I always told myself, I'll give this "moving to Roatan and becoming a dive instructor" thing a year, and if it doesn't work out...well hey, at least I lived on a Caribbean island for a year, went diving all the time, drank ALL the rum punches, danced on the beach, ate 345064535488 baleadas, and had the time of my life, even if it was only for a year. Well. I did it. I'm still doing it. And I have no plans to stop. I am having a hard time believing that this post is titled Month 13. ...
Life
And Now, Back to Diving.
So that was an interesting 3.5 weeks I spent in Canada. It was too many days and then not enough, as always. I stuffed my face, I laughed myself silly and I missed Roatan. I came back a few days ago and am slowly getting settled back in to the heat, the bugs, my favorite people, and being underwater.Since I had decided to buy a new camera for my new contract position with a marketing company doing photography for a resort here in Roatan, my old Canon point and shoot looked like a pretty good ...
A Small Disclaimer.
I never, ever thought people were going to read my blog.I was never planning for it to get as big as it has, and comparatively it isn't even that big. I was shocked the first time an advertiser approached me, and had to put my big-girl panties on and ask other experienced bloggers what to do, because I didn't have a clue. Thankfully I'm part of an amazing online community of fellow bloggers, and all the ladies I wrote to went out of their way to show me the ropes.Now I have ...
Vancouver Review: Food Cart Fest
I'm back in Vancouver, BC and making the most of my last week and a bit in Canada. Today I hit up the 2nd Annual Vancouver Food Cart Fest (are you surprised I went to something all about food?) which was a great way to spend a Sunday. For anyone looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon in the summer, go check this out.It's located between the Cambie Street Bridge and Olympic Village, over at 215 West 1st Avenue. My friend and I walked over from Commercial Drive, but ...
Hi from Canada, eh?
Bad news = my Canadian accent is back with a vengeance.I'm on day 14 of 25 of my great Canadian summer holiday. I'm still hanging out with my family in the vast prairie of Saskatchewan, where the sky is never-ending, the nights are chilly and the mosquitoes are giving Roatan's a run for their money.I only had 10 days here in Saskatchewan and I spent 3 of them in the neighboring province of Alberta at my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary, and another 2 to the 'big ...
Roatan Month 12 Roundup – ONE YEAR!!
My month 12 roundup is coming to you live...from... my parents living room in Canada!I'm home on holidays for 3.5 weeks to attend some weddings, birthdays, family reunions, etc. and also eat literally everything. It is really strange being back here after a year away, but I'm just trying to enjoy it while I can. (I'm already looking forward to getting back to Roatan and into the water....shhhhhh!) I'm so happy I can be here to see my friends and their milestones but ...
So, Vancouver. We meet again. (On returning home a year later.)
Well, I'm in Vancouver. This has been the weirdest day. As soon as I flew out of Roatan this afternoon and arrived in Houston, I got completely overwhelmed and almost had a panic attack in the airport. There were SO MANY PEOPLE. And SO MANY STORES. And everything was SO CLEAN. And everything was moving SO FAST. And why is everything SO LOUD?? I can't believe how used to island life I had gotten. Culture shock!!Waiting in line for immigration was incredible for me... everyone around me was ...
Badass business cards from Moo Printing!
I'm getting pretty excited to head to Canada on holiday in FOUR short days! I can't think about it too much or my head will explode with everything I want to do there. High on the list right now is: drinking water out of the tap, taking a bath, eating sushi, walking around at night and of course, seeing my friends and family (after sushi). So in the interest of not exploding my head, here is something completely different for you:Anyone who knows me in real life will know I'm not the ...
Roatan Month 11 Roundup
Every time I do these monthly roundups, I can't believe how long I've been away. ELEVEN MONTHS! WOAH! Hard to believe when I arrive in Canada next month I'll have been away for a year. To be honest, I didn't actually think I'd make it here this long. It's crazy and I'm still so proud of myself for deciding I wanted to move down here and be a dive instructor...and now I'm doing it.So what went down this month:I did a guest interview with my friends at 20 Years Hence - go take a ...
I am not a tree. (On changing my house, and other things.)
If you don't like where you are,change it.You are not a tree.I read the above quote on my friend Amanda's blog and first I laughed. Then the absolute simplicity and truth of it exploded my brain. Think about it, and then really think about it. Unless you're actually a tree (in which case, kudos for getting online and being literate and all that), you have no reason that you cannot change it. Maybe you have reasons you won't change it, or don't change it. But don't ...