The day started off early, which both Danny and I are no longer used to. So pumped full of Tim Hortons coffee we headed to Calgary in the pouring rain. As we were going for the concert I booked all of my doctors appointments as part of my visa requirements. To work with children you have to have medical clearance from a Canadian certified board of doctors to say that you are fit and healthy to work with the young and vulnerable. So I had to have three separate tests, at three separate places all over Calgary.
The first was a physical exam. This was all I knew before I went and I was absolutely terrified as I had no idea what she was going to do to me. As it turned out she asked me about my medical history, checked my breathing and that was it. $225 in the space of 5 minutes, those doctors must make a killing! Then it was urine and blood tests, my least favourite but after last years stint in hospital I'm actually pretty good with needles now, there were no tears or tantrums so I'll take that as a personal milestone. And lastly, a chest x-ray. I have no idea why or what they are looking for there that determines my eligibility to work with children, but fingers crossed everything is good and I can get back into a job that I love and stop killing off my brain cells serving people food!
After the stress of doctors appointments and getting completely lost in a strange city, we settled down for lunch at Craft Beer Market in Calgary. It's a pretty cool place, with over 100 beers on tap (unfortunately only one being English) Danny and I had a lot to choose from. We both had a local Albertan beer which was sooo good and shared some BBQ wings, and a chicken sandwich with mac and cheese. YUM! Mac and cheese in Canada is so bloody good, and you can get it everywhere! So yummy, though I do think the one at Saltlik is the best!
We then went to MEC which is an outdoor store that sells camping gear, climbing gear, bikes etc. So we had a good look around at things we might need for Summer camping and treated Danny to a couple of bits for his birthday. Some bike lights, and a head lamp which of course, being Danny, he was very excited about. They will be getting a lot of use throughout the Summer I am sure! So after that little bit of shopping we headed to Last Best Brewery to meet Sarah, McKenna and Alyssa for a bite to eat before the concert. Our friend Josh who used to work at Saltlik now works there so it was nice to see him and have a few shots to get us even more excited to see Ed!
And boy should we have been excited, he was so so good! He sang every single song that I wanted him to sing, and some new ones I didn't really know. I find it pretty cool that he can stand there just by himself with his guitar and give such an awesome performance! I loved every second and I would 100% go and see him again if I had the chance, it was incredible.
Other than that our week was pretty boring. We have been working a lot to allow for us to have the time off to go to the concert, and we are going away on Sunday for Danny's belated birthday trip so we've got to get the money in for that somehow and unfortunately that means having very little of a social life. These next few days are going to be so so fun though, I'm looking forward to writing next weeks blog post.
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