Day 16

Happy Canada Day!!!

In the backyard, I set up the volleyball/badminton net that we're going to take camping this weekend--just to go through it to make sure we know what we're doing. There didn't seem to be enough room, as our backyard is not so huge, to get the full effect, but I'm sure it will be fine. I can't wait to go camping!

This Canada Day is sort of synonymous with the U.S. fourth of July except that it's Canada's break from England. Because these days lie in the same week, it's just a big fourth of July celebration that gets started early. I love my new northern home and I know the national anthem by heart (thanks to the countless hockey games I've been accustomed to). I take pride in this country as well as my homeland. It's an awesome week to be patriotic. My roots are back home, and so there's the nostalgia, but my new home is one I hope to call home for the rest of my life. I love this place.

The only thing missing is the blazing heat. I hear there's a heat wave in California. Andrew and I were talking and I told him about the 95 degree midnights I'd lie awake in bed sweating because Dad wouldn't turn on the air conditioner until it got too hot. I miss being able to watch the fireworks light the sky blocks away from the college sitting on our sidewalk, the concrete still warm from the day toasting our little bums. We'd have a Popsicle or a coke for a summer night treat. I loved those late, hot, California nights. On the fourth, there would be stars and stripes everywhere you looked. Tonight just as we lit the BBQ for some summer cooking, it started to sprinkle. Then it started to rain. It doesn't rain on the fourth of July, but I suppose it's not July fourth.

Meals
2.5 cups of taco salad (l/o)
2 cups of water

2 cups of water

1 cheeseburger approx. 3 oz with lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, and ketchup
1 hamburger bun
1 jalapeno smokie with ketchup, mustard, relish
1 hot dog bun
8 All Dressed chips
2 cups of water

1 cup of water

Exercise
No intentional exercise but I was outside setting up the net and doing yard work for about 3 hours.

Notes:
-I slept in today so breakfast was skipped. This is not a normal day, so I'm okay with that. It was nice having Andrew home in the middle of the week and not having us both have to wake up so early.
-I didn't fit in a trip the gym around all the other stuff we did today and with shortened hours. I can't wait to get back tomorrow. I'll miss the gym this weekend because of camping, but at least we'll be outdoors and there's no couches to just lounge around on so I'm not too too worried about it. :)