June and July can both be summed up as months of transition, both for my family and myself. In June, my dad officially finished a huge chapter in his life. It was hard not to be in Calgary during this time. Especially for the farewell night they held in honour of my parents! But, luckily, I have friends who were on the inside of this evening, who asked me to put together a short video message to be played for them at some point during the evening. I was so excited to be able to be a part of this special night from so far away. I spent a good week thinking about what I wanted to say about my parent, what I remember about them. It was fun to be able to go through all the memories of our family together and choose some to share with everyone. My parents called me after the farewell and they were so surprised! I think even a few tears were cried *jackpot! haha*. So now, a new adventure starts for my parents and our family. And don't worry Rockpointe, my parents may be gone, but i'll still be sticking around.
June also means people here in Kuwait start to leave for the summer. Now that it is July, I can understand why no one would want to spend the summer here! Every week people are saying their goodbyes until they come back in the fall. It is very strange to see everyone leave, but still be here. It has also meant that my activities here are starting to slow down, so I have been able to challenge myself to find new things and projects to work on every week. I have become a lot more involved in the Trash to Treasure project, since leadership has now been handed over to my mentor. I also officially finished my last class for my Diploma with Rocky Mountain College at the end of June! Although the satisfaction of being done with school was short lived as I have now decided to go back to school in September when I get back to Canada and finish a degree! A bit scary, but I am also super excited about this! And overall, doing this will enable my to go further and become more skilled in the international work I wish to pursue!
July has been an interesting month. It started off really slow, but is now starting to pick up again. I have been doing a lot of organizing and helping get things here in Kuwait prepared for September when people start to come back and everything in Kuwait starts up again. I have also been paying a lot more attention to the news in Canada this month as July brought with it the Royal couple and the CALGARY STAMPEDE! It has been fun to live vicariously through all the news articles and photos and see the excitement everyone in Canada seems to be having during this time.
So there you have it, a brief summary of what has been happening these last couple weeks. It has been hard to get used to the fact that no one goes outside here during the summer. I am so used to living or visiting places in the summer where you can go out and explore and be free! But here, it is so hot that it is almost dangerous to go outside. You instantly become drained of all energy and prolonged time in this heat is just not good for your body. Basically, if you are going out somewhere, you try to go from one air conditioned space to the next with minimal outdoor exposure. This has all made me very grateful for 2 things, 1) growing up in a country where summer means being outside and 2) air conditioning.
Well, I am off to prepare for my next little adventure. I have to renew my visa one more time which means getting to choose a country to go visit for a couple days so that I can stay in Kuwait a bit longer! Stay tooned to find out where I went! =)
Oh and ps. My sister got engaged this past weekend! Congrats Steph and Martin!
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