On his actual birthday we were both working for a ridiculous number of hours and barely saw each other, so the main amount of celebration was spent on a little road trip to Jasper for a couple of days which I'm sure you will all have read about in the last post. We had the most brilliant time and got everything on our Jasper checklist done AND saw five bears!!! It was great and so so nice to have some time just the two of us, outside of work and enjoying some time together somewhere other than Banff. We certainly need to take more trips on our days off that's for sure - Canada is a big place, we have a lot to see!
We got home to an email that Danny has got an interview to be a snowboard instructor at Sunshine Village this winter, which is absolutely bloody awesome. Everyone cross your fingers and toes, and any other limb that it is possible for you to cross in the hope that he gets it. I have every faith in him, and of course this really is the reason that we came out to Canada so it would make all the hard work over the last couple of months so worthwhile and make the rest of our time here all the more enjoyable. Plus then I can tag onto his lessons and finally learn to snowboard and stop being a loser skier. Another aim to add to the ever growing list.
We headed to bed nice and early on Monday, absolutely exhausted after a busy couple of days and dreading the 7am alarm to get us up for white water rafting in the morning. A few weeks ago at Saltlik, a social committee was formed and we have been making more of an effort to get out as a group away from work and get to know the newer members of staff to join the team. One of the more exciting of these events was the white water rafting in Kicking Horse. I was bloody terrified I won't lie, as someone who isn't the strongest of swimmers, I was pretty scared about popping over the side of the raft into the freezing cold water and being swept away. Of course that wasn't that likely to happen and I was completely over reacting but never the less, the instructor didn't do the best job at calming my nerves with her insane safety speech. All I knew was I was holding on for dear life regardless of her commands.
It actually was so so fun. So fun. Some people complained it wasn't crazy enough for them but it was perfect for me. There were a couple of hairy moments and that was enough for me. I was so happy I had done it and tried something new and thoroughly enjoyed it. I do need to make more of an effort to try things that scare me and things that I wouldn't normally choose to do as I may end up finding something that I love. I have no hobbies or passions to speak of right now so that would be something nice to find. Next up: sky diving in Golden. The perfect way to spend my birthday money don't you think.
When we arrived back to Banff, Danny and I went straight into town and had a look around a couple of the sports shops. Danny has recently done a couple of climbing courses at the Sally Borden Centre and has developed a real interest for climbing and so of course needs to have all the gear. The final purchase to allow him to climb indoors without having to spend a fortune on hiring, was some shoes. They are the funniest looking things, absolutely tiny and pretty pointy toes - but he managed to grab a bargain in the sales and went to straight up to the climbing centre to test them out. I put on Netflix, passed out and here I am on Wednesday morning frantically trying to smash out the blog post before I head out for a no doubt delightful double shift at work. So I shall love you and leave you with the pictures...
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