Labour day

My great uncle used to like to say things like ' I wish someone would cut off my nose' when it would run incessantly and that's how I felt this morning as I was attacked by yet another allergen in the air. Today is Labour day, or more commonly known as the September long weekend during which you should soak up lots of sunshine to prepare yourself for the arrival of the 'W' season. I took my parents on a long walk through the 'adventure' trails accross the river and just barely got away without a sunburn. We got to take the new walkway under the Circle Drive bridge. Lately it has become a bit of an attraction along the riverbank. I've even seen it used for wedding photos.

Anyways I was thinking about my eventful summer that has included two weddings, two babies, a funeral and lots of travels. Though I have been in Saskatoon for past month I don't really like to stay at home and sit around. The first week back I was out volunteering at the Fringe festival. I 'worked' four shifts and in the end saw ten plays for free. I find it hard

to call ushering work because after you take the tickets at the door you get to sit and watch the show. The next week I was out volunteering at the Peruvian pavilion at Folkfest. It was a bit more work selling passports, serving food and helping set things up, but a very good excuse to speak Spanish. Finally, my latest volunteer project is to help at the Global Gathering Place which is a drop-in centre for new immigrants. For a little while I was feeling a little like a new immigrant back in Saskatoon, but that's a bit of a silly thought because I grew up here.

I am still at the figuring out what to do next stage of my job search, so I can't really say much about my upcoming plans. To reconnect with my prairie roots I took part in a couple of 'prairie' summer outings which have included a barn party one night at a farm near Rosthern and then a couple days at a cabin at Martins Lake. It's nice to not always be in the city. I hope this is not an Adieu to summer, but we'll see what September will be like.