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i have a pretty funny life .. and at the moment, i’m diggin this funny life of mine ..

in the last leg of our trip home, i’m no longer pilot nor am i co-pilot .. i am now fully passenger ..

this means i get the back seat!! its dark now though .. so i can’t work on that hat i started knitting last night .. and i can’t read either of the 2 books i brought with me this weekend (which never left the bag they travelled in) ..

this is good though .. too often, i don’t take the time to reflect on such a great weekend .. i don’t take the time to put some thoughts into words .. often, its too cumbersome to pull out the freakin laptop while i’m in the front seat — there just never seems to be enough room for it to be comfortable .. so, i tell myself i’ll do it when i get home .. but then i get home and just want to chill .. so, by the time i actually try to sit and write (if ever!), the good thoughts are gone, and my fingers just don’t do my memories justice ..

so, i expected a good weekend .. the mission was snowboarding in searchmont, ontario .. but really, i think the snowboarding was a just good excuse for a much needed getaway ..

i’ve only attempted snowboarding once (just a couple of weeks ago), and i left slightly discouraged, but still motivated for another attempt.. dude had never snowboarded before .. but the instigator had just put down some cash for a new rig and was anxious to give it some snow before the season ended .. when jess suggested the trip, i didn’t even hesitate before i was in travel agent mode – did a bit of
research, made some reservations and headed out of town ..

its not a bad drive to soo, canada .. just over 5 hours really ..

friday night was a bit of a wash as there was some coma to sleep off illness, but saturday was a whole new day .. it went something like this:

super canadian extra-greasy breakfast, 1/2 off sale at the snow pants store, gordon, cheaper than expected lift tickets, cheaper than expected snowboard rental, successful heelside falling leaf on the
bunny hill, great beer, the hotty with the dreads, aaron and marco, more falling leaf healside, some unsuccessful toeside attempts, more good beer, hottubbin, waterslidin, knittin, great conversation with
our new friend arron in the comfy hotel bar and a good night’s sleep in a super comfy bed i was so sore after my snowboarding attempts on saturday that we decided to spend the day in the soos before we headed home, rather than trekkin back up to the ski hill .. after laying around all mornin just chillin and talking, and a ridiculous amount of time at value Village, we packed up our pounds of
recycled clothing, grabbed a bunch of Red Maple from the beer store and headed back across the border ..

…….when i was in college, i took a trip to milwalke with some friends from the dorms .. 2 guys and another girl.. the girl was only invited because she was the one with the car (lol). when we got back, i was talking with one of the dudes who was telling me that i’d passed ‘road trip test’ with flying colors (or, as they say in canada, coloures).. debby, however, had failed miserably. the idea was, he said, that when he met a girl he wanted to marry, he was going to take her on a road trip to see how they got along .. to see if they’d survive .. if the road trip was successful, then he could take the relationship to its next level .. if not, they were done 😉

now, let me be clear – in no way am i suggesting that you marry someone because you’ve had a good road trip with them! but if you think about it, what better way to understand compatibility than being on the road? all parties are out of their element, in neutral territory .. often close quarters, relying on each other for guidence, decisions, input, opinions, conversation and entertainment .. if you’re not compatible on a roadtrip, then your roadtrip is just fucking miserable ..

people are their most quirky when on road trips .. so many people have unwritten (and often unspoken) rules about how they want their trip and/or vacation to be .. they get edgy when their travel

companion(s) don’t align with their plan .. this is human nature, i think .. everyone has quirks and and everyone has buttons .. if you find someone (or many someones) who you travel so well with that all you can think about and all you can talk about are your next adventures together, acknowledge it, cherish it, realize it, and honor it .. because those people don’t come around too often ..

thanks to my travel companions for being so much like me 🙂
this weekend was fantastic, lets do it again soon ….