Calgary Stampede

This is my 5th summer since moving to Calgary and it was the firs time I got the chance to go to the Calgary Stampede. First I moved home for a summer, then I was working, then Eric and I lived together in Halifax for a summer, and last summer we  made all the plans and I got the pregnancy nausea and it didn't happen. This year I decided I wanted to give it a go. This will probably be the last time.
In the morning I got my friend Emily up and out to a stampede breakfast near my house. That was fun. Free food is always a good time.

Each year the accounting firms volunteer some guys to help out with the Stampede audit. So Eric went and stood for an evening and watching the mechanical bull - that was his assigned vender. From that he came home with 2 free grounds passes and Grandstand Show tickets. Friday night I met him down there after work (left Cecelia with Elizabeth and Grandma) and we toured the grounds and enjoyed the chuck wagon races and the evening show. Obviously I had a hard time seeing what all the fuss is about, but I think that's a pretty typical reaction to the Stampede if you're not drinking and riding the bull and going to concerts. I did however get to eat some delicious funnel cake, which I have had a strange and lingering craving for for quite some time now. The evening show was amazing, and I loved every second of those fireworks, but I was so worn out from standing by the end of it. I was exhausted. I also has a really hard time missing Cecelia by the end of the evening. I just wanted to get home and see her. She had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa and basically slept the entire time. She didn't really miss me much.