Considering how many take out restaurants there are around my apartment I am surprised by the lack of take out menus that appear in my mailbox. In fact, to date I think I've only gotten two. It isn't that this is making or breaking my life, I'm just surprised. I came to this thought as I was walking home from the grocery store tonight and past a little take out joint and thought..."hey, I wonder what they serve." Sure, I could have gone in and picked up a menu, but loaded down with my groceries, flowers and wine I decided just to continue on my way. Maybe next time I'll stop in on my way TO the grocery store.

Yesterday was my lunch date with the Flames. There were about 20ish tables of 8. 6 staff and 2 Flames players or coaches or owners. I sat with Eric Nystrom #23. He was really nice. We chatted about travel, food during travels and then one of the guys at the table took over the conversation and the rest of the meal was hockey chat. At one point though I think he could tell that most of the table was not interested in the conversation and he sort of apologized for all the hockey talk. Yes, it was a Flames player and of course hockey would be the main topic of conversation, but this was a stat talk from like 15 years ago.

Some people brought BAGS of stuff to be signed. I brought a work shirt for signing. And I only got Eric to sign it. I felt weird going up to players I didn't know...in or out of uniform and ask for an autograph. And I was a bit afraid I'd ask a non-player as well. LOL. Wouldn't that have been funny? Getting one of the guys who works in the beer tent to sign it would be a riot. And I'd likely be fired. LOL. Here's a pic of Eric. I didn't take this one...it's his official pic.


My new laptop arrived today...I have named it Daisy. It has a bright yellow cover. I thought that maybe since I had named the last one Mike...that could be why it kept overheating...cause of the boy/girl thing you know. No wonder it kept overheating...sitting on my lap all the time.

The job hunt is still on...well, you know how it is. At least now I have a computer that doesn't over heat after 7 minutes of use and I can surf the internet and apply for jobs from the comfort of my couch.

The weather is still holding. The skies are blue most of the time and the temp is generally always over zero. There were a few days when it was just under zero, but it didn't seem to bother me much. Guess I am still climatized to the North!

Not much else new and exciting going on here. Calgary continues to be full of cowboys and cows. Next week I am headed to the Calgary tower for some pictures for you.