tour de alberta & saskatchewan

First things first ... it appears I go through cell phones faster than a heavy smoker goes through cigarettes. I just got my Samsung Vice in July of this past year and already the battery appears to be on the fritz. I have to charge it every night and if I actually use the phone during the day I have to charge it multiple times! It's a little ridiculous!
Anyways that is not really what I came here to talk about.
Last week I went soul searching. Well actually I took a drive. From Lloydminster to Lethbridge. From Lethbridge to Moose Jaw. From Moose Jaw to Saskatoon. And from Saskatoon back to Lloydminster. I basically made a big circle across the prairie provinces.
I went home in the first place to take home some boxes ... after two plus years in Lloydminster I have collected more than my fair share of things. So I figured a bonus trip would only help. Then I also got to see a friend of mine sing, the actual performance was on Friday, but I couldn't stay that long so I just went to the dress rehearsal! I also got to hang out with my family and my puppy ... and when I say puppy I mean 11 year old dog.
Then I jetted off to MJ for a job interview and visits with some of my friends from college. It was fantastic to see so many people who were so influential in my life. It's also a little sad that most of them just fell out of my life after college because we weren't in the same place anymore.
As for the job interview, that was the soul searching portion of our journey. When I got into photojournalism I was convinced that it was something that I was going to do for the rest of my life. I quickly learned, it's not. Don't get me wrong I still love photography and I would always like it to be something I do. But maybe just not in the newspaper sense of the word. So I went for a job interview at a coffee shop. Correction, manager of the coffee shop. It's something totally different. But as one of my friends put it, it's a cultural ministry and I think that would be something that I could like and thrive in.
I haven't heard anything yet. I don't know if I will get it, but if I don't I may just find myself driving to the east coast.
Then off to Saskatoon where I caught up with a friend over lunch. And then back to Lloyd where I quickly headed back to work.
Only 13 more days until I am done at the Booster and only a few more than that and I will be done with this city. I have to stay a couple of extra days to pack, clean, and go to a couple of appointments.
I am excited for whatever this next part of my life holds, life is an adventure and I plan to live it as such.