PG At Last

Well, I am here at last! Hello PG! It was quite the journey to get here, an 8 hour drive with my little 8 foot by 5 foot Uhaul trailer (paid for and generously driven by my Dad). It's a strange thing to see the entire contents of you life shoved, with a fair amount of force might I add, into a 5x8 trailer. Pretty humbling to see absolutely everything that you own in one place at one time! I have been here a week today, and man has it ever been a busy week. Unpacking, organising and cleaning cleaning cleaning! Austin works on average 6 days a week, sometimes even doing 18 hour days, so I can totally understand that the last thing he wants to do on his evenings off is clean. All I can say is boys....you women out there know what I mean! Our little basement suit is starting to look a lot more like home, even if it still feels like I am just visiting. The reality that this is my house too still has not quite sunk in. Our house is more than I could have imagined in a "first home". The roomy two bedroom with a huge bathroom is suiting our needs quite nicely. The washing machine is something of a bother for me....looking at it I am not sure whether my clothes will come out cleaner or dirtier than when they went in. So far so good! As for the city of Prince George I am not sure what to say. It's not really very exciting. The surrounding area is gorgeous, I am really looking forward to getting some fishing in once the ice is off the lakes. PG itself however, nothing special! Being the hub of the North there are a lot of big box stores to supply all the little towns around here, not many of the little boutiques that I love to shop so much like in Kelowna. Now that my life is settling down a little bit I hope to keep up the blog more regularly. We will have to see how often my high heels get to come out, I have a feeling the snowshoes and cowboy boots are going to get their fair share of use up here and lead to the most written about adventures. Have a good weekend! -Shelby

The Dogs Are Nipping at My Heels

My name is Shelby and I am about to embark on one heck of a journey. I am leaving my family, hometown and friends all at the same time to move to Northern British Columbia. Recently I was accepted into UNBC in Prince George, British Columbia to enter the third year of my Environmental Studies BA with directed studies in Natural Resource Management. Quite the mouthful to say the least! So this means I am moving eight hours away from home, moving in with my boyfriend, going to a different university and facing the reality of growing up all within an extremely short time frame. What does someone do when they are starting such a life changing experience? Well we tell the world about it, and that is my intention for this blog. Life isn't easy, in fact it can be quite the opposite, and so I wanted to start this blog to cover the adventures that I will be facing in my life along with whatever comes with them be it good or bad. Whether I am wearing high heels, cowboy boots or snowshoes I know that these events in my life are going to form me to be the person I am to become as I am set loose upon the world. The time has come for me to find my way in this crazy world; the dogs are nipping at my heels and urging me to get a move on. I am lucky to have my partner in crime and loving boyfriend Austin there beside me as well as an amazing support system at home to help me as I make this huge move. The future is gleaming before me and I am a little cautious to touch it and risk the possible damage, but you can't afford to not take the opportunity. Austin has been living in Prince George (PG from now on) since December and I am excited to get to be with him again. Long distance relationships are not an easy thing and I send my best wishes to any of you that may be going through one! Moving day is only two days from now and I am living in utter chaos while attempting to pack up my life from my family home. We will have to see how this all goes, I am going to miss my family a lot but thank goodness for Skype. Thank you for reading my first little blog post, hopefully there will be more interesting ones in the future as I face the challenges of a Northern life. Feel free to comment and I look forward to updating again soon! -Shelby