Good Friends

I thought I'd stop in long enough to mention how much I value the people in my life, even the ones I only see once every month or too because of location differences, or schedule differences, or just lack of major effort.

I went to Kari's birthday party last night. I came home feeling bathed in love and restored in spirit. (When was the last time you could say THAT about a birthday party?) It wasn't that anything particular happened, it wasn't that there were stunning moments, it was just that I was with people who I knew were actually interested in my life, and in the conversations we were having. We didn't talk about anything earth-shaking, just the variety of things we hold in common and the things we don't. We even talked for a while about who (up to 5 people living or dead) we'd invite to our ultimate dinner party. Everyone from Bono to someone's mom were mentioned!

I am grateful for these friends, who challenge me to keep pushing for more things in life. I am grateful for hugs - I've discovered a huge affinity in the past year for physical contact, particularly the hug. And these people give them freely. I'm grateful for invitations to other events, for friends who share interests and friends who don't, and thus broaden my own interest.

I came home feeling warm and happy, and this is a rare occurrence for me after a big social gathering.

Thanks, Jesus for good friends.

Red and Blond

This is my new haircut. Not a great picture, you can't see the blond and the red really well, but I thought I'd share it because it made me smile.

Skirt Weather Coming Our Way?

I just glanced at Enviroment Canada's five day forecast for Calgary. There is skirt weather coming our way, possibly by Saturday!

Spacy

I just thought that I'd share with you all that my late night in combination with the cold/stomach bug I've been fighting for a week or two now have caught up with me, and I am having blond moments left right and center. In that spacy, can't quite believe the lapse in intelligence kind of way that I specialize in.

The Winter Blahs

I’m over winter. I mean really. 6 cm short of record snow-fall in February. I heard somewhere that we had 3 times the average snowfall this February. I picked my best friend up at the airport last night from a flight that was about 2 hours late due to bad weather where she was flying from complicated by bad weather in Calgary. As we brushed the four day accumulation off of her car in my driveway at midnight last night, she commented, “Who moves to a place where they have weather like this all the time?” I laughed at her, because she moved from the much more temperate West Coast to Calgary. She’s just sensitive because she got used to all that nice weather in Pakistan.

Now me, on the other hand – I have full complaining rights. I am a born and bred Calgarian, and like any good Calgarian, I do love to hate the weather. Have I mentioned in the last week or so that one of my goals in life is to live somewhere where I can wear skirts year-round without the risk of frostbite? My work wardrobe is severely limited when the weather and necessity of walking to and from the train confines it to pants and sweaters!

Do you think it will help if I declare the official end of winter? (I’m jealous of Nolan and his plans to leave for California soon – much better weather there!)