One Year Later

One year later I think my life is not interesting enough to keep blogging (joking, just not as interesting as it was)! I am no longer travelling "Here, There, and Everywhere" and have decided to spend a year at home. This was a difficult decision.  Turning down a hockey season (aka an adventure) is always hard! Not to mention, Jordan is in San Francisco this year, one of my favourite places. 

First of all I will do a quick recap of how I got to where I am since leaving off in April?! Jordan came back to Toronto for the summer and we had an AMAZING time living in the city. I landed a legal job (something I have always wanted) literally across the road from the apartment we rented and it could not have been better. It was an amazing time to catch up with friends that had not all been together in years. By far one of the best summers to date and I can't see us being all together again for awhile (and therefore so thankful that it happened). 

Summer 2012

When I came back from Austria last year I decided to take on the project of saving my childhood skating club from folding. I contacted the Past President just to check in on how things were going and he broke the news that after over two decades of great skating, Ice Fyre was going to fold. My friend Jackie and I (another former Ice Fyre skater) took it upon ourselves to try and save the club and start fresh with a young group of skaters. At first my expectations were not high and I continually told myself it would be the decision maker as to whether or not I would go with Jordan for the 2012/2013 season... If I was able to form a team I would stay in Whitby and coach, if I could not then I would go to San Francisco. Either way, I would be a very happy girl! 

The more work we put into saving the club the more I wanted it to succeed. When we held our first tryout in April we only had four skaters come out (we needed at least eight) and we started to lose faith. Our fight to keep it together was not over and we worked hard over the summer to find skaters in hopes of having a better turnout in September. We were more than overjoyed when 13 little skaters appeared at our tryout in the fall.  My happiness was bittersweet; I would be staying in Whitby for the hockey season and missing out on a year in San Francisco. 

So that brings me to now.  I have the cutest little beginner synchronized skating team whose theme this year is “California Girls,” a mix of Katy Perry and the Beach Boys (seeing as how I cannot be in California this year, this is the “California” in my life).  We practice every Sunday and it is the best two hours of my week.  Not too mention a few Ice Fyre Alumni come together to help me out (which is so thoughtful and very appreciated) and it is always great to see them (Brooke, Val, Jackie, Amanda). 

I am living the commuter life and working a legal position in Toronto.  That’s about as interesting as that gets (haha). 

I have been to San Fran for one visit this season and had an amazing time.  Great food, good shopping, a free bluegrass festival at Golden Gate Park, and my favourite part of the trip… getting drive through In-N-Out Burger, driving too an amazing spot off of HWY 1, and watching the sunset over the Pacific.  I am looking forward to my next trip over the Christmas holidays.  We have big plans!  Christmas in Lake Tahoe with the team, skydiving, and Jordan’s family is coming out over new years. 



Not my picture, but this was our view eating In-N-Out in our rental car

Although I miss Jordan it is nice to be at home with my family.  I miss them a lot when I am away and we spend a lot of time together when we are all at home.

That is all for now.  Hopefully I have more exciting things to write about as the year goes on :)