I love the human adrenal system

Nothing like being able to endure 10x more pain that you should be able to endure because your adrenaline is pumping. A couple days after hockey, I normally end up finding scratches and bruises all over my body. Scratches and bruises that I don't know the origin of. I took 3 pucks to the hip today, at least I'll know where those bruises came from.

On that note, I realized recently that had I rejected the job at GUARD, and taken the similarly paying yet less prestigious job at circuit city in Pittsburgh, I'd probably still be living in the burgh, playing hockey weekly with all the guys I used to play hockey with, and partying like it was 1999 every night. I probably wouldn't be making nearly as much as I am, but life would probably be much more simple.

With this in mind, I've realized that my true goal in life is to have a job that simply affords me the opportunity to do what I actually want to do with my life. What do I actually want to do with my life? I want to whitewater kayak when there's water, in as many rivers as possible. I want to play hockey whenever I can. It doesn't matter if I suck compared to my old skills, its a lot of fun. I also would seriously like to take up rappelling, but I need to find a place that teaches that. Unfotunatly, buying a rope and jumping off a cliff only has a 15-20% probability of survival.

So here's a cheers to leaving work at work, and playing the rest of the time. Here's a thumbs up to telling the man that he can't convince me that I need an expensive house, 2 car garage, white picket fence and 2.5 children. All I need is a kayak, a paddle, and a place to launch my boat and I'm set for the summer.