Happy New Year!

The Canmore fireworks (though I may have cheated as my pictures aren't great, this is from Canada Day!)

I hope this new year in a new decade came in with a bang: be that fireworks, a massive party or even a self-revelation. I hope that you have grand plans and big dreams for the year to come, I do.

My New Years Eve was very quiet but that is okay - I spent the time writing down some resolutions, eating a delicious steak and of course went for a bit of a snowboard too!

2011 started off particularly well. A guy I had met at the house of a friend of Hannah, my sister, a couple of weeks ago and I went to Sunshine. Talk about a tenuous traveling relationship! It was nice to have the company to ski and definitely nice not to have to hitch a ride. We headed up early and were out riding in chilly but sunny conditions until about 3:30. As both of us were pretty wrecked by this stage I suggested a beer at the Canmore Hotel, we also ordered a poutine. This was my first try of this Canadian delicacy and it was delicious! Poutine is hot chips covered in gravy and cheese curds. Pretty bad for the waistline but very very tasty, especially on a cold winters day. So the first day of 2011 was not bad, and I know that this year is only going to get better.

So, you ask what are those resolutions I pored over on New Year's Eve? Pretty simple, I want to change three things:

1. I want to be a better friend to all those people I value so much. I know I'm hopeless at keeping in contact, but there are so many people that are important to me whom I don't think know it.

2. Watch less televisions, read more, play my clarinet more, go running for fun and hence waste less time.

3. Never regret anything I do. Traveling this year has meant relying on the support of my parents, at times I feel guilty but at the bottom of it I know that this is what my family wants for me, so I will make the most of every opportunity and be proud of what I'm doing.

I know these are fairly corny sentiments to put out on the internet. However, I think it is pretty important to express goals are for the year, sharing them with the public only makes them more real.

I have a feeling 2011 will be pretty exciting and I plan of attacking it as aggressively as I would a boardercross course. I will be the best I can be at snowboarding. I will finish my University degrees. I will cherish every happy and more difficult experience in the mean time.

Here's to searching out are partaking in adventures throughout 2011.