Friday, July 5, 2013

Celebrate the Small Things - July 5 (I'm on Holidays!)

I’ve been on holidays this last week so what better reason is there to celebrate with VikLit and the other Celebrate the Small Things blog hoppers than that?

From Friday night to Monday afternoon, I was with one of my brilliant best friends in Calgary, Alberta and that is something definitely worth celebrating!  Calgary was just hit by one of the worst flash floods that the city has ever seen. There is literally billions of dollars of damage. Some houses were completely washed away, some “only” had eleven feet of water in them. Thankfully, where my girlfriend was living was unaffected – that is something to celebrate. I think something else worth celebrating is how, in the face of disaster, an entire city can come together to help one another. Across the city, people were opening their homes to the masses of people who were forced to evacuate. Across the city, people were coming together to shovel mud and sewage from strangers’ homes. Across the city, people were coming together for the sake of helping each other, receiving nothing in return. It is altruism at its finest and I am celebrating my renewed faith in humanity.

On Monday afternoon, I took the bus from Calgary to Leduc, Alberta to visit my baby (25-year old) sister. The free wifi on the bus was definitely celebration worthy as it made the four hour bus ride fly by.

Monday was also Canada Day! Fireworks and patriotism – enough said!

I’ve been at my sister’s since Monday, relaxing, sunbathing, drinking beer, watching satellite tv, and really just vegging! My Mom got here Tuesday morning so we’ve just been having some good ol’ family time for the last week. Mom and I are doing the twelve hour drive back on Sunday which I don’t look forward to, but at least we’ll be doing it together.

Despite the fact that I am, indeed, on holidays, I did have to finish the second edit of my Creative Writing Thesis. I handed it in (electronically, of course) to my professor on Wednesday. Celebrations are in order for having accomplished that. Next Friday, when I actually hand in the finished product to the Thesis committee, will be cause for a much bigger celebration!

My final celebration for this week is the supper that I just ate: steak, crab legs, shrimp skewers, garlic toast, seasoned mashed potatoes, and Caesar salad. Yum!

Hope everyone had a wonderfully celebratable week!

12 comments:

  1. Congrats on your lovely family time! It's nice to get the chance to spend time with family especially when they don't live close.

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  2. Its good to see you here. I missed being here myself. It sounds like the family time is great although I don't envy you guys the drive back. People are getting back into their places in Calgary now right? A fellow blogger has been following the flooding. It sounds like it was devastating. Glad you guys got away unscathed. OH my bro. finally sent me the book! I sent it out to you today...look for it! Another small celebratory thingy!

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  3. Sounds like you're having a good week! Enjoy the rest of your holiday! :)

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  4. WOW, Wow, and WOW! Yes many good reasons to celebrate. So glad to hear your friend was ok, how nice to spend some veg time with family. We're soon to do that. Hubby and I are off to Utah where Darling Daughter will join us...we've not seen her since Christmas...well I did once, we did girls wkend but...we're sure looking forward to the time together.

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  5. I am sitting here contemplating shrimp skewers, crab legs, steak, garlic toast, mashed potatoes... And I thought my dinner sounded good. *sigh* The rest sounds thought-provoking, sobering (the floods), smile-making (WiFi on the bus) and good (your writing). I hope your joy continues.

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  6. Sounds like you had a lovely time! Enjoy the rest of your summer!
    A month of Blog...

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  7. So sorry about the flooding. It must have been horrible. But people who helped are the heroes. Good for them, making such a huge difference to the victims. Glad you had fun and I'm sure your Creative Writing assignment will be amazing.

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  8. Sounds like a great vacation despite the need for editing. Writer’s Mark

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  9. Girl! how's you doing... long timeee...??

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  10. Sounds like you have had a very celebratory week! Congratulations!

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