Hello fellow kwooners,

Summer is here and already halfway done! I hope everbody is getting plenty of sunshine, even if it seems to be raining every other day. It just seem like the summer is slipping away before it even had a chance to begin. But! This is not the summer for missed oppertunities! As such I have been away to Jasper already and was enjoying the trails

Being out there, in Jasper made me realize just how much I missed the outdoors. Between trying to self isolate and keeping busy at work I really haven't had time to just go out an enjoy nature. Me and a couple friends went to the Valley of the 5 Lakes and couple of other hiking trails in and around Jasper. It was oddly, relaxing.

Not relaxing in the way of "hey I'm gonna sit on this rock and absorb some sun for a couple hours like a lizard" but more of " I don't have any respondsibility" kind of way. It was really a sucker punch in the face as to how much I had grown used to the constant fear and paranioa at work. The cloying stress of getting to work and getting a headache from the constent smell of the mask and going. "Is this it?" "Have I endangered everyone in my vicinity?" and then having the rest of the shift to work in a subdued stupor of stress. Alliteration, baby.

But I digress

When I got out there though, in the wilderness, it allowed me a moment to myself. It made me re-think my priorities at work and how I am approaching the work load. While I haven't quite figured out how to decrease the stress of the "impending doom" that most people at my work are sure is coming, I have taken time to realize that I am doing the best I can in the situation I am in. And for me, thats all right.

So, once again, I hope that you all have a wonderful summer and I am super excited to see you all at the Kwoon!