x 2km loop and it's definitely not flat! The injuries are coming along, the occasional strain, or ache, so I am very thankful for the amazing physios here. This weekend the girl's xc team (top 7) and two of the guys from the men's side are down in Vancouver Washington for XC Nationals... the last race of the season! The girl's team has been killing it this season- so go clan and bring home the title!!

I still don't know what I will be running for indoor track season which starts in january- but I have a feeling that it will be long distance :)

My first multi-event race will be the UBC tri/duathlon in the beginning of march. I am thinking of trying a duathlon, as the swim portion of the tri is inside the pool, and the thought of swimming 30 lengths is frankly horrible! Hopefully by the late spring/summer I can throw in a half marathon if all is going well... and focus on a couple of Olympic triathlon races around the Vancouver area in the summer.

Other than training news, I now know that I have Celiac's disease... which isn't all that surprising. I will just keep on doing what I have been doing since summer, and avoid wheat/gluten products to keep my stomach happy.

Seeing that I am a student, I do have homework that is calling my name, so I will cut this blog post short. Hopefully, I will update more frequently after final exams have subsided.

"Be the change you want to see in the world."