coffee walks

Sat through a four hour training seminar yesterday morning - topic: team building and constructive communication. Haven't decided if I learned anything yet, but in the very least I got paid for four hours and a free lunch.

I miss the Navy life. I know, I can't believe I just said that. Especially after 5 years of whining about how much I hated Victoria and living on the island. But, everything was so much easier - muted, but easier. Of course, I'm not thinking about the six month deployments, or the 24 hour duty watches, or the unhealthy environment. Ok, I don't miss the Navy life. I do miss our old neighbouhood though and I miss our little Lakehurst house and the boardwalk at Langford lake...

Today marks one month 'till my birthday. The big 31. One nice thing about getting older is that I have no pre-conceived expectations of where I should be at this age - somehow I never thought I would be this old. I'm house sitting for my mum right now and last night I dragged all the old photo albums to bed with me. What great photos! I was fascinated to see the photos of my parents when I was a toddler because in those photos they were the same age that I am now. What's really crazy is that they look like my brother and I look now. We have literally turned into our parents.