Here We Go!

Anyone who knows me, knows that I like to talk a lot – and I want to back at least half of what I say up. Which is how I got myself into this mess. One month into our trip and I still have not published the blog that I have told people I was going to host. Not to say that we haven’t been busy, safe to say that we have been running full speed nearly everyday since we landed at CPH. But I find myself making excuses everyday that I am too tired, or can’t find the time or inspiration to write and get this site off the ground. Well sir, (I always refer to myself as sir), one month has absolutely FLOWN by, and the time for excuses is behind us. Because although I have already learned a lot in the past month, at the very top of that list is that this year – like life – will be here and gone in a blink if I sleepwalk through even a portion of it. So I will apologize off the top for the absolutely non-sensical anti-chronological order of this blog, starting with this post. I will circle back to our first 24hrs and the rest of this first month as we go, but like I said – NO MORE EXCUSES! No more worrying about what I haven’t done or written about, lets just get this thing started. Natalie had a random day off today and gave me a few hours off of full time daddy day care, and inspiration has struck – so we will start here dammit!

As for actual updates, we are happy and healthy here in Copenhagen, definitely missing our family and friends in Calgary, but loving this City, especially since we have settled our living situation finally. But I would be lying if I said that I have had my usual amount of gusto, and there are endless excuses I could make for why that may be, but the bottom line is life is for the living so let’s get after it! If you couldn’t tell by the first few paragraphs, this blog will be poorly written, and both long winded and short on the details at the same time. But, it is also going to be a great source of motivation and (much needed) mental stimulation for me. So if it sounds like I am shouting through the keyboard, it’s because I am talking to myself saying:

“This is it, you have sold your house, moved away from your family and friends to live in a Country where you don’t know anyone or the language. You don’t have a job or any direction telling you what you need to do or when. But, you are with the 3 most important people in your life, and you swore on your wedding day that this would be a partnership and you would support your wife in all of her endeavours. You swore to yourself that you would be the best dad you could possibly be and raise two kind, smart, giving, thoughtful young boys that would be a positive force in this world. And none of this happens by accident. You chose all of this. Get out of bed with some passion for the beauty in your life – your incredible wife, your healthy boys, this amazing city, and make yourself better today. Sweat, teach, love, cook, write, laugh and learn. Bike along the canals of this beautiful European city living the life you always romanticized. Drink the beer. Eat the pastries. See the sights. Swim in the Baltic Sea. LIVE. And then get up and do it again, a little bit better tomorrow.”

If you have made it this far thanks for reading, I will be back again soon.

Skål!

Rob