y'allberta

off to edmonton tomorrow.
something about going to edmonton, the idea of going to edmonton, just fills me with joy. even though at some point during this trip i will have to break the news to my baba and my aunt that i am going to china. they are the only two people in my family who don't know (this has required some crafty work that i don't feel totally good about) and the two people who will take it the hardest. that's the only the thing to not look forward to. so on that note i present the things i am looking forward to:

1. jenna's stagette #2: this will be a ton a ton of fun even if i do have to wear a dress (i wish i didn't read that part of the email and then i could be off the hook).

2. myrnam: my favorite place in the world. i don't go there very often and it's not glamorous but really, it's the only place that has always been there since i was little and it really feels like home.

3. chianti: i could die and go to heaven.

4. west ed: i feel like since edmonton is where i'm from (it even said "Sherwood Park, Alberta" as my hometown in my convocation program) this shouldn't be a big deal but oh lordy, i am stoked.

5. three in the bed: not sure if this will actually happen but there have been nights in the past when i snuggled in with gareth and jenna. that sounds creepier than it actually was. basically jenna and i laughed and took pictures for about 2 hours while gareth tried to sleep because he had to wake up extra early for work.

6. the prairie: have you ever been to the prairie in the summer? it is like nothing you have ever seen. big open sky, yellow fields of canola, animals, barns, all that stereotypical stuff but it just fills me with all kinds of awe.

7. the storms: cross your fingers that i won't miss them all!

8. perogies: this kind of goes hand in hand with myrnam but you guys, you guys, the perogies. and my sister and i are gonna make them with my baba!

9. being away from here: not that i don't like kelowna, i do (well, i like my family) but i just need a change of scenery and this is gonna be a great one!

i was trying to get to ten but i got stumped! oh well. 9 is good. they are big umbrella things so i covered most of my bases i think.