And now, to whistler we go!

Since my move to BC, i have been living the life. to me this is brand new, even though I have been centering my life around skiing for the past two years, I have always had something else on the go, in 2007/2008 I was completing my grade 12 with a full course load of 8 courses. In 2008/2009 I was one step closer to full time skiing, but I was working everyday during the week. Now, to my dreaming mind, it has come to reality (for the instance). I am and only, an athlete for the summer. I feel amazingly fortunate to have this opportunity. Now my gratefullness is stated lets cut to the chase.

I am living in whistler village for about 2 weeks with my teammate Thomsen D'hont...the one and only teammate so far. The location is ideal in terms of getting around town on foot and proximity to rollerski paths and running trails as we can literally step out our door and be on a path or trail within 200m. The training possibilities here are absolutely amazing.

The last couple of days I have been feeling sick, I came down with some sort of stomach bug. one of those 24h bugs, but it left me pretty weak since my system was empty, and I hadn't eaten, but now I am feeling better, and I am eating, which for me, is one of the most important things out there.

I am getting ready for another big volume week and than we are off to the Haig until mid july.

C.

i think that this is one of my favourite pictures i took during my travel through France last Fall, this is just outside Cassis in the Provence.

work, and the move, and finding a place, and finding a job, and....figuring out my life of course

So, today as it stands, I have a flight to Vancouver, but that remains about it. 10 days away from my move I am looking for a place to live and looking for a job out there. Currently I am finishing up my work here at Highlands Nordic which has been amazingly fun, busy and enlightening. I think that I have learned much more in my one year at highlands, that is useful, than my four years in Highschool. That being said I am not against schooling, in fact I think it is totally necessary, but it just shows that the quality of learning is about 10 time better in the real world...I think most people would agree with that. Now I have put myself into a situation which, come to think of it, is becoming very fermiliar...diving blind into another world. This time, it is whistler and the training center. I seem to believe that things just work out, but I have to say it gets more and more stressful as the moves get bigger. I am not going to lie, I do believe that things will always end up working out, sometimes you just have to be patient. It is just the stress of believing in your decisions that makes most people not like these situations....or so I think. I have a few ideas about where I might live, and a couple of thoughts about possible jobs, but for now they remain thoughts, it is an adventure that I am getting myself into so I have to remember that. there is the latest view into my life, next update will likely be from whistler! cheers, C.