Vacation

It's almost vacation time. 1 more day of work this week and then I'm off to Lacombe for the weekend for provincials. Back in the office Monday & Tuesday next week and then I'm off until August 7. I'm going to Saskatoon to pick up Cassidy and I can't wait to see her! Then I'm going to take Leah and the kids for dinner on Wednesday night and Tuesday I'm off to the farm for one glorious, stress-free week. Lara's wedding is on Saturday and that will be soooo much fun. Then my plan is to blow up Cassidy's kiddie pool, set up my lawn chair and read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. So excited.

Back to Sask?

Sigh. Maybe. I'm back at work today after a week out of office. Okay, so 3.5 days of that was technically still work b/c I was in Red Deer for training. But I don't mind training. I get to stay in nice hotels and check out different restaurants and I went for a wicked massage. But it was still work. Thursday after my training was done, I headed home, unpacked, re-packed and headed to the airport - destination Regina, SK. I booked the latest flight b/c I wasn't sure when my training would be done so I sat in the airport for 3 hours. Normally, I wouldn't mind b/c Calgary has a decent airport so I can easily kill 3 hours just by shopping. But I didn't consider the fact that everything would be closed by the time I got there. So I finally get on the plane and am itching to take off because I really, really miss my family and my little girl by this point. Then the overly-fake-happy stewardess informs us that there are 5 people who are stuck in security and we would have to wait for them. I'm incredibly irritated by this - the rest of us managed to make it through security on time so my vote was to leave without them. Turns out, my vote doesn't count. So we finally land in Regina and my dad is there waiting for me. We don't get back to the farm until around 3 am. I was tired. I had been up since 4 am the night before. Be thankful that I spared you that long story about how I was woken up by a bunch of little punks running up and down the halls of my hotel. So anyways, I woke up at noon and went outside. And then it hit me how much I had missed Saskatchewan. It's just so quiet and peaceful. No sirens, no stereos, no random yelling fights on the sidewalks. Just peaceful.

Okay, I'm back and it's 2 days later. To sum up my trip, it was really good. I had a great time relaxing and visiting with family and friends. The wedding was beautiful, pictures are posted below. I'm looking forward to going back at the end of July. My plan is to head down to Saskatoon for a day or so around the 25 then to Neudorf until the wedding. I love holidays.

Stampede started today. I'm exhausted already becuase I had to get up at an ungodly hour to work at our breakfast. But I'm taking off at 2 so I can hang in for 3 more hours. And... Harry Potter mania is starting again. I'm so excited for the movie/book it's quite ridiculous. Goes to show that you're never to old to stop believing in magic.