2008 – Year of Hair Straight Back

Will 2008 be remembered as the year of fun and adventure or the year of exhaustion and overwhelm?  Only time will tell.

It seems like just yesterday that Haribhajan and I grabbed one last piece of Chocolate Banana Cream pie from Aphrodite and hit the road for places uncertain.

Here are a few highlights and changes that 2008 brought me:

Driving (well, Haribhajan was driving) in the dark through a huge blizzard on the Coquihalla with all of our belongings in a moving truck and thinking that it would be just like me to die in such a tidy and considerate way as to take every single possession with me leaving not one loose end or even change of address to be dealt with by those left behind.

Catching our breath at Evin’s place in Coldstream – enjoying the view, the park and the company.

Remember how it rained constantly in May and most of June? We were camping.
Nevertheless, we were smart enough to be on a Hot Springs Tour (Ainsworth, Halcyon, Nakusp, Radium, Lussier)….amazing and highly recommended. People, you cannot live your whole lives in BC and not leave Vancouver!!

Realizing how living in Vancouver somehow retards one’s ability to understand what cities and towns lie beyond New Westminster.

Finding myself talking to people – everyone – everywhere – all the time. I burst out of my urban anonymity bubble and became downright friendly.

Road trip to New Mexico for Summer Solstice and White Tantric Yoga – more Hot Springs (Lava Springs, Idaho and Pagosa Springs, Colorado).

Going on a honeymoon with our newlywed friends – Hari Prakash and Paul. Buying them a Sarah Lee frozen grocery store wedding cake to replace the one that melted in the New Mexico heat. Taking photos of them eating their wedding cake in a campground.

Living outdoors week after week and getting healthier and healthier with each passing day.

Crying when we finally had to give in and move indoors.

Going to Ontario for a family reunion – utterly eating up my favorite childhood theme park with my nephews until they kicked us out at closing time – watching Nana dance at her 90th birthday party.

Living in a bachelor apartment with Hari Bhajan (lover of personal space and alone time) and finding that we both adapted easily.   Running out of said apartment in the semi-desert heat of September and jumping into the crystal clear waters of Okanagan Lake right outside our front door.

Receiving a warm welcome from everyone in Penticton and delighting in watching people discover and fall in love with Kundalini Yoga.

Being visited by Rama and Bachan and realizing how much I was missing friends.

Finding the best natural health product on the planet and seeing it change our lives (and people around me) in a way I didn’t think was possible.

Making even bigger plans for 2009.

Peace, love and light to everyone out there in our beloved connection of family, friends and the tribe of Kundalini Yogis.  All the best to you and yours for a prosperous, peaceful and adventurous 2009.