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Guess I Forgot About This...

Well...

It's been a while. A long while. Here's an update!

For those precise folks who love numbers like me, its been exactly 290 days in this small, yet somewhat likable town. For those wondering, I did learn and near master the art of male laundry.

Quick lesson on male laundry:

Step 1: Gather all clothes from floor
Step 2: Shove into washing machine until no more clothes fit
Step 3: Set to "Quick", add soap and run
Step 4: Repeat above 3 steps for drier excluding soap
Step 5: Find a place to put clothes where folding is not necessary


Aside from wearing mostly wrinkled clothes all year, the living away from home experience has been very pleasant. Mind you, my monthly trips to my parents' house were great for restocking my refrigerator. Over these months I've met a lot of new people and lived with some interesting characters. But I'm not one to judge.. well, sometimes.

Summer was great here. Finally put my road bike to work on weekends and ran a 5 km in under half an hour. Unfortunately that's the extent of my outdoor fitness. Still not bad Jay *pats self on back*. I did basically stop working out in the summer months and am having trouble getting back into the gym as much as I used to, but I'll chalk that up to a "I'm getting there".

Some highlights.. (assholes who don't give a shit can skip this section)
Ran, well mostly walked, briskly, Tough Mudder 2014. Improving on the obstacles from the previous year despite the typoon (okay, heavy rain) conditions. Saw an NFL game in Detroit.. yeah, fucking Detroit. But it wasn't as bad as I thought, fun actually. Experienced my first Canadian/US border vehicle search.. yeah that sucked.
There's plenty more, but I'm just bored of writing about them.

Work is going well.

I've also logged a good 50 hours barbecuing since I refuse to use the oven. That shit is just too slow.

Its been a great time here in Sarnia but I'm looking forward to moving back home for a few months before I ship off again.

Until next time!

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