June Encapsulated
I am going to try to summarize the past month's activities. This will take a while, so get yourself a drink and relax... Thu.1June: got hair trimmed and roots done at 9:00 then had pedicure, did some last minute shopping, and picked up Shirley - headed out for our weekend in Jasper. Did you know it now costs $13 per day to go into the national parks! The drive up was fantastic. We left Calgary at about 2:00 PM and didn't arrive in Jasper until 8:00 PM. Fri.2June: This involved a full day of golf, and I am so not ready for 18 holes on such a challenging course. I had asked to be with a team of people from other clubs soI could meet new people, and I ended up in a foursome with three guys who were pretty good golfers. It's a good thing we used golf carts, or I never would have made it through the whole day. Sat3Jun was progress business: AGM, Awards Luncheon, evening Ball, dance & hospitality suite. The whole convention was very low-key because a well-loved and respected Progressian from Calgary was killed in a car accident the week before in Calgary. There wasn't the usually amount of partying and frivolity. We had a chance to go up the Jasper Tram (gondola). What a view, it was like looking down onto the town of Jasper from a plane. The drive back was great, we made a lot of stops to take pictures.
(Jun.5-7) I had to go into downtown Calgary for a computer course (Excel VBA) which was very challenging. Even moreso on the last day when I got food poisoning from the shrimp & avocado sandwich I had them make for me downstairs. I dashed out in the middle of the last class, threw my business card at the instructor mumbling "I have to leave" and proceeded to suffer the agonizing half-hour drive home. Spent most of Thu-Fri in the bathroom and in bed. Didn't accomplish much on the weekend either, read two books and slept a lot. Mon12th I had to put in a 12-hour day at work to try to get things caught up, Tue.13th I left for Edmonton after lunch. Presented my shelter budgets to the Asst. Deputy Minister and worked all day in Edmonton, home at 8PM. Thu14th drove to Lethbridge for meetings and another AGM that evening. Spent the night in Lethbridge, met with shelter operators Fri. morning and observed the new soup kitchen in action at noon. Phoned the office and told them not to expect me back in that day- I was exhausted. Sat.17Jun:Tried to get caught up on house work on weekend, went to see The Omen with Chris. Meetings and another AGM downtown Mon-Tue 19-20. Went to a Weekender Wear party Tue20th night hosted by our club president. I promised myself I wouldn't buy anything, but... Wed.21Jun got a call from one of the shelter operators, he had tickets left over from a fundraiser: Dinner Theatre in Rosebud (a charming, very small town 90 minutes from Calgary that boasts a School of the Arts, a Bed & Breakfast, and lots of craft shops. The play was on Thu night 22nd and I was able to get Shirley to gather five of my friends together and we saw "Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat" which was really awesome. Didn't get back until after 1AM so tried to hide in my office most of Fri. 23rd. Sat.24th morning I met my friend Linda for brunch at Ricki's - a belated birthday outing. Sun.25th we saw "Jesus Christ Superstar" at Stage West. The cast was so good I was practically dancing in my seat, and of course I know the words to all the songs. That play never gets old. And those lithe young male bodies with six-packs showing was a treat too.
Mon. 26th have to leave for Edmonton again for a two-day course at the Stats Canada offices there. Should be interesting. I probably won't get home until late Wednesday night. I have Thu.-Fri. 29th-30th off. I've invited my former neighbour, Bev, to visit me for the long weekend so she should arrive sometime Friday night. I haven't done any house cleaning for a long time, so I have 2 days to make the place presentable. I'm having some of the girls over on Sat.24th for a BBQ and we're supposed to take a day trip west to see all the flowers in bloom in the foothills. Oh, and I have Mon. off too! A nice long weekend to look forward to.
And that's what I've been up to for the past month. I'll try to post more pictures.
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