Happy Belated Canada Day!

I was a bit busy yesterday, and didn't have time to update.  Yesterday was Canada Day, 143 years since Confederation.

Generally Canada Day is a statutory holiday, so most people had the day off to enjoy festivities with their families and friends.  Given that it was month end though, and the company I work for is French, I worked most of the day.  Management at my office isn't uncaring though, and were nice enough to have a bbq for us at noon.  They also let us leave in the afternoon, when we'd completed month end tasks.

Following work I picked up some new shorts (yay! denim shorts that fit well), and went home for a bit.  The evening consisted of dinner at Sorrentino's, which was delicious, and then we parked just off Whyte Ave, walked across the river and went to Telus Field, where we watched the Edmonton Capitals beat the Calgary Vipers in extra innings, and then stayed at the park for the Canada Day fireworks.  The fireworks were splendid. Following this we hoped to be able to catch a cab back to Whyte Ave, and the car..... but the roads were closed for the fireworks, so we wound up walking back.  It really wasn't a bad night for a walk, and it felt good after a filling dinner, popcorn, beer and a hot chocolate.  We stopped at a VERY packed Hudson's on Whyte for one more drink, and then called it a night, 6:30am comes early, and I'm back at work now.