Candice's Musings

It's been a while since I've wrote on here.

I've outgrown the blogging a bit. I deal with things a little differently now than I used to. I love having a written record of things to look back on though. Good times and bad all important.

So what's new? I lost one of my favorite Uncles last week. I'm truly going to miss him, and am so glad I went to Mexico with all of them in February. I still can't believe it, it's so surreal that I don't want to believe. It's just not going to be the same without him.

On another note, Ryan and I had planned to take an extra long weekend. We visited Edmonton for 2 days. We checked in late on Wed and we got upgraded to a suite for free. The room was huge!!!!! Almost bigger than my house. I found 4 pairs of pants, also a find, and some other cute outfits.

Ryan and I went watersliding. He got me to go down Nessie's Revenge, I'm surprised I had the courage to do it. It wasn't the one that went straight down but the big one that goes almost straight with humps kind of. I did it, but I don't think I'll do it again! Water goes where it shouldn't when you pick up that speed....not comfy.

We spent 3 days in Jasper. We found a cute sandwich shop/bakery called 'The Other Paw'. We let them pack our lunches for hiking ;) They had cute names for their sandwiches like "The big bad wolf", which had 3 types of pig on it, "The Humpty Dumpty" which was a curried egg salad, and 'Old McDonald's Farm' which had everytype imaginable on it.

We hiked most of the Valley trails. Ryan tried out some photography techniques, I enjoyed the fresh air and the walk. It was so gorgeous there. We could hike until 10 at night and it was still light out. Then we'd find a restaurant to eat, they were still all open, and by the time we were done, the sun was just starting to set. Absolutely amazing.

One night was cold so we stopped hiking early, then it started to rain, so we took a drive to the Miette Hot Springs. They were packed with people! I like the idea, but I like to relax, not fend off kids and get splashed by people. I think I would enjoy them a bit better if it weren't as busy.

Ryan's family babysat Bunnyrat for me. Sometimes when I pick her up from there she doesn't want to come home, she has too much fun. Bunnyrat is chilling out right now, she doesn't seem too upset with me, yet ;) Rabbits are moody.

I got a chance to visit with Sarah and Erika while in Edmonton. It's amazing what your friends remember about you even though you haven't talked for a while. It was great to see them and catch up. It's great to feel like even though some contact has been lost, time doesn't seem to have been lost at all, you know?

I'm happy to be home after the tumultuous time and vacation. I'm happy to be back at work with a clear, rested mind and sunny perspective. I'm happy for how lucky I truly am to have such great friends, coworkers, family, extended family and adopted family.

I don't know how this update turned into one of 'those' posts. But it did. Sometimes it takes huge events to realize how lucky we truly are and that we need to tell and remind the important people our lives how much they mean to us.