Post Europe, post summer

Well. Here I am again, writing another. I never did get a good opportunity to post a blog while in Europe. I was either too busy, to overloaded to say anything or the internet was to expensive. But it was an intense and incredible experience as I was able to travel and learn, along with my peers and professors.

But before I describe more of my trip I wanted to give a brief update on my most recent going-ons. This last week I have gone from the farm of my gracious parents (where I've been for the last month with my nose in my books and papers, trying to finish up my Europe assignments) and have moved into Calgary. I'll be living with my brother and have just started working as a survey assistant, also endearingly known as a rodman. I'll be the guy lugging around stakes, spikes and fluorescent ribbons, writing co-ordinates and boundaries on these wonderful pointed sticks and pounding them into the ground. All this effort in the hope that when the construction on a road or buildings begins, they will read these stakes and know exactly how and where the road and building should be built (don't worry, the boundaries and co-ordinates are given to me by a professional survey, the one I'm to be an assistant to). I will be going back to school in New Brunswick in January, but for now I get to be settled here in Alberta.

I'm both mellowed and excited for this fall. I'm not thrilled that I will be missing the arrival of new students to St. Stephens University, and the great courses provided by my professors and the community of students and staff at the school... not to mention that autumn season of the East Coast, where there actually is one. But I look forward to this new experience of living in Calgary, getting to know my brother better (for better or for worse! just kidding about the worse) and having a different pace of life. I know this has the potential to be an amazing time, I hope and pray that my attitude and actions will reflect the life I optimistically envision for myself during this time.