happy friday!

Hello! Here it is, lunch time already on the Friday before a long weekend. (Some of you may still be in bed. Ahem. Sister. FYI to the rest of you - Devon and I have opposite schedules. We often chat on the phone when I'm walking home from work and she's just on her way to work! It actually works well.) But I have been productive at work so far and will leave the office with a nearly clean desk, which is my goal for Fridays. (It makes Mondays so much better.)

Since I last blogged, this is what happened. Last Sunday, I woke up and the weather was clear and almost sunny - the storm had passed! The power was still on, but it did go out for a few hours that morning, just long enough for me to get a little antsy. The damage in Halifax proper wasn't too bad, but there are some crazy pictures out there of areas near the water. I'll try to find one of Queensland Beach, where it looks like the road melted over top of the rocks. Some of my co-workers didn't get their power turned back on until Tuesday...

This week would have looked uneventful from the outside, but I got a lot of little things finished off my (always very long and thorough) list. Emotional meltdown about living 5000 km away from (almost) everyone we know on Monday evening, but Steve talked me down and my attitude is back to perky. (Phew. Who likes an un-perky Mackenzie? Well, besides James and Greg....)

Tomorrow I am heading to New Brunswick to visit Steve in Saint John. Looks like the drive will be about 4 hours, and there's a toll highway with the toll booth at the highest elevation (with apparently the worst weather), so you can all pretend it's the Coquihalla. Except: the toll is only $4, and the highest elevation is probably 200 m instead of 1400 m!