Spunky Mama

Jet Lag

oohhh - 4 kids on Jet Lag and tired mom and dad too..

I know there are several smart ways of getting past Jet Lag FAST - but beyond drinking lots of water and taking the NO JET LAG homeopathic - we really didn't do much.

And we're suffering through it now.. Kids falling asleep on different schedules and me not sleeping much at all. I'll be happy when these first few days of our trip are over.

We DO manage several really great hours in the day too. Since moving away from Sweden, I am much more able to see the beauty in the grey, dark and rainy days.

I had to take a flashlight on my 4 PM run - and still turned back - I just couldn't avoid all the puddles and didn't feel reflective enough to stay safe.. it is DARK. AND I love it. The pace of life is much slower. The moisture is heaven sent for a Calgarian and the air is dense with negative ions. I feel at peace.

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Celebrating fall on a hike

Heading out for the amazing Larch Valley Trail, every fall - just as the Larch trees turn yellow, is such a real, grounding and refreshing way to celebrate fall.

The kids have a blast and parents (at least those of us still backpacking younger kids) get a week's worth of work out in just a few hours.

The day was sunny and crisp - and back in town the day was wet and windy.

The day before our Larch hike, I came as a parent driver, with my son's Grade 6, for a short hike up to Grassi Lakes in Canmore. I've been up there countless times with kids and dogs, but never with a Geologist in tow. He was telling us about the fossilized corral reef that is at the top, he let the kids smell the sulfur from freshly smashed rocks, and pointed out so many new things, I had never appreciated about the hike before. I wouldn't mind having a geologist's filter of the world from time to time - and sometimes I just want to appreciate the beauty of the Rockies without analyzing at all.