As a kid, me and every kid around me in the same situation probably drove our teachers insane … I feel terribly for them when I think about it now. But in the summer time when we were off school, I’d wake up drink a cup of tea, eat some toast and then spend the entire day outside, rain or shine. Starting when I was about seven or eight I’d spend the day on my own. We were surrounded by family so there was never a problem. I’d come home for more tea and supper was always at six, eat for ten minutes and head out again until the sun went down. We have freezing Arctic winters here between the great lakes and Hudson Bay but as a little kid, my parents thought it was normal to just give me a light parka and let me play outside with my friends for hours. I remember being about 11 or 12 and wandering away into the bush in minus 20 degree weather an hour from home with my friends just to say we could do it.

Always made our way back to the house for another cup of tea. That energy drink is basically what powered most of my life. I didn’t have a treadmill but I probably traveled thousands of kilometers because of this drink.

Tea … I’m probably 50% tea at this point in my life … I’ve been drinking it since the day I was born.