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!
