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July 5, 2003 Can you believe it's July already? Last night I went to the airport to see Raychel and Mike in, and here if I didn't run into Ricky from Eecol while I was walking to their gate. We talked for about 15 minutes or so and caught up briefly on each other's lives. She doesn't actually work at Eecol anymore, but another local electrical company. I will admit I was a little disappointed when she left Eecol, as she made going there in the morning a much more pleasant experience than it would be and now is otherwise... But what a small world though, I don't think I will ever get over that fact. Anyways, Barry and Pam didn't know I was going to be at the airport because I had left several hours earlier to go give Kendra a ride home from work on the bike. (I just added her to the Who's Who since I'm sure most of you won't know who I'm talking about - click here) This was her first time on a bike, and of course she was terrified at first. But from the time we left her work to the time we were almost home, she told me that she wanted to get 'one of these.' I had to laugh, and she said that I could give her a ride home any time I wanted to. We agreed that we need to get together and trade stories, just like old times. When I was still their paperboy, I used to stop by their house all the time while collecting and other times in the evening and I used to sit with her and her younger brother, Pat on the stairs and tell them stories... Kendra, do you remember that big argument we had about falling up the stairs? Hahaha, that was so long ago! That was honestly one of my favorite times growing up. All those nights playing Super Nintendo in the kitchen and watching TV with your mom on the couch, and I'd give you and Pat piggy-back rides down to your rooms and you'd keep coming back upstairs so I'd have to give you another ride down stairs... I remember one night you actually fell asleep on my back and I was afraid to wake you up because I thought you might fall off... And speaking of falling off, "Wouldn't it be funny if you fell?" If you read my journal entry for May 1, I put up the pictures I took of my arm right after that little 'incident...' I have a nice scar on my elbow which I owe to Kendra for jinxing me before I went and took a major spill on the BMX I was riding at the dirt hills... It was funny though, and now we both laugh at it... But anyways, After I'd dropped Kendra off I went to the airport and found out where their flight would be coming in. I went and sat in one of the chairs, picked up a newspaper and waited. I saw Pam and Barry stroll in, and watched as several dozen people came through the gate. Finally I saw Raychel and Mike come through the doors, and they met Pam and Barry and then went to collect their luggage. Once they were headed back towards P&B's car, I got up and followed them, walking right beside Raychel and Pam down the hallway. It was hard not to keep a straight face as they had no idea I was there... and I was going to keep walking with them as long as I could, but they slowed down for some reason so I passed them and continued walking on ahead until I think it was Pam who said something like, "That's very subtle..." so I stopped, turned around and grinned from ear to ear. Seeing the look on Raychel's face was priceless, because she of course hadn't recognized me - even after I had passed them. It was so funny, she gave me a big hug and we continued to walk out to the car. I asked her if she wanted to go for a ride back to the house, and I think Mike must have known it was coming because when she looked at him he gave the nod like, "That figures..." but we went and found my bike (I say found because I couldn't remember where I had parked - or rather, I thought I remembered but I was one section off and we had to search) and Raych and I took the long way back to the house. It was actually a beautiful night for riding, especially considering the cold and rain we're having today. So they're staying with us for a few days here, and then they'll be going to live with her grandparents for the rest of their stay in Calgary. I have to go do some computer stuff today, and then I've been invited to a friends' place later on this afternoon so I'll be out most of the day. Tomorrow night the mission team from Grace gets back and I'm going to go to the airport to see them in as well... This week will be pretty much normal, but Carmen called yesterday and wanted to know what I had planned for the next weekend. I think we're going to go to Pine Lake for that weekend, and that way if Mike and Raychel want to come to the lake for a day, they can. I think on Sunday though, we're planning on leaving the lake early and coming to Calgary to catch the Stampede though I don't think the Wind-downer is until Monday... But oh well, I know Carmen really wanted to see the Stampede and I suppose one day is as good as any other. It should be a good week though, and I am looking forward to it. On another note, I see that the fires in the guestbook have subsided a bit, at least no new flames have been added... I can't believe how much some people are so full of hatred these days. Oh well, hopefully things in there can get back to normal now... Anyways, much to do, no time to do it in... same ol' story... July 5, 2003 (Part II)  I GOT MY TUBE BACK! I almost couldn't believe it when I realized that we had left Sheerness and forgot it on the beach, but even more to my amazement and surprise was the fact that the people we'd met at the lake that same weekend found it and picked it up for us. I rode my bike out to the town they live in last wednesday and spent the evening with our new friends. Again, it is a very small world, because some of them have been Pine Lakers for many many years, and so of course we had a lot to talk about centering on Pine Lake. I am really looking forward to camping with all of them again this summer, as they are a really fun family to hang out with. Actually, the more I camp at Sheerness, the more I like it. And now that we have some friends out there besides anyone we bring with us, it makes it that much more enjoyable. I will still camp at Pine Lake this summer though, I still love that lake, but it is nice to have a bit more variety now. Anyhow, we have company staying with us for a few days here, Raychel and her boyfriend Mike are living with us for the next couple of days as they have come out from Nanaimo, BC to see the Stampede and do other touristy things. It's going to be a fun weekend. July 7, 2003 I'm sitting in TD Square at the moment, waiting for one of the local shops to open so I can repair some of their lights. I was reading through my journal entries not too long ago and noticed that I comment on the weather a lot in them, but it's appropriate none the less because weather plays an important part in anyone's life, especially those who's toys are outdoor toys. So continuing in that fashion, here's my weather rant for the day. It's JULY! One should not be able to see one's breath in July! Yet many times this weekend I went outside to go riding with my bare feet in sandals and just about every time had to wipe the condensation off the seat of the bike! I was not impressed, but what I was impressed with was my electric heating pad in my cupboard. Without it's help, I don't think my feet would have thawed out even today! I was also happy to find my hot water bottle. It was a bit of a bittersweet find though, because although I was really happy to find it, it's discovery brought back the memory of the last time it was used. I guess I will always be sentimental. Sometimes I hate being sentimental. On a different note though, I have been to the airport more times in the past weekend than I have in the past three years! (Probably more than that actually.) Friday of course I picked up Raychel, and then last night I went to see the mission team from Grace arrive home. I was kind of surprised at the low turnout, I guess for some reason I thought there would have been more people there. Several of the leaders aren't coming back until today, so I didn't get to see Tony or Jason. Saturday night Raychel, Mike and myself went out with Jaimee and Jeremy, and it was an interesting night. Since they're from BC where the legal drinking age is 19, not 18, Raychel was quite enthusiastic to go and explore the bar scene, but because Mike didn't have any photo ID, they found they couldn't get into any bars. We ended up going for supper to the Cactus Club where they didn't get ID'd, and what an interesting place to eat. The bathrooms there are definately a highlight, with TV screens at each urinal and private bathroom stalls with your own stereo and foot-activated flush buttons... It was quite amusing. The decor in the place we found out from one of the waitresses is designed to be a conversation piece, as a lot of things you see in and around the restaurant make you go, "What's that all about?" Well it looks like the stores are starting to open so perhaps I will get a chance to write more later on today. July 9, 2003 
This one will be quick, got to get to bed!  Went to the Stampede the other night, it was really fun! I'm really looking forward to going again on Sunday with
some friends from the lake... I still have some ride coupons to spend. We saw Gob, and they were pretty good though there were wounded people emerging from the
mosh pit before the first song was over... I saw plenty of blood and (well not guts, but certainly plenty of blood...) Jessica and I went and found a couple of
rides that didn't have TOO long of lineups and it was really fun. Raych, Mike, and Jeremy left early and missed the fireworks, as did Tony and Laura but I ended
up staying with Mike and Ian and we caught some of the fireworks before heading home. I have to say it is chilly for July though... And yesterday that hail storm
really got me good... I think I have a bit of an understanding now of what it must be like to be stoned to death... I left the Bonnybrook Plant just before the
storm hit and by the time I was on the Calf Robe bridge I couldn't see and was in a fair bit of pain... My hands got the worst of it I think, I'm surprised the
hail didn't break my fingers for it sure stung... I raced over to Ed's house and camped out there... I love them so much, they gave me dry clothes to wear while
I threw my sopping wet ones into the dryer... They even gave me supper which Kevin made... A very good job too I must add, it was VERY tasty. Finally around nine-
ish I got dressed again and went home, but not before a good pillow fight that ended in blood... Today I found out that all the work I've done in the past two
days might be for nothing as there was a mistake made further up the line and we might end up re-doing our last two days' work because of it... The Bonnybrook
plant is so cool though, I have a few pictures and even movie clips of us riding bikes through the underground tunnels there... It was seriously awesome... Then
I spent the evening at an old friend's house where I got spied on under the door of the bathroom by their three-year-old, a trick I think she learned from her
aunt... You know who you are... hehehehe But now I am off to bed for a long awaited sleep. Basically since I woke up, I've been waiting to go back to sleep. So
here it goes. Goodnight all. July 16, 2003 It never fails... Last night Jessica and I removed the chain from my bike, for it had become quite stretched and needed to be replaced. The problem was that we did not have the correct tools to do the job cleanly, and therefore some innovation and extra force was required to accomplish the task. After considerable effort, we were able to remove the old chain, but once I opened the new chain up, I realized that they had given me the wrong kind. When I'd spoken to the guy on the phone to order it, he asked if I wanted the rivet type or the split link type, and since I figured it was not inconivable that I'd want to take it off again at some point, I asked for the split link type. Well of course, he'd wound up giving me the rivet type... So I was unable to put it on. I'm going back there today to exchange it and hopefully they have the right type in stock. Even if they don't though, I'm not all that worried because there are only THREE MORE DAYS LEFT!!! This week has just crawled along so far, and these next three days will likely do the same. There's nothing worse than the time that passes before a greatly anticipated event. And now for something completely different... My digital camera is REALLY acting up lately, taking some really MESSED up pictures. Every so often it works fine, but it seems now more often than not it's producing really glitchy images. I think it might be time to take the screwdriver and soldering iron to it... I have a pretty good idea what's wrong. Things will always need fixing. I'm close to 5,500 pictures on it, not bad for it's first year eh? Gotta go to work... Bills don't pay themselves. 
No words, no talk, we'll go dreaming... No pain, no hurt, we'll go dreaming...Touch my hand and come with me, close your eyes and dream. July 17, 2003 Yesterday was yet another interesting day... It started off as usual, we were working at the Lake Bonavista Safeway. Then about 3 pm our boss calles and requests that my brother and I head back to the shop right away so we can load up another truck and drop off lamps for a night crew at another Safeway. So we do this, we drove back to the shop and filled another truck with two pallets of lamps. Then about 4 pm we head down town to Safeway, and after trying for about 20 minutes to get a hold of a manager, we got the go-ahead to load these things into the back room. Well, I go out to the truck to go move it into position in the loading dock, but when I turned the key over, the engine barely cranked. The batteries were dead. I popped the hood and found that the belt that drives the Alternator had snapped yet again, and we'd been driving but not charging the battery for some time. Now it was hot, I mean, especially down town it gets really hot. We rolled the truck into position in the loading dock and unloaded all the lamps and ladders and scaffolding, everything the night crew would need to start relamping the store. About 5:45 the tow truck had come and had the truck all hooked up by 6. We rode with the tow truck driver down to Fountain Tire where they're supposed to be fixing that belt yet again (This is about the third or fourth time that belt has snapped) but we'll see today what happens. So after that, I went over to Rob and Lee's place to see if I couldn't sort out the problem with their DSL. It turns out they've been doing everything right, and the problem lies on the Telus side. After sitting on hold for 40 minutes, I talked to a tech there and told him what the problem was, siting that I'd seen the same problem before with D-Link modems and that I'd been told by the Telus guy himself that the problem was a compatibility issue with those particular modems and that Telus needed to switch the line over to a different circuit before it would work. They're going to do this on Friday so hopefully they're all set up and on the net tomorrow. Brooklyn was so cute too, bringing out every horsie and Barbie she owns and insisting that I look at each and every single one of them. I am really glad that I've been able to stay friends with them even though things with other members of that family have not gone so well. But getting back to the story of the broken down truck, it works out quite well actually because since we worked late last night, it means that we can leave early on Friday, making this weekend come that much closer! So that means, what, a day and a half left? Full day today, half day tomorrow! It's going to be a good one... But of course with all this stuff happening last night I didn't get to return the master link of that chain so my bike is still in pieces waiting for a new chain... Hopefully that will all get done today. I popped into Lakeview IGA last night... It's still there. What a day, I was having so much fun... My brother and I ended up driving around town most of the day -- so you have to picture this. I'm pumped about everything, we're driving downtown Calgary in this big International aerial truck, I've got the radio on Vibe when along comes the song Keshia Chante - Shook. So we're sitting at a set of lights and I'm bouncing in the driver's seat so hard that my brother, who's pretending not to know me, is bouncing as well because he can't help it -- the whole truck is shaking. It was so funny! I'm looking over at him who is trying not to smile and trying even harder not to bounce with me... So of course I can't stop laughing and he bursts out laughing... It was hilarious. People around us are looking at this big bouncy aerial truck going "What the heck!?!" So tonight I got the new chain put on my bike, and pretty soon I'm going to run down to the bank to cash a few cheques as my test run... I'm mid-laundry, trying to get everything ready for this week. Plus, (and this is still a secret so don't tell anyone) tomorrow I might be buying a wakeboard 50/50 with Blair! That would be absolutely awesome, I'm already pumped about the possibility of going wakeboarding this week as it is... But we were just like, "You know, we should buy our own." "Ya." Oh it's going to be an awesome week, I'm totally stoked right now! (In case you can't already tell.) But I should go get more stuff done for tomorrow... It will be a while before I update the site again but I will try to take lots of pictures while I'm gone... if my camera will co-operate. It's really been acting up lately... I'm going to bring my tools up with me because I told a friend of mine I'd fix her CD player, so maybe I'll take a stab at the camera while I'm at it. I know what's wrong with it but I don't know if I want to try fixing it... Oh well, have a good week everyone, and come to the lake if you
can! July 28, 2003 Well I am back home finally from Pine Lake where I've spent the past 10 days camping with my family at Pine Lake in the Salvation Army campground. It's been interesting because even though we book the cabins around January, for at least the past two years we've managed to pick weeks with just awesome weather. There was really only one day, Thursday I think it was, that had a bit colder weather, but that day I ended up sleeping most of it anyways and truth be told I needed the rest. I will now attempt to recall (roughly in order) the events of this past week: Friday I got home from work early and packed up my van. I got to the lake about 7:00 but there was no one there that I could see from my family yet so I drove over to Sandy Cove and had supper with Ed's family. This weekend was the last weekend they would be in their trailer now that they've sold it, so it was a bit of a bittersweet weekend. I ended up spending most of my time that weekend with them because of it, and we had a good time. Kristin and Arthur came up Friday night and stayed until Saturday evening, so the whole family was there this one last time. Later Friday evening I went back to the SA camp and found my cousins Rebecca and Bethany there. We were still the only ones so I sat with them until other vehicles started arriving and one by one the rest of the family showed up. We got unpacked and settled into the cabins, but I stayed over at Sandy Cove that first weekend. Sunday afternoon I went back to the SA camp and stayed in Red Deer II (the name of the cabin) until Sunday night. The rest of the week was a blur of activity, several other cousins came and went. I think I can safely say that we all got to know each other quite a bit better. It's interesting because now that we're all starting to grow up and go different directions in life, our differences give us that much more to talk about when we do get together, and I think we were finding that in a lot of cases we were and are going through similar experiences, another thing which sort of surprised me. But I hope that we do start spending more time together and making that effort to keep closer ties now, so that when we do start moving out to different cities and countries we don't abandon those traditions and habits that would be started now. (If this is not coherant, I did not get a whole lot of sleep last night, which I will explain later on. Suffice to say for now, I am tired.) But anyways, my uncle Bruce brought their boat up and we got about two days' of watersports in, but it seems that boat is cursed when it comes to Pine Lake because every year something goes wrong with it. Last year we lost a prop, this year (we think) the gears in the rear end have stripped. For a while it was making awful sounds whenever it was in drive, and eventually it would just not go anywhere. So the boat was out of comission from about tuesday on, leaving only the Seadoo to pull kids around. Now because they've changed the laws concerning boating, and because I am the only one who has my pleasure craft operator's card, nobody else could drive the Seadoo legally, meaning that I couldn't go wakeboarding anymore. I was a little disappointed at this, but what could I or anyone do? I still pulled everyone else on it, and this year Maria was able to conquer the wakeboard! It took two days of attempts, coaching tips from Johnny P, myself, and Christy who even floated in the water with her as she would take off to help hold her in the right position, and countless tries -- but she did it, she got up on the wakeboard and managed to stay on it for a good 30 seconds. It was one of the few things I did not get a picture of this weekend, but fortunately John Candlebury did get a shot of her, so hopefully once he gets those pictures developed I can scan that one and add it to the collection. She was really excited of course, and I'm sure very tired as well, but also very happy to have finally accomplished it. So that was really cool to have been a part of. Now we've just got to work on Blair. Poor Splattie though, on Friday night he sprained his ankle really badly playing grounders and it put him right out of comission. I took a couple of pictures of his foot and it really looked like he'd broken it. The bone didn't seem to even line up! It looked really bad. He's doing better now, but he's off work for a while to see what it does. Thursday evening there was a huge thunderstorm that rocked the lake, and that night we could see the pulsating glow of fire in the sky, so being curious we decided to investigate. So at about one in the morning John P, Blair, Jacquie, Julie and I drove out in the direction of the fire, hoping to see some field or clump of trees that had been struck by lightning and was burning wildly -- only to find it was an oil well flaring. So we were a little disappointed and headed back to the campground but it was still an adventure. Saturday was quite a lazy day, I think everyone's exhaustion kicked in and resulted in not a whole lot of anything going on that day... One other thing we did do quite frequently throughout the week was swim in the pool. There is a beautiful pool at the SA camp, with diving board and everything, which is available for anyone camping there to use. I brought my flippers and snorkel down there and found a dollar twenty-five at the bottom. The water was SOOO clear thanks to Pokey who cleaned it and made sure it stayed nice and warm. The temperature was about 35 Celcius the whole week. And of course it would have to be a small world... We found out that 'Pokey', or Rachel, goes to school with my cousin Craig out in Cochrane. What was even funnier was that neither of them knew it until this week. I didn't get to take her for a Seadoo ride again this year, but the lake was actually the murkiest for the beginning part of this week that I've ever seen it in my life. It was absolutely disgusting, and for me to say that takes a lot! But it cleared up a lot towards the latter part of the week and I ended up swimming in it a fair bit. Oh, and probably the biggest highlight of my week from a male ego point of view was the time when I spotted a 2003 Seadoo 4-Tec, with a 1,500 cc 185HP engine out on the lake. I went over to the guy with Mark on the back of mine and asked him what he had, and then if he wanted to race. He was a bit of an older fellow, but he agreed to give it a whirl. We lined up and counted it down then took off. For the first part of the race we were practically neck and neck, side by side we accelerated together. But as we started to get up and out of the water, my old 2000 DI with it's 951 cc 130 HP engine pulled away from his $16,000 watercraft and there was no way he was catching me. Eventually I slowed down and we talked some more and I did my best to conceal my pleasure, but really inside I was absolutely stoked! My love of the Seadoo was renewed when it out-performed it's bigger, and supposedly better brother. It was pretty funny too, the guy sprayed us as he took off with his jet. I'm not sure if he meant to or if it was just an accident, but I didn't care. It was awesome. So of course, Sunday comes and it's time to go home. It had to be a beautiful day as well, making it that much harder to leave. Just as I was about to load up my Seadoo however, one of the guys who works at Sandy Cove asked if I could look at one of the rental Seadoos because it wouldn't start. To make a long story short what I found out had happened was that he had swept the back end around a little too close to shore as he turned it around, sucked up a couple of decent sized rocks and had now gotten one stuck in the pump. I did my best to try to get it out, and did in fact remove two other rocks from the pump, but the biggest one was the one that was preventing it from running, in fact the motor could not even turn. Eventually I gave up because the rock had already passed through the impeller but was too big to pass through the rest of the venturi. It would either have to go back through the impeller or the whole pump would have to be removed, and neither of those two things was I prepared to do in the boat launch. We backed it down into the water again and I swam it over to the lift until Shayne could come back down with their trailer to pull it out. (We'd loaded it up on my Seadoo trailer to look at the pump.) I loaded my Seadoo up and got ready to leave, trying to make sure I had not forgotten anything. Yesterday was the first Life Nite of the year as well, and I was supposed to be at the church by 3:30. I knew I had to stop off at home and pick up my drum brain and sticks, but although I'd planned on leaving the lake by about 11:30, after working on the rental Seadoo I didn't get out of Sandy Cove till 1:30. I still managed to make it to church on time. 
Since it was the first Life Nite of the
season, they had a spagetti supper for anyone who wanted to come and we had a
great time talking and catching up on everyone's activities over the summer.
Then we had the service in the small chapel upstairs, and I have to say that I
like having the sunlight in the room. Maybe all those years (haha, I say that
like I was there for them all) in the basement at Heritage has increased my
love for the sun... After the service, since I still had the Seadoo on the
back of the van, I dropped it off and a couple of friends from the church were
going over to Tony's house for games. Once free of my toy, I pulled up to his
house and spent the rest of the evening there with them. When I arrived those
gathered there were already engaged in a game of Who Wants To Be A
Millionare?, so I watched the game and was the friend those in the game
called on several questions... Once we got bored of that, Tony went to take
Laura home so I was left with Ian, Kim, (She'd probably kill me for forgetting
her name and I'd feel even worse for guessing it wrong... So I'll just leave
it as 'You know who you are...') and their friend who was visiting from
Saskatchewan. We decided to have a game of doubles in pool, but of course with
five people, that leaves one out. Kim volunteered to be the odd one out for
the doubles games, but then we played that eliminator game where everyone has
three balls and you have to sink everyone else's numbers -- the last person
with their own numbers on the table wins. This way everyone could play and we
had a couple of games of that. By this time, Tony had come back and he wanted
to play golf outside, so everyone but Kim and I went upstairs and outside. We
ended up spending a couple of hours talking in Tony's basement amidst a few
more games of pool, but eventually we just sat down and talked. It felt really
good to be able to express myself and be me in front of someone without
worrying about how I might look or sound or come across or be afraid I'd say
the wrong thing, and that's one of the
things I've been finding with Kim as I've been slowly getting to know her is
that she is not only pleasant company but also a very good listener. I am
really looking forward to the next time we get a chance to talk, and hopefully
I can be the listener this time.  I can just about hear certain family
members and certain person who lives in the same house as me cheering, "YA JOHN!
SPEND TIME WITH KIM!!!" (Actually that's what they've been saying for some
time now, but I've been away so much I haven't had any chance to even see
her.) So finally about midnight her friends came back down and demanded that
she come with them... I ended up staying and talking with Tony and Ian for
another half hour or so before leaving myself, bringing me up to last night,
in which I could not sleep, partly due to the slurpee I'd consumed previously
in the night and partly because I was so excited and happy and was praising
God for the day and all that had happened in it. It really was a full day. So
then I slept for four and a half hours, got up, unpacked my bag, had a shower
and whatnot, and then rode my bike to work this morning, which was also the
maiden voyage of the new chain I installed before leaving but never got a
chance to try out. Oh what a difference! It just purred along, I'd lean over
and listen to it and all you could hear was the gentle purr of the links
turning smoothly over one another. Even up to 150 (or 100, if you are my
mother) it was as smooth as glass riding down the Deerfoot. So tonight I'm
going to finish unpacking, do some laundry and hopefully sort the pictures
from the week and put them up. My poor old camera gave up the ghost this past
week, it had been gradually getting worse and taking more and more glitchy
pictures until finally you couldn't even tell what you were looking at.
Realizing that I needed a camera for Pine Lake, I drove into Red Deer and
bought a new Canon S400 and a couple of accessories. It's an awesome little
camera and I was able to take some fantastic pictures with it, and I took my
old camera in as well and the guy there figured I had a 50/50 chance of having
it simply replaced with an A60. That would be cool, but even if I don't get a
new one replaced, you have GOT to see my S400. Digital ELPH I've got
more movie clips from it too, since it can take longer video and maybe I'll
put together a collage of the week. Not like I've never said that before
either... Anyhow, I think I've more than covered my week and I have to go
now anyways, August is almost here! How scarry is that?July 29, 2003 Tonight I went out for ice cream with a very good friend of mine whom I have not seen in about two years. I met Julia at camp Chamisall back in 1995 and we've managed to stay in touch over the years. Interestingly enough, her brother Paul is one of my cousins (Jamie) best friends. Talk about a small world.   I really could (and should) write much more but I am so tired and need to get to bed! It was really good to see her again and we've promised each other not to let another two years go by until we see each other again. This was her first ride on a bike too, and she told me that now she wants to buy one so I'm guessing she had a good time. It's been such beautiful weather for bike rides these days too... We ended up pulling over along Sarcee trail and talking against an incredible view of the city as the sun faded behind us. The evening made me realize how much I've neglected too many friendships over the years, and I am going to endeaver to work at maintaining and growing as many friendships as I can, both new and old. Good friends like Julia are worth any amount of effort to sustain. (And I'll have to write about the whole ice cream tradition thing sometime too. ) Goodnight.
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