18!

Happy Birthday to me!

Yesterday was my birthday and I finally turned 18. Usually, and I have always believed this, birthdays do not hold much significance and you generally dont feel any differnt. Despite this, 18 feels incredibly different. I am viewed as an adult in many ways. I can vote, and if I lived in Quebec, drink legally, I can sign myself out of school and even need to change my bank account. With being 18, there is an added responsibility I feel, I am viewed as more responsible as more things are heaped upon me, as my "coming of age" has happened. But at the end of the day, I am still the same old Conrad, but he is getting really old now!

Okay, here we go boys and girls. Lets get down to blogging.

For the past four months, I have been training to become a soldier in the Canadian Military. This weekend I go for my seventh 3 day block of the Basic Military Qualification Course. And let me tell you something, its damn hard. But in a way that may seem peculiar to some, I relish the difficulty of Army life. There is some sort of grim satisfaction when going for a run in the freezing cold at 5:00 AM whilst the rest of the world sleeps. The knowledge that you are doing something unique and challenging is in my eyes a gift that keeps on giving. The job will never get easier, and I feel that is something I am going to like. Cant wait to inform you all how this weekend goes!