Hey there, Hi there, Ho there!
February 16th, 2009
I’m feeling much better now. The funeral was cathartic and the drives there and back were long. But I feel at peace with morfar’s passing. It’s all good.
Work is going better. I feel like I know a bit more and the office is starting to gel with everyone. I was suppose to work today (it’s a Provincial Stat Holiday but I work for the federal govt) but two consultants were off, one is training and that leave less work for the assistants to do.
I spent the weekend in Calgary with two FANTASTIC friends. We talked and laughed and shared. We stayed at the Calgary girlfriend’s house (stunning huge house!) and spent some time with her kids. Then her mom took the two oldest for Saturday evening and all day Sunday - that just left us with her youngest - the adopted son from China. He’s a cutie! I took the bus there and back - so nice not to worry about driving and sleep deprivation.
Thursday night was a BIG night here for our family. MissyB decided to take part in the St. Valentine’s Day Hair Massacure. This is an annual event around here that was started by a local family who has a daughter (Kali) who has battled leukemia several times. The ritual is to dye your hair fluoro pink, get donations and then shave your head. Lots of school groups get involved and so many people shave on/near Valentine’s Day that they take over the ice rink at West Edmonton Mall and have a huge group of hairdressers lined up to shave heads. There is music, balloons, ice cream, knitted hats (for the ‘victims’ only) and several items available for purchase/earning through donation. In all, a lot of fun. But since missyB had over 14 inches of hair on her head, she decided to cut it off and donate it to wigs for kids as well as collect monetary donations for the Stollery Children’s Hospital/Make-A-Wish foundation. This meant she couldn’t dye her hair so very few people really knew she was going to do it. And who expects a 12 year old girl, grade 7, junior high student to shave her head. In fact, there were only a few boys in her school doing it and she was the only girl. But did it she did and we’re so proud! (yes, if you must know, I cried ’cause my heart was bursting with pride. Couldn’t help it.)
Photos!!
1) I’d make this toque for my son ages ago. The alien is duplicate stitched using glow-in-the-dark yarn. He says it’s cool.
2a) & 2b) These are plaques in my parent’s house. The came from my Aunt’s home and I adore them.
3) & on missyB getting all that hair cut off. They put it in small sectioned off ponytails and hacked them off for the donation. Then they shaved. But they left a ‘long piece’ as a heart on the left side of her head. The last shot is with our ‘hairdresser’. And so far, missyB still likes it but I did buy her a wig to help out.
