It continues to be approx minus 25 degrees but really is incredibly bright and sunny! You just seem to get used to going around dressed like a Yeti, I did actually go into the local organic food shop wearing a pair of jeans, skisuit over the top AND coat and noticed everybody else was wearing similar clothes...the really good thing is that you park right outside wherever you want to go to as the shops are either fairly big and accessible in outdoor Plazas or in an indoor shopping mall where you can park underground and walk right in.
I have met some of the most friendly people I have ever met at the local off leash dog park - Edworthy, where I take Jasper every day for an hour's walk...
Jasper looking hopeful for a treat from my pocket!
Both Sophie and Lucie have friends over this weekend which is great. Lucie has been invited to a Girl Guides Spa party on Monday and Sophie has been invited to a volleyball game with her friend from school and her family-her friends Dad is Sophie's Homeroom teacher, Mr Rose who is wonderful.
Sophie did her Cross Country skiing at school for PE (or Phys Ed as its called here) and had a really great time, both Sophie and Lucie are really enjoying the school-Webber Academy- which is a big plus. School starts at 8.15 and finishes at 3.30 and there are no after school activities at school but plenty to do after school in Calgary.
Bruce is working hard and enjoying working on the project. He has been invited to a Hockey Game on Monday night through his work, and is off skiing at Canada Olympic Park on Sunday with the girls, after their lesson. Canada Olympic Park is on the edge of the city so is really accessible. Im not up to skiing yet with my achilles but I will be hopefully in the coming months. We are meeting friends there for a quick snack after the skiing.
I am incredibly busy sorting out all our admin and getting things organised: car insurance, home insurance, Canadian utilities, after school activities etc. There seem to be very few native Calgarians, so many people here are new to Calgary and from other places around the world that the vast majority of people are incredibly welcoming and helpful, in fact they could not be more so-it really is a very vibrant city.
I am also doing two websites at the moment for friends which I am delighted to be doing but will also be very keen to complete them :-) Ive started working in Wordpress which gives great results for the websites.
I did manage to fit in my first Mosha Hot Yoga class which was agonising!! the room was heated to 37 degrees and was packed full of people taking it very seriously(and wearing very few clothes!)
The yoga was very active and not too hard. The humidity was intense and I felt like passing out after five minutes but stuck it out for the whole 60 minutes and swore I would never, ever come ever again - got home and felt absolutely fantastic all day-cant wait for the next class...
We are off to the Mall tomorrow night after school, open 9am til 9pm to catch the end of the Aberdrombie and Fitch sale-the girls love it .
Finally, our air shipment from Scotland will arrive on Saturday. By the time it has cleared Customs and is delivered to us it could be Wednesday next week apparently. We cant wait for our own things, our clothes, pictures , kitchen stuff , and most importantly, Jasper's bed !
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