Happy Canada Day Weekend!!!

It's the celebration of the birth of Canada this weekend.... but more importantly, we now have THREE WEEKS LEFT! Yes, being finished the internship is in fact that important.

Here's a run-down of recent happenings in the 'Gina:

• THERE ARE TORNADOES HERE! Did you guys know that TORNADOES are real things? They actually exist! They really do! And not just in the movies, like The Wizard of Oz! Earlier this week, there was a "severe weather warning" that included TORNADOES, hail, and deadly lightning, among other things. There were print-outs all over the mansion, warning us of these TORNADOES! In the end, aside from some torrential downpours and lots of wind and ominous clouds that made the sky turn pitch-black at 8pm, all was ok. We survived our first TORNADO warning. (A few TORNADOES did in fact touch down around Moose Jaw, which is about half an hour away.)

• The other big highlight this week was Canada Day. S was very excited, because people actually celebrate Canada Day here... which apparently includes things such as: strongman competitions, plywood-building competitions, superdogs, and a petting zoo. Not to mention free shortbread cookies from a real estate company. All of this stuff is set up by the Wascana lake... which, incidentally, is in our backyard! We landed up finding some shade (it was SO sunny and hot!) and sitting down to eat a picnic lunch and watch the dog competitions. They ran through courses, raced some little kids, and jumped in the air and caught frisbees. Pretty entertaining. During our travels, we saw some poor chap trying to lift a limo (for the strongman competition) in the sweltering heat. He was unsuccessful. Overall, if was a pretty fun time. We also stopped at a big fountain on the way home and cooled off by sticking our feet in the water. It was quite scenic - right next to the legislature building. 

• On Sunday night, to continue celebrating the long weekend (and the fact that we didn't have to get up early on Monday morning), we went back to our favourite trivia spot (O'Hanlon's). It was Canada-themed trivia this time, and the hosts weren't as entertaining as last time, but we still had lots of fun. We were not nearly as successful with the trivia this time as we were last time, finishing second-to-last (clearly we don't know enough about Canada)... but our sucking paid off! Apparently in the 'Gina, they reward mediocrity with a GIANT PLATE OF FREE NACHOS!!!!  

 Hope you're all enjoying your day off! :)