calgary, ab

walking the streets of a new city
rain is light but steady
a slight chill in the air

i enter a building
experience the "+15"
and realize i prefer the street

the noise, the fresh air
the people hundled under umbrellas
vs. the quiet raised hallways that join building to building

a garden on the fourth floor of a mall
a falafel place packed from side to side
a bookstore to stop & browse awhile

and of course,
a gracious hostess
to assure me that i am not here alone

made

went hiking on labor day.
my temporary roomie needed to experience some of the beautiful trails
before she left to go back to school...

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i finally accepted a job!
that's right, after two and a half months of bumming around
I will once again be employed.

so the next week and a half are purely vacation,
with a quick trip to calgary thrown in there for good measure.

leans back in her chair,
hands behind the head,
and smiles...