it's like i never left

Well I'm back in the 'knife and in some ways it feels like I never left. Sure, the coffee shop has moved, they're building an addition to the hotel, but it still feels like I was just here. It certainly doesn't feel like nine months have passed.

People look a little different, but it is surprising how quickly you fall back into routine. I went to the lunch time spin class (which I used to attend regularly) and the regulars were there and the conversations just picked up from where they were left off.

It's nice to be back with friends and family. Now I just need to get back to work and then I'm sure the summer will just fly pass.

getting my brokeback on

Well, I actually found a place that was open, and was able to get some riding in. The big sister and I did a six-hour ride in the mountains, or more accurately up and down a mountain.

It was a great trip, it was the two of us, three guides and two of their friends so it wasn't the typical tourist ride. We went into Kananaskis country. We stated in the Sheep River valley, then worked our way up Green Mountain on an elk run and then back down on some hiking trails. It was probably the most challenging ride I've done. We were going through rivers that were still half frozen and climbing down muddy trails.

Here's some photos:

shoulder season

I have to say I am sick of the words "shoulder season". That has essentially been the excuse given for why there is absolutely nothing to do here in Calgary, or the surrounding Rockies. Too late for winter sports, too early for summer, and anything you can do in the spring they have taken the week off.

 

Up north, we have the 'tween' season, between winter and what we like to call spring/summer. However it seems short. How it's so long down here is beyond me. Essentially everything ends from early to mid-April and nothing resumes until the middle of May. Maybe they just have too much money here in this province and they don't need to take any of mine.

 

Instead of going outdoors, I thougt I'd try to get my culture on by going to a show, concert or opera, but everything is sold out. I guess it's really the only option so everyone is doing it.

 

Yours truly,

 

Bored and Restless in Calgary

 

 

blog on the run

Sorry the blog's been a llittle quiet lately, the last set of exams were a killer, followed by far too much drinking and then several days of recovery, packing and cleaning. I am now in Alberta and am slowly working my way north for the summer and should resume blogging regularly.

 

 

one year done

Two to go. Well it's official, well all official except for the marks. I'm done first year of law school. Sorry it's been light on posts this week, but these last two exams weren't my strongest subjects so I really needed to do some serious work this week and didn't have a chance to blog. I'm briefly taking a break from the celebrations before I head off to the Karaoke!

More later.

the home stretch

As of yesterday, I am done 2/3 of my final exams for first year. With one course finished in december, and three more exams written this past week, the bulk of my first year marks are already settled. I have no clear idea how I've done, but will continue working away at my final two exams this week.

It's amazing to think that in one week today I'll be getting packed up and ready to leave to start the journey back up north. I'll be making some stops along the way to visit friends and family so it'll take around a week to make it to the 'knife, but it's coming. One year of law school done. Two to go.

lizzie borden

It appears Elizabeth May either didn't receive or chose to ignore my earlier advice for the Green Party of Canada. She's gone and practically yielded an axe to hack away any credibility the Green Party may have had and hitched her horse to what appears to be a one-trick pony in liberal leader Stephan Dion.

This "mutual support pact" really appears to be turning into a mutual destruction agreement. First, Dion is hitching himself to a party that has never won a seat to shore up support for what is supposed to be his strongest issue. Does he really need what little credibility he would receive from this deal? Is his support now so lacklustre that he can't even win votes on his flagship issue.

Second, so much for Elizabeth May and the Green Party doing politcis differently. This so-called fresh approach to politics is nothing more than a long tradition of backroom wheeling and dealing. Should Elizabeth May somehow actually defeat Peter McKay, how soon does she bore of being the lone Green MP, with no support, no caucus and no funding and simply join the LIberals, which she has essentially done.

Green Party, I'm done with free advice.