“Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.”
I'm back at work and back in Canada for what continues to be the most enjoyable of summers. A high percentage of the adventuring takes place at a keyboard - but I've also been out in the mountains for the majority of weekends. I wish I had blogged about it all. Since I didn't, this post offers a brief catchup. In later posts, I'll slow it down and introduce a few of the new characters.
I found a new house in Vancouver with a fabulous group of people. It's bright pink and blue near Gericho beach in Vancouver's west end. My new roommates are fabulous and have become good friends and we're currently planning a trip to Peru together in December.
I'm back at work and loving it. My first project was to spend a couple months building a new tool which could drive a cost saving business process. I released the tool a few months ago and the response has been very positive. It's the most successful piece of software I've ever written already. Since completing the tool, I've started a new project on a different team with totally new technologies. Things have been slow to progress, but I released some infrastructure last week. I'm looking forward to seeing it take flight over the coming month. Needless to say, I've been spending a lot of time at the keyboard.
Jaymi drove in from Winnipeg for an awesome visit after returning from a year in China. Our surf trip to Tofino yeilded some sweet waves and an unexpected head-on highway collision. Everybody walked away with minor injuries except for my roommate Nate who wasn't wearing his seatbelt - he was entirely uninjured. Hopefully we can skip these dramas on next weekend's surf trip down to West Point, Washington when Drew is in town.
I'm planning to lead Grand Wall with Tim the following week. Going up this climb behind Dima in May was amazing and exhausting and epic. Avacado sandwiches with Dima on the top of the Split Pillar (depicted) is one of my fondest memories of climbing. I'm not sure if I'm ready to lead the climb and the whole idea has me on edge. I'm a climbing brute with strength and bravery but very little technique. Regardless, this is the blog post I'm looking most forward to writing.
This post reads like a list; it's not a nice read. If anybody requests to hear more about the things listed here, I can write about them - but I'm not currently planning on it. I needed to put it all down to move forward because it's the next steps that I'm looking forward to the most. I feel like there are some big journies and some major life changes coming up. All my best friends seem to be taking big steps right now - be it by taking a chance on new passions abroad, or returning home after years overseas, or quitting their job to chase a dream, or establishing deep roots in place.
As the gloom of another Vancouver winter threatens, I'm looking for my own next steps. Volume II begins.
