My Long Weekend

Nothing crossed off of the list this weekend, sadly. I did have a rockin’ good time though! We left Friday, but due to cloudy skies and some time constraints, we took our regular route, rather than the Cowboy Trail. It was super cloudy, and there were strange cloud formations going on over the hills and fields. I was disappointed, but we hoped to take it back to Lethbridge. We went right to Adam’s house for a big Easter dinner, turkey, potatoes, the works. It was quite fun, but it was served quite late, so I didn’t get any time to puzzle-around with Adam’s mom, Martha.

Saturday morning I woke up quite late, and started my day very, very slowly. I went for a walk with my parents in Carburn Park, which is this lovely inner city park that sits beside the Bow River. It was very scenic and there were a lot of animals. My parents had always talked about feeding the deer that hang around in the park, so I got to take part in that. I was a little freaked out at first, I’m not used to wild animals, but they are very timid and friendly, and just want to eat.

There were also chikadees that would actually sit on your hand and eat. They were super small and freaked me out. I’ve had bad experiences with birds, being attacked by these stupid starlings that hit people in the head as they walk. Stupid birds. Anyways, it took me a few tries to actually stand still for the little bird to grasp my finger with it’s teeny-weeny foot and take a seed. Too cute!
After the long walk, we made our way down a part of the park that was mostly washed away by the flooding in Calgary a couple years ago. The path was falling away rapidly, which made for an interesting walk. I saw a muskrat lodge, and an anthill though, so it was worth the precarious ledge.

Saturday evening was the *insert random metaphor* of the weekend. My mom and I left to meet Gwen, Ashley and Sarah at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Due to stupid downtown Calgary, it took a bit to get there, but we made it. The food was delicious! I love the all inclusiveness of it all! After a filling dinner we headed to the Vagina Monologues at the Martha Cohen Theatre. It was a different interpretation than I have seen before, but it was very good! I took a sneaky film of the end of my favourite monologue “The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy”. Here is it, just for you!

After the play, we headed to Aussie Rules, but didn’t stay too long. We had a rocking good time though, and it was my mom’s first time there, as well as Ashley’s.

The rest of the weekend was pretty low key, dinner with the family and such things. I am back in Lethbridge after another cloudy, gloomy drive along the main road. The only excitement was Adam getting pulled over for not wearing his seatbelt. Woot. Lots to do in the next two weeks, before I head off for my whirlwind trip to Toronto/Guelph!