May 24 - 1 day before Vancouver

Disclaimer: I wish to apologize from the very beginning of this blog for the many spelling mistakes that will invariably occur in the coming months. There are two principle reasons for this:
1) Computer size: I’ll take a picture of my travel computer when I get the chance (it’s packed right now), because as you will see, it was designed with the hands of a 5-year old child in mind. As a result, my hulking hands are a wee bit clumsy.
2) Spell check: Since my computer is pretty much bare of all frills, there is no spell check. And to my father’s great dismay, I decided not to bring a dictionary on my trip. See there is something you should know about my father. He has an unhealthy relationship with dictionaries. He feels ill at ease if a dictionary is not at arms length. As a symbol of my rebellious nature, I declare this a dictionary free trip!

I shaved my head last night for the trip (hopefully, I’ll be able to post some photos soon – I’m working with limited bandwidth right now). I didn’t go to the scalp, but decided rather to keep a bit of peach-fuzz. It’s not the first time that I shaved my head. So there was no surprise, but it was a strange experience nonetheless. It was as if by changing my appearance I was crossing a point of no return and a bit of anxiety about leaving stuff behind. This is pretty foolish of course as I crossed the point of no return about 6 months ago. Don’t get me wrong, I’m super hyped to start my trip and am looking forward to starting rather than simply planning and talking about it. A bit of last minute jitters I suppose.

Thanks for checking out my blog. I probably won’t post again until Monday at the earliest as tomorrow promises to be pretty busy. I’m hoping to meet up with Kevin, a yoga friend who moved to Vancouver a few years ago.

Cheers