A time for love, laughter and tears...

I flew home to Ontario last night after a mini vacation to Manitoba and Calgary. In Manitoba I got to see my friend Jay, and experience his basically whole new life. He has a new car, new apartment, new job, and new wardrobe. I love being friends with Jay as much now as ever. I got to hang out with his mom a whole bunch as well and had such an amazing time! I love his mom. We just sit and chat for hours and I love that I am able to be completely open and honest with her. Plus she gets crazy ideas like I do, and I got to paint their kitchen and dining room/living room area while I was there. I love Jay for not killing either of us for deciding to do it and for roping him into helping us as well. He is such a good friend! I am lucky to have him in my life :)


After I left Manitoba, I hopped on a plane and headed to Calgary. I was greeted with hugs from Kathryn and Vinj. And due to my lack of sleep they were greeted with about an hour of barely understandable, hyper, rambling on my part. I know they love it though. We went back to their house that they share with another family (Art, Corrina, and Evan) that I know. Before we knew it, our friend Chris was calling to say he was 10 minutes away. One of the reasons I chose this past weekend to go to Calgary was because I knew Chris was going to be there and I wanted to surprise him. The surprise was a success! He had no idea I was there and was shocked to see me. Yeah! I love when surprises remain surprises. My time spent with Kathryn, Vinj and Chris was mainly spent listening to them play music, which I absolutely love, talking and laughing. I haven't laughed so much in such a long time. It felt so wonderful and was much needed, for all of us I think. I love getting to witness Kathryn and Vinj's marriage. It brings such joy to my life every time I get to do it. I also loved getting to see Chris. I always cry when he leaves (yes I know I am a huge girl) but I made the decision before I went, that the tears that would inevitably follow were worth the days that I was going to get to spend in his presence. And I was right, it was worth it. I feel so blessed to have such an incredible and real friendship with him. On my last day in Calgary I got to hang out with my friend Laura and her son Garrison at IKEA. It was so nice getting to chat with her and play with her little guy. It was also so nice to get to hang out with Art and Corrina and their son Evan. I am so glad I got to go on this trip (the views from the airplane rides were amazing!) and see everyone I got to. It was definitely a wonderful blessing all around and now I am just left missing my friends.