Birthday Times

Well I'm another year older. It doesn't feel like it though, that's for sure. The number 24 seems so abstract and big when I think about it, and in my head there is no way I'm that old! But it was a nice day all in all, the rain held off and I had lunch with my friends, went out for dinner at one of the restaurants I like and yesterday Nima and Maricela came over with a cake that they made for me - so delicious! I didn't really need it though because my roomates bought me some delicous carrot cake that I ate at lunch - so yes, there was a lot of cake yesterday!

The temperatures have been dropping here, and it's not very warm outside at all, especially at night. However - it's definitely not -40! Only 11 days to go and I just hope that it can be at least 0 when I walk off the plane in Calgary!

I've been setting up a lot of different meetings and appointments to do with my thesis when I come home - one of them being a public workshop session at the library in Cochrane and a meeting with the mayor to begin with. So now it's just planning these events and getting myself prepared! You are all of course invited, and I will try my best not to bore you. The only unfortunate thing is that the only day available at the library was Valentines Day. Oh well, something is better than nothing!

This weekend we are continuing to celebrate my birthday with a brunch at Dostrece ( I love this restaurant/bar!) and if it's nice I'm hoping that maybe I can find some time to do a little day trip outside the city, and maybe do a bit of hiking or something.

So, other than all this I've just been living it up, still trying to learn spanish and working on the thesis :) So I'll see most of you really soon! Stay warm!

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