This past weekend was Canadian Thanksgiving weekend up here in the Great White North. It was a great weekend.
Friday - After classes let out, I went with my neighbors to the annual Standardbred yearling sale. It's called a colt sale around here, but the yearlings were divided pretty evenly colt and filly, so I'm assuming it's just a slang thing. There were about a hundred horses being auctioned off and we arrived to see the last thirty or so. We walked around the holding barns - which were in great condition, it was a nice auction - and peeked in at the sale horses, watched some of the auction proceedings and ate hot dogs and fries. The horses were all in good condition, if a little rank, and it was nice to go to an auction where meat buyers and horse traders weren't in the equation.
Saturday - Danny arrived (!!!) about 2am. After not seeing him for about six weeks I was so incredibly happy to get to hug him. I've actually found the distance to be surprisingly easy compared to what I expected, but it doesn't make being apart any happier. We slept in and exchanged surprises: he brought four enormous Cinnabuns for breakfast and I gave him the picture of us from my coating ceremony. Then, we headed to the PEI national park to hike on another trail (first trail experience outlined in a previous post, if you want to dig) and saw a bunch of chipmunks, squirrels and one snake. That night we went out to dinner with the neighbors and then went to see the movie Moneyball with Brat Pitt. It was pretty good.
Sunday - Ran a bunch of errands, made it home in time to leave for Thanksgiving dinner at my neighbor's parents' house about an hour away. They live at a gorgeous house that sits on a little cliff edge just on the beach. Unfortunately the storms of the past week had washed up a crapload of seaweed, but upon exploring the beach we found a lot of neat things, most notably a tuna head and a bunch of bones! The femur and scapula appeared to belong to a cow or a pony but the two broken ones and a piece of a jaw (complete with teeth!) were unidentified. We're going to give them to the anatomy professors at school and see if they have any ideas.
Monday - More errands, lunch in town, steaks on the grill and a bonfire at the house made up the day. It was really cold out last night (after an absolutely beautiful weekend) but the fire was nice. Danny packed and we switched the stuff around in the trucks so that he could drive mine back home and I could take his truck, which is far better off for winter travel than my own. Went to bed early and he was off while it was still dark this morning.
Overall a good weekend. I didn't touch my notes - literally - so I need to do a good amount tonight and each night this week. My first midterm is tomorrow, but it isn't really something you can study for so I'm not going to sweat it. Midterms begin in earnest next Monday (starting with anatomy, eek) and last for about two weeks. I've lasted forty-three days up here so far; sixty-six days until I'm home on Christmas break and get to see Danny again.
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