Thursday 27 August 2009

Good night and Good summer!

My last post was the day before Mom's birthday and today is Dad's birthday - he and I just celebrated his birthday with Vietnamese Food and a Wii marathon...the summer has evaporated in between! The past 2 months have been full...of all kinds of normal life things. Visits, work, parties, short trips, and even a few moments of just relaxing. Normal life. Ah. It's been some time since I had a normal summer. I like it.

Mom's birthday stretched for the first week of July...after Colleen's surprise visit and Stampeding with Bob, Colleen and Dad and I, Mom also blew out the candles with her favourite little boys. We ran in to them at Stampede and they were the coolest cowboys I've ever met (Davis left, Jack right) They even took on the rides and its clear they're going to love driving some day.





July zoomed on with my usual quick trip to Edmonton for a Dr. Aung tune-up and as usual a wonderful visit with Amy and Ryland - we even took in Shakespeare in the Park on a warm summer night. My almost thirteen-year old cousin Grady landed in Calgary for a week and he and I took in Gasoline Alley at Heritage Park as well as some crazy laser tag and mini-golf before he headed South to visit uncle Bob in Fort MacLeod. I can hardly believe he'll turn 13 in 2 days.

Early August I travelled to Regina for a surprise 40th anniversary party for my Uncle Tony and Aunt Carol...lots of catching up with Antonini's which is always a boost of energy. They were so shocked and had such a good time...their "first dance" of the evening while my Uncle Marty played piano in the park seemed similar to any newlywed. Amazing stuff for 40 years. After the party I met up with Tasha and enjoyed some time with her family at Pelican Point on Last Mountain Lake: a few days of humidity, peace, relaxation, kayaking and the occasional ice cream. No pictures. Too relaxed to remember to take them. While I was in Regina I also fit in a couple of visits including one at my great Aunt Marj's new place of residence. I loved it so much I almost thought I'd get on the waiting list.

The rest of August has absolutely disappeared. I've not even had a lot of time to enjoy my new condo yet (pictured right). And apart from getting re immunized for the 4th time (me and all the crying babies) I haven't had to visit the hospital. I've been a bit more tired these days...perhaps because I've been working, playing and living a lot! A bit surreal actually. Tomorrow morning I leave for Vegas for 4 days of craziness with 22 fun women! It's a party to celebrate 2 of them turning "Fabulous" and I can't wait. Gotta get some sleep though, so good night and good summer!