The summer is nearing its close for me, as I return to school on Monday. And while I feel ready for a fresh school year, and am looking forward to routine in my life again, there is a part of me that wishes it could stay summer forever. Even though it can't stick around forever though, it was a summer to remember. So, in point form, here is my summer in review:
Highlights:
- Tamara & Matthew's wedding on May 12th. What a fun day - we just had a great time celebrating these two awesome people
- travelling on my own. It was so exhilarating to travel on my own for two months. There were times when I wished I had others with me, but for the most part, I enjoyed having this be my little adventure.
- staying with Ruhtt and Shepherd in Zambia for two weeks. Words don't do this family (or this woman) justice. You just have to spend time with them to truly understand.
- seeing so many familiar faces (and meeting some new ones) in Zambia
- coming to know and love a new African country (Tanzania)
- spending one month with the cutest little kids at Good Hope Orphanage, just outside Arusha, Tanzania
- getting some third-world eye care experience at the cataract project
- spending 3 days on beautiful Zanzibar
- hanging out lots with Tamara and Matthew once I returned home
- my 23rd birthday, complete with a BBQ for lunch, and a surprise party with many of my favourite people (planned by Tamara - thanks!) in the evening
- a whole week spent at Betty-Jean and Chris' cottage at Victoria Beach on Lake Winnipeg - definitely one of my favourite places to go!
- driving a car out to Ontario with mom and dad
- spending a weekend sightseeing in Ottawa with mom and dad
- spending the September long weekend with the whole family, including Jonathan and Brittany (who had just returned home from Yellowknife)
And a few more 'facts' about my summer:
Number of flights: 14
Number of airports that I flew through or into: 10 (Regina, Toronto, London Heathrow, Johannesburg, Livingstone, Lusaka, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Hamilton, Winnipeg)
Books completed: all 7 Chronicles of Narnia, The aWAKE Project, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, There is No Me Without You, Velvet Elvis, Harry Potter 7
Movies watched in theatre: Harry Potter 5, Hairspray (twice - so good!), The Bourne Ultimatum
All in all, a truly memorable summer. One of my best for sure.
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2 comments:
Thanks for your summer memories. Reading them makes me smile! I am so happy that I shared some of them with you and that you had the thrill of having some of them to yourself. Happy first day of third year!
love, mom
Great Post Jilly! Glad I could be a part of some of your summer while you were in Regina.
Love you friend!
Tamara
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