I almost made it a year without writing one of these. I'm terrible at this, but please accept my attempt to highlight my whole year in a reasonable amount of words for an internet blog with 25 readers.
Looks like my last update was about my fundraiser for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. I reached the goal thanks to so many amazing people. We hosted two public events and raised over $2800. That was truly a feeling of accomplishment and made the ride all the more satisfying. The ride itself was, well it was a few things; fun, painful, did I mention painful? But overall, absolutely worth it. Participating in that event with 4500+ other people is a special feeling, especially since they try and get the waterworks going before the start. Over $18 million was raised this year. Approaching the finish line, that 220th kilometre, after 11+ hours of riding, with crowds lining the streets gives you such a rush of adrenaline. I'll remember that experience forever.
I also had the opportunity to visit a few new places this year; Pittsburgh, Tobermory, and revisit Sauble Beach after a few years away. They were fun, mostly because of the company. Nashville and a few places in western Canada are on the docket for 2019. Nothing but excited for these.
2018 was also the year I had the first job change in my career. The word career sounds so old school, but it was a move for the best. I did enjoy my previous job and wish them the best. My new job as a Process Engineer at Mondelez International in my hometown has been great. It's been a great few months and I'm looking forward to an even better 2019.
I acquired a few new toys this year. A new TV, and man is it sexy, a programmable robotic car (which I've yet to touch), I won a small DJI drone which teaches you how to program drones (still waiting for that to arrive), a second monitor for 15x the productivity (of watching Youtube) and a Google DayDream. Now you may be thinking, what do you need a VR headset for and to that I say, do you know me at all? In all seriousness, this was such a surprising treat. You may recall my trip to Europe in 2017. I happened to take a bunch of panoramic photos while there and when I popped the DayDream on, Google pulled those photos up and immersed me right back to where I took the photos. It brought back so many memories that had somewhat faded after a year. I don't use it often, but it's worth it just for that.
My sister went off to school abroad this year and the lucky bugger is living the student's dream. Miss ya Jenny, enjoy the rest of the school year. She's too busy travelling to read this now, but maybe she'll see it sometime.
There's been a lot of change this year, but all change for the best. 2018 was great, but 2019 will be better. I'll always strive to be better, do more things and live life to its fullest. That's a good motto.
Happy new year and until next time,
J
Looks like my last update was about my fundraiser for the Ride to Conquer Cancer. I reached the goal thanks to so many amazing people. We hosted two public events and raised over $2800. That was truly a feeling of accomplishment and made the ride all the more satisfying. The ride itself was, well it was a few things; fun, painful, did I mention painful? But overall, absolutely worth it. Participating in that event with 4500+ other people is a special feeling, especially since they try and get the waterworks going before the start. Over $18 million was raised this year. Approaching the finish line, that 220th kilometre, after 11+ hours of riding, with crowds lining the streets gives you such a rush of adrenaline. I'll remember that experience forever.
I also had the opportunity to visit a few new places this year; Pittsburgh, Tobermory, and revisit Sauble Beach after a few years away. They were fun, mostly because of the company. Nashville and a few places in western Canada are on the docket for 2019. Nothing but excited for these.
2018 was also the year I had the first job change in my career. The word career sounds so old school, but it was a move for the best. I did enjoy my previous job and wish them the best. My new job as a Process Engineer at Mondelez International in my hometown has been great. It's been a great few months and I'm looking forward to an even better 2019.
I acquired a few new toys this year. A new TV, and man is it sexy, a programmable robotic car (which I've yet to touch), I won a small DJI drone which teaches you how to program drones (still waiting for that to arrive), a second monitor for 15x the productivity (of watching Youtube) and a Google DayDream. Now you may be thinking, what do you need a VR headset for and to that I say, do you know me at all? In all seriousness, this was such a surprising treat. You may recall my trip to Europe in 2017. I happened to take a bunch of panoramic photos while there and when I popped the DayDream on, Google pulled those photos up and immersed me right back to where I took the photos. It brought back so many memories that had somewhat faded after a year. I don't use it often, but it's worth it just for that.
My sister went off to school abroad this year and the lucky bugger is living the student's dream. Miss ya Jenny, enjoy the rest of the school year. She's too busy travelling to read this now, but maybe she'll see it sometime.
There's been a lot of change this year, but all change for the best. 2018 was great, but 2019 will be better. I'll always strive to be better, do more things and live life to its fullest. That's a good motto.
Happy new year and until next time,
J
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