well upon request, grama and family, i will update my blog and dedicate this post to you.
i spoke with my family on skype today which was really great. i don't know how dani can stand being apart from them so long..mom, i'm never moving out!! ..just kidding.. but really, i am so lucky to have such a warm and amazing and supportive family. i fear i have definitely taken them for granted. but it was so nice to catch up and see what everyone is doing on that end of things! i miss you guys!!
i am now sitting here and eating mushroom soup, contemplating what i should do tonight. i was going to poke around the stores but i forgot that unfortunately everything here seems to close at 5pm. i'm starting to lose track of the days.. i forget what i did last week! i've been pretty bad with keeping up with everything in my journal, and so i'll need to really think hard to remember it all.
on saturday, brooke (carly's friend) and i did a day trip to stirling and to dunblane. originally we were going to take a tour through the highlands, but there was only one seat left on that bus, and to take the train to inverness was 40pounds. so we settled on these two places, which were still very nice. in stirling we visited the stirling castle and walked through the streets a bit, and had lunch at a pub. afterwards we hopped on the train again to dunblane, a quaint little town of 1300 people. it was sooo lovely, i could really see myself living there more readily than in glasgow, a huge city. we saw the dunblane cathedral which was gorgeous, and went into the museum. we also found a cute shop called the curiosity shop (what a clever name for a shop..we were curious!) which had antiques and knick-knacks: it was very dangerous for me! but i managed to walk away with just a small token from the most adorable town i've seen yet. brooke was really nice and we got along well, but she only stayed three days in glasgow so it was a brief meeting for us.
that night, back in glasgow, everyone went out for melanie's birthday. we got all dolled up and met at this high class bar for some drinks and a late dinner, then migrated to an awesome pub not far away. there was a live band and lots of people and it was so much fun!! it was good to be around everyone in a more relaxed setting, i'm very fond of them. such a great night.
one day last week -i forget which..- i took the subway by myself for the first time to the kelvingrove art gallery and museum, which had a lot of beautiful work from french and italian artists such as cezanne, matisse, seurat, pissarro, picasso, gauguin, monet, derain, renoir... i could go on!! it was so very nice.. all of the paintings were just beautiful..
to be honest..i don't have anything else to write about, that i can remember. so until next time!!
love kara xxoo
Hi Kara! Here is it is Aug 8 and the summer still has plenty of time for you to have a season to remember. I have an idea for you.. (please bear with me).. Write down things that you miss from home in Red Deer and area, like what you wrote about your family, your room, etc. Then, compare those same things to what you are experiencing in you current place and write them down as well.. the sounds you hear, the colours of the pavement and the trees and plants, the fashion of the men and women, boys and girls, the windows and their frames, the vehicles, everything. These may be an inspiration for you in the future when you do your hearts ambition. I hope you take all your remaining time with fullness and remember... as I say again... you HAVE plenty of time... Blessings!! Your OLD friend, Bob. p.s., please write in this weblog!!
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