Snowed in...again.

Most of our snow melted but this week we had an unexpected few feet of fresh snow. On Wednesday, I walked around Waterton for nearly an hour searching for a bin that wasn't snowed under. Our windows are snowed shut. We tried to walk to the lake but it was too much hard work. This lady drove off the road into a snow bank. It's great.

The sense of joy you get when given money that belongs to you.

Last night, I was filled with happiness when I checked my UK bank account, and found the insurance company had returned the money I'd spent on medical fees. It's like a tax rebate, and shows the simple joys of human life - that sometimes, being given money that is actually yours anyway, can make you inexplicably happy. I had an extra bonus, in that the exchange rate must have changed since I spent the money at the hospital, and I ended up getting £20 more back that I originally spent. I treated myself by buying some Strongbow (something I never thought I'd say...)

I will update later about our mini-break to Milk River but now I have to go to the gym!

Zen's 60th birthday.

It was Zen, our manager's, 60th birthday so we all gathered in the banquet room and had pizza and cake (see above) and sang and Zen liked the coat we got him! I think Rundle the dog had a good time too.

The happiest week of my life.

Look at all this! I received all this within one week! I guess everyone knew my life is a bit hard right now...what with the lack of job security, and the ear infection, and the huge medical bills....and so they took pity on me and sent me all this. Look at it! GRAVY! Seamus and I cooked a roast on Saturday and Sunday evenings, with proper gravy and it was so good. And Kinder chooclate! And Galaxy! And Thorntons mint chocolate! And Milky Bars! And Geisha chocolate! All my favourites! I would like to give thanks to the following people:
Vanessa
Vikki
Catherine
Auntie Hazel and co

Mum, your name will be added to this list once this elusive fudge ever turns up....

I love skiing.

On Thursday we went to Castle Mountain to ski with Alex and Al. Oh my gosh, it was so fun. I am now a skiing enthusiast. You remember how I sucked the first time I went skiing? It'd like when I was learning to drive. I was really bad at it for ages and then one day, it just CLICKED, and I was a driving legend. It's the same with skiing. On Thursday, I was amazing at skiing! I had soooo much fun, it was a beautiful day, and I was skiing all day with wonderful people and I just loved it.

We stopped for mexican food on the way home, then went back to Alex's and made mulled wine and watched Once. It was another wonderful day!

Seamus goes on a late-night adventure.

The other night, Seamus, Al and Alex went on a late-night, full-moon skiing adventure. I was invited but I had to work. Al recently got a car which means we can now do more things. They drove up towards Cameron Lake, skiied to the lake and back, then had a campfire and made s'mores and drank tea. Seamus learnt to chip wood. Alex had s'mores for the first time. I was sulky because I was at work by myself.

A lovely day off.

Last Thursday was nearly a perfect day off. We got up late, then went for breakfast at the Resort. We walked round the village, along the edge of the lake. This walk always reminds me how beautiful Waterton is. The lakes have unfrozen now, but there's still these massive chunks of ice lining the edge of the beaches. It makes you feel like you're in the North Pole. After a lovely cold walk, we went home for an hour and played the Sims. Later, we drove to Cameron Lake (Seamus drove! On the wrong side of the road! It was scary!) with Al, went for another walk, then had a little campfire and boiled water for tea. In the evening, Seamus, Al and I went round to Alex's, cooked a lovely dinner (ok...Al cooked...), drank wine, talked about religion and languages, then went over to Clint and Annik's and watched Horton Hears A Who (a wonderful film with lots of moral fibre).

It was one of my favourite days in Waterton.