I'm a second cousin again

Visited Mommy and her new arrival on the weekend. She's the sweetest little thing, and does look like her namesake (our Oma)!

It was great spending time with family and friends this weekend. I got to see quite a few of the Hajer brood - it was also the second birthday of my other second cousin, Cody. Do you see a pattern here?!? And with my other cousin pregnant, no pressure, right?!?

I also went down to see Corduroy play in Hess Village, which is always an interesting time. I love those guys. I met them almost five years ago if you can believe it, in one of the two bars in my tiny hick hometown. I can't believe I still go to see them after all this time, and after everything that's changed. It's mostly Dan's fault I guess (Dan is the infamous "drummer boy" some of you have heard tell about). But they're great guys, extremely talented, and they always show me a good time :)

New beginnings....

Well.

I've decided to join the dark side and create my own blog. I figure, I get such a kick out of other peoples' blogs its only fair to start my own. I'm also hoping my life is going to continue to get more interesting, and thus, I will have more things of interest to write about.

It has been quite an interesting week, particularly in terms of overcoming personal barriers. It's ironic, because I did suffer a bit of a defeat this week. For those of you who know me, you'll know how crazy I am about AIESEC. (If you don't know what AIESEC is, go to www.aiesec.org) I had applied to be on AIESEC Canada's Member Committee, and was rejected for the second time! So you think I'd be pretty depressed, particularly considering how upset I was last year. This all went down Thursday night. But by Friday lunch time, I was walking around with a big grin on my face. This is due mostly to the aforementioned personal barriers being overcome, along with some encouraging words from a few special people (thanks guys), a certain 5lb 14oz little surprise (don't worry, it's not mine!), mixed in with the fact that it was a beautiful, sunny, spring-like day, just perfect for contemplating new beginnings.

So, just to set the stage, I will be embarking soon on a new journey - I will be going through the selection process to become a Student Nominee (SN) in AIESEC-speak - in other words, I'll be going on exchange sometime within the next year. Where I'll end up, I have no idea - but I'm sure it will be an adventure, so stay tuned!