As we pack up our home once more, it is time to reflect on our summer. It was a good summer, spent in Calgary with friends and family. We have really great friends in Calgary and enjoy our time with them. We stayed a couple of weeks in April with Lloyd and Pat and then moved downtown into a 24th floor, two bedroom condo. The views to the mountains and the Bow River were great and it was a nice place to spend the summer. We looked around a bit for a place to purchase, but I guess we need to mature a bit more before settling down again. I mean what can be more exciting than moving into and out of a storage locker twice a year!
Encana employed me on a seven month contract that kept me occupied and out of Loreen's hair, which was good. I call it the Encana Summer Seniors program. I'm lucky to have made some very good workplace friends there. Loreen spent the summer working in administration at a care facility. We are thankful that we are still able to work and that there are places and people that value our contributions.
Keenan moved to Calgary in July and spent three months with us. This is the longest Keenan has been home since she graduated from high school. Remarkably we all have become wiser over the past 12 years and the summer went well. Loreen even managed to sleep when Keenan was out late at night! We are thankful that we could spend this time with her before she ventured off on her next adventure, teaching in the UK. Now it is back to email, weekend phone calls and Skype.
Even with us both working we managed to get out and see all our family at least once over the summer and some of our long distance friends. We also made a trip back to Saskatchewan to meet some of my Dad's cousins. He had around 74 first cousins and I had only ever met one of them. I met with three cousins over coffee at the Co-op in Moose Jaw, how like Dad is that? It was a wonderful experience meeting some of that side of the family.
As we prepare for our next adventure we give thanks to our family, friends, health and having a great country like Canada to return to.
