This is me and Kenny at the Calgary Zoo!

Pretty Giraffe!

Ok, so the next time Kenny and I think about driving anywhere outside of the Lower Mainland, someone please smack us! Apparently almost 10 months makes you forget how friggin' far it is to Calgary. First, we went there because one of Kenny's cousins got married. On a Friday. Enough said.

Anyways, so we thought we could leave Thursday around 4pm and drive all night. Bad idea. We almost made it to Kamloops. Almost, I said. We decided to stop for the night and get a nice early start in the morning. Ok, fine. We stopped at a tiny town called Ashcroft. This was after we hit much construction. All I have to say is that you had to go to the pub to find someone so you could check in and check out. And the beds - the softest hardest bed I've ever slept on. Honestly.

So, we got up mega early and made it to the Sheraton in Calgary around 4:30pm their time. (That would be after about 12 hours of driving). We managed to find the zoo where the reception was being held. Good times. Got my groove on for a bit.

The best part of the Sheraton? Oh my good god, the bed! It's called a Sweet Sleeper. And yes, the sleep is quite sweet. We're talkin' feather bed, pillows, etc. So soft and comfy. Like being hugged the whole night. Kicked ass!

Fast forward to this morning. Early. Really, really early. We're talking 4:30 BC time. Yeah. 4:30 in the morning! We left, got Timmy's and barely stopped on the way home. 10 hours later and we're home sweet home. I love home.

Moral of the story: Calgary is really far away!

I had a dream...

and this is odd in two ways.

First because I rarely ever remember my dreams.

Second, because in my dream I was in a plane crash...over water. Amazingly, I survived. But of course I lost everything I had with me. Including my identification. Birth certificate, license, sin card. Gone, all of it.

In essence, I no longer existed.

A very bizarre feeling...

How Do I Get You Alone?

No real point to this post.

I just really like that song.

It's by Heart.

Take a listen sometime.

That is all.

Transportation...check!

I've booked my flight home.

Arrival: Thursday September 29th 11:30 pm
Departure: Monday October 10th 11:40 am

Yes, that's 10 days at home!

One day I'm going to work at our head office, but other than that I'm good to go!

If you read this and want to get together, let me know...

And it begins...

So! I'm starting to plan my next trip home, around the 1st of October.

Yes I know, it's almost 2 months til then. But there's lots to do. I have to book my flight for starters. Gotta love seat sales! Once my flights are booked, I'll keep things posted. You know, just in case you wanna meet up or something. I'll have about a week home or so. But I am a little busy being a bridesmaid in my cousin's wedding. Can't wait!!

21 degrees and beautiful!

It's another sunshiney day in Vancouver. I've actually lost track of the number of days we've had without rain...

Yay for the streak of awesome weather!

So it took this long...

I had the weirdest feeling the other day. I was homesick. Yes people, it took 10 months for me to get homesick. I think I did pretty good. Given I did get to go home twice since moving here, but still...not too shabby, if I do say so myself!

It was a weird feeling. I wanted to pack what I needed into my car and drive home. Not fly home for a visit, but take my stuff and 'go home'. By the time I got to Hope I probably would have turned back around. Yes kids, there is a town called Hope here. It's a few hours away on the Trans Canada Highway. Anyways, I think I just missed having the chance to do something all the time. Not that I always had plans, but if I wanted to do something it usually wasn't too difficult to find someone to do it with in Ptbo. Here I don't have any friends. It makes me appreciate the ones I have back home because those friends are awesome. (I miss you guys!!) I'm finding it difficult to find quality people to hangout with here. It might seem funny to most people that finding friends is hard, but when you generally make a lot of friends at work and you now only have 8 other people in your office, your usual method isn't going to work.

So...

I've decided I need to make some changes. I need to be less cautious and just get out there! I also need to be more active. I'm much happier and feel better when I at least walk for a bit every night. May as well make use of the iPod I have, too!