My 29th Birthday :-)

Well one more year till the big 3-0! I had a wonderful birthday this year. It fell in Victoria Day of the long weekend and so I had 3 days to celebrate. May 24, 1981 is also Brian's really good friend Vince's birthday so we celebrated our 29th birthdays together. We went to Koutouki which is an awesome Greek restaurant here in Saskatoon. Brian and I ordered the Meza where they brought us samples of many, many Greek appetizers and entrees. It was really good food and a fun atmosphere. There were about 14 of us at supper. It was a lot of fun to visit and eat and Vince and I (and some of the other guys at the table who may have found the belly dancer attractive...haha) got to belly dance! I did not find it that fun or amusing as I had just walked in the door and it was pouring rain out and all I wanted was to sit for a minute and compose and drink my wine but alas I danced :-) When we were ready to leave, we both got to break a plate on the floor while yelling Opa! (a Greek tradition). After dinner we were ready to go out. We went to a piano bar downtown called Staqqato and it was great. I had a few friends and my brother come and go throughout the night and had a lot of fun visiting with them. Monday was my actual birthday and Brian and I drove to Tisdale to have a BBQ with my Mom. We brought steak, shrimp and corn and had a delicious BBQ with family and friends. It was a beautiful day out for it which was nice because it had rained for the rest of the weekend! It was a quick trip but was really nice to spend some time with Mom. It was funny because I got calls from people for my birthday but as I was gone I did not get them! I just want to thank Crystal, Jody, Angie, Amber, Ashley, Erin,Jenelle and Lucille and Carl for your calls and/or cards. I really appreciated it and I am sorry I missed you when you called! For those who I saw thank you for coming to the birthday party! Mom and Brian, thank you for the wonderful day together:-) xoxo

Jackdaw

I was very lucky this month as it was my birthday and I was spoiled! Brian bought me tickets to David Gray. I LOVE David Gray and was ecstatic to find out he was coming to Saskatoon. We were in Row C which was very close. He did a great show and it was nice to be able to dress up and go out. I have only been to about 3 concerts in my entire life and so going to live performances like this was quite thrilling for me. He played my favorite song "Jackdaw" which he also explained was an amorous bird. He seems to like singing about birds a lot actually...hmmmm, weird. Anyway, I have loved that song since I first heard it and it was one of the first songs he played so I spent the rest of the evening grinning from ear to ear. Brian enjoyed the show as well and we got to see some friends of ours at the concert as well that we hadn't seen since Mexico so all in all it was a wonderful evening.

MY SUMMER IS FINALLY HERE!

Well yesterday was my last day of student teaching and I went out with a bang. I have been incredibly busy. I went straight from writing final exams to painting Mom's cupboards and helping her with yard work to teaching every day. May flew by as I taught for 4 weeks and had the greatest time ever. I was in a Grade 5 class with my friend Cara. The kids were so funny and I am surprised that I got as attached to them as I did in such a short period of time. In addition to all of this teaching I was taking an online class...well I guess I still am. I got home last night after my last day and wrote an 8 page paper. My Friday nights in May have all been working, writing a paper and then proceeding to fall asleep around 9:30pm utterly exhausted. I have one more short paper due on Tuesday and then a final exam at the end of next week and this course will also be complete. It has been pouring rain here(record rainfall for us actually) but I still feel as if my summer has just begun yesterday sun or no sun ;-) I have more news on the "career/school" front! I was asked to sit on the interview board to interview prospective students at the university. The job goes 3-4 days and I will be paid. I think it will look alright on the resume as well...