About jenn – JennLately

The Facts

I was born in 1974, in Canada.

I’m a dual citizen: Canada & the USA… but I gestated in Mexico and Guatemala. If you know me, this explains a lot.

My childhood was… quirky… but 100% awesome. My parents are the coolest people I know.

I took my first international flight before my first birthday, in my uncle’s plane. I puked. He never did let me fly in it again.

My degree is in education, but that didn’t help much with the worldschooling thing. Apples to oranges.

I’ve got four kids… who aren’t really. Man, time flies.

I travel more than average. Okay, a lot.

We traveled for about ten years, non-stop. With the kids. Of course.

Now, I live in Canada. Back on the island where I grew up. Except when I’m traveling.

I read avidly.

I write constantly.

I am learning aerial silks. I am not fantastic, but I love it.

My first meat through a baby food grinder was black bear. Yep. Really.

My first solo international trip was to the UK, at 16, to visit my friend. We ran amok. It was fun.

My fourth child had his feet in two countries, the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Hawaiian Pacific before he was five months old.

I have a serious and recurring nightmare of waking at my 96th birthday and realizing that I “missed it.” This drives my decision making.

I got to bed before 10 p.m. and get up at 5 a.m. pretty religiously.

I fall asleep on movies. Always.

We gave up TV the year Ezra was born.

I love to climb things. Love it. Volcanos. Mountains. Walls. Silks. Climbing is fun.

My second toe is longer than my big toe. People make fun of this.

I have a tattoo.

I spend a lot of time in Guatemala. It’s a second (or third) home.

Tea. Hot baths. Good Wine. The holy trinity.