Newborn babies are the best thing ever!

I missed the birth of my best friend's first baby by one hour. It wasn't for lack of trying...I made it from being dead asleep in downtown Montreal to renting a car at the airport and arriving at the farm in less than three hours. That was apparently not fast enough for Jules - she had the fastest first labour ever. All that matters though is that everyone is happy and healthy and wonderful. I will never forget walking in the bedroom to see my Jules with a little baby resting on her tummy. He was so small and floppy and so incredibly beautiful. Little Lukas. Those first four days were incredible. I am just sohappy that I was able to be there. It was so magical.

Wow, I'm really bad at this!!

I had such great intentions of writing to this blog at least once a week...maybe I should have aimed a little lower to start - like once a year!

Over a year has passed since my last post so I think I had better give a point-form update,and then maybe I can be more insightful next time!

-moved to a new apartment
- went to Malawi and spent a month diving in Lake Malawi
- got a parasite
- got rid of the parasite
- quit my first postdoc (after some serious soul searching)
- took a two month break in Nova Scotia to re-group
- moved to Montreal, Quebec (third move in two years)
- started my postdoc at McGill University
- am feeling much happier
- currently painting a jungle scene on my balcony; planning to attend the birth of my best friend's first baby; starting a really cool experiment in the lab; collaborating with some very cool people on new projects; and, basically enjoying life.

My first ever blog post!

Well, this is it. My first ever blog post. I want to start by thanking my friend Michelle, who inspired this blog. She has an amazing blog that I check frequently, especially when I'm missing being around people that really know me. You know, those people that you just don't have to "be" someone around? You can just be you? Every time I look at Michelle's blog I feel an emotion - sometimes I cry, or laugh, or just feel happy. I'm not promising that my blog will do the same for anyone, but I feel like I need an outlet and somewhere to share my new life with my friends and family who all seem kind of far away right now. One of my New Year's resolutions was to be happier and I want to use this space to share the positive things in my life. Life is an adventure, here's mine!