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Whoops, I just discovered this half finished blog post sitting in my wordpress. I guess I never got a chance to complete it before going on my road trip. Here’s my half-assed attempt at trying to remember the “moment” and finish it. This was written about 2 or 3 days before my trip:

Today I had a chance to visit with a ton of people I haven’t seen in so long, and the process involved a ton of warm friendly hugs, lots of biking, and gorgeous sunny weather. It helped me realize that I keep collecting acquitances and friendships with all sorts of beautiful people, and that their positive outlooks on life are ones that I should keep around more often to help me keep things in perspective.

The day started with one of my closest friends, Lee Bly, swinging by to start a day long bike trip around the city to run errands and visit friends. It felt rejuvenating to see that crazy mofo again (my crazy half), and to hear his pro-activism thoughts. I haven’t seen him in almost 2 years, and it made me feel complete somehow to see him again.

We biked to the the Mountain Equipment Co-op in town and I ran into Kathryn, the former president of the outdoors club. She’s such a free-spirit, and she’s incredibly fun and positive at the same time. At times I envy her character so much as she’s always “up” and about travelling around the world, doing cool stuff, and at the same time being a pro-star academic. I remember her being offered a full blown scholarship to Harvard and receiving all sorts of awards, and you’d never think of it on meeting her. My first impression of her was that she was an outgoing, travel-holic, stoner who had an infectious laugh. I’m jealous that such people exist.

We headed over to the University for me to clear out my locker, and I got to chit chat and have a few laughs with another friend Ashley who is also a travel-holic. I haven’t had much of a chance to see her all term, as we were both in the process of re-adjusting to the student life again. She studied abroad in New Zealand and then spent half a year as a wandering explorer in Australia. I think she travels the way I do: avoiding the big cities in Western countries and checking out the true landscape. It was great to see her again to help me kick start my summer, she’s always in high spirits.

Our next destination was Whyte Ave to find the mystery recycled bike part shop. It was a pretty extreme trip to try and keep up with Lee on Whyte through rush hour traffic. Zipping inbetween 2 lanes of moving cars can really get the heart going. Luckily we ended our day of visits and errands at Steeps, this laid back tea lounge on whyte. I’ve never been before, but I think I’ll have to return many-a-time. They offer up hundreds of selections of tea and it’s a pretty chilled out atmosphere, especially since I got to say goodbye to my good friend Sanda for the Summer. Whenever I’m in need of hip and artsy flare she’s my greatest source.

After living like a “hermit” for almost the whole term, it felt like I was released back into the web of society to see all these familiar faces again. I think perhaps I spent too much time focused on school and not being more social this term, as I have this silly notion that being social and doing well in school are mutual exclusive. But why not?

So, that’s all I can remember of this fun-filled day more than 2 weeks ago. I do remember ending the day with a sore tush from having biked for so long all day, and being absolutely gassed when coming home. This Summer of biking to work in Ottawa will be quite something.

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