Wedding!

Martin's wedding is finally done!  Whew!

All I have to say is that it was a lot of work.  I'm glad it's over, and everyone seemed happy with how it went.

 

Tyler and I MC's the wedding.  At first, I thought it was going to be not fun, and a lot of work, but I was only right on one account!  

 

Tyler and I did a great job, probably better than both of us expected, since we didn't have much time to practice and we had to sort of come up with 'appropriate jokes.' It's tough when it's about family! ;)

Overall, it was a lot of fun, but wow I was tired every day!  The good thing is that I got to visit with a lot of great relatives that I haven't seen in a while....it was really awesome.  Especially seeing my Uncle Martin and Auntie Marg and my Uncle Brian....it's been years!

 

It was the best time....great family time spending it with everyone.  

Trip Home for Martin's Grad

When I arrived in Saskatchewan, one of the first things I did was  visit Tyler's new house! Amazing!  I was so happy for him!

Of course, Tyler HATES it when I take pictures.  Eh heh.

This is me and my brothers.  As you can see, I did not have to Photoshop this picture at all.  Martin is really standing there...graduated. 





I'm so happy, and not just because it means no more random emergency essay calls on a Sunday night.  It's great because I'm so proud he could do that, and he did more himself than I think even he realizes.

 Of course, visiting home wouldn't be the same without visiting some friends....

....and family.  I love Evan. My nephew

 Sarah looking dangerous!  =D

My Dad, Al, at his 50th birthday party.  We ate cake out of the back of one of the trucks.  Yep, it was pretty Saskatchewan.  Eh heh.

 This is my Dad, Kevin, with his girlfriend, Cheryl.  She's lovely, and we had such a nice meal that day.

And this is me and my mom...we hardly even saw each other this trip, both of us were so busy.  I'm glad we managed to have such a nice photo together.  =)













And that, in a nutshell, was my trip! I saw plenty of friends and family, and just recharged as much as possible.  I love Saskatchewan so much, I wish I could be there all the time, whenever I wanted. 



I miss my family, but I also know that job opportunities are better and I need to get some experience.  Even if I move back out west, I feel like the possibilities of me moving back into my hometown are slim.


I have been thinking about this lately because maybe I'll always wander.  I have yet to find a place I want to put down my roots because I love it so much.  (Well, I love Leuven, but I don't think I can stay there, and I don't have the kind of job quite yet that will allow me to live internationally like that.  But just wait.)


Toronto is a nice city, in a dirty, cosy sort of way.  It grows on you, but it definitely is not the city for me forever, I think.  If it is, I have yet to find a neighbourhood that I like so much I want to stay in it.  Or maybe just a place to live, I'm not sure.  (Because my current place is nice enough, but, uh, well, not enough privacy, really.)  Anyways, everything here is fine. 

After coming back to Toronto, I realized that part of it is that a place like this can cause some serious culture shock, just like any city.  It takes a while to adjust to new things, new people, and new places.  It will take me a while, I'm sure, but I'll definitely make it. 

Hope everyone's well, and I'll post more soon!  I'm going to get back on track with blogging, I've just been so busy sending out resumes that I haven't had time for personal writing as much as I'd like.

Take care! 

Driving With Martin

I am helping Martin learn to drive.

Only 95% of this is true.

...Sadly.

Enjoy, and there is more in the planning for cartoons and posting stuff.

Cartoon 1

....Only a certain percentage of this is true. But this is very telling of a normal session of Guitar Hero with Martin. Enjoy, next one in the next few days, since I'm behind.