Sorry to have been away for a whole week... there's been a whole lot going on here. Grandaddy and Granny Hugger have been visiting from England, Dadda Boo has unfortunately been poorly, and yours truly has been focused upon a task, namely the attainment of a Canadian driving licence. I've had an anxiety problem with driving for some years and coming to Canada where things are a whole lot different out there (no clutches though - should be a cinch hey?) and I had to take a dreaded 'test' to get a BC licence, has added to the issue. Oh, and the screaming toddler in the back hasn't helped either. After going into panics whenever I got behind the wheel for the first 18 months of residence in Canada, I decided enough was enough and I had to do it properly and get professional lessons. Six lessons and a series of morning outings with Grandaddy Hugger later, I took my road test this morning and passed with little problem. It has actually been a great blessing for me to 'relearn' the art of driving, now I know I will build my confidence and enjoy the freedom of getting about by car.
Saturday night was our second time round to participate in 'Light the Night', a fundraising walk for the Leukaemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada. We did it for the first time last year after a close friend of mine lost her battle with Leukaemia in August 2008, at the age of 36. Participants of the walk carry illuminated balloons on a walk along the seawall of Vancouver's Stanley Park as the sun sets. Last year it was beautiful, the colours of the sunset over the sea were glorious, and we watched seals coming up and dipping down not far from the shore. This year, the rainy city gave us all its got, as a torrential downpour drenched us to the core and we waded through the cascading torrents of water making their way off the seawall. But we soldiered on and completed the walk, with a singing Boo in her plastic cocooned chariot. I whipped out the camera in the rain a couple of times so I could have something to document our walk.
We've also had an outing to the UBC Museum of Anthropology, which I love for the contents and also the architecture by famed Vancouver architect Arthur Erickson. It appeared he hadn't quite managed to ensure his building was watertight however (not a great idea in this city!), judging by the carefully placed series of grey plastic bins to catch the drips!
And today, after the anxiety of the test had started to subside, we had a walk lakeside in Deer Lake Park, Burnaby.
So now, with my licence in hand, who knows where I can go?!
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