Tuesday, May 5, 2009

From High to Low

This past weekend Dan and I went to Edmonton. It was a blast! I took Friday off from work but I made up the time by working an hour extra each day last week. We took off to Edmonton right after I got off work at 1:00pm on Thursday and drove straight to West Edmonton Mall. First we went to the Water Park! Such a good time! I highly suggest going to the Water Park on a Thursday. It wasn't busy at all, and we hardly waited in line for our favorite water slides! Even the wave pool wasn't packed! Plus, since we went for the last 3 hours of the day, it only cost us $21 each instead of over $30. And we still did the same amount of things that we wanted to. They have a new water play-place there with a giant bucket and all. I'm pretty sure they thought it would be a great hit for kids, but for adults it's awesome! They have similar areas at the Southland Leisure Centre and the Village Square wave pool here in Calgary, it's just a lot bigger in Edmonton. We then went to BP's for dinner and then to our hotel to have a much needed night's sleep. The next day we went swimming in our hotel and then went off to West Ed once again, but this time it was to shop.
Dan found some Kanye sunglasses! He didn't buy them though ;) We also saw the Sealion show! We were just walking by just before it started and got a pretty good view. They were first showing this cute little Penguin. You can just barley see him in this picture if you look close.
And here's a shot of the two seals that they had. One of them was HUGE! They did some pretty nice tricks too.








After the shopping, Dan had a DJ show to do to help out one of his friends from Edmonton. That's pretty much why we took the trip in the first place. We headed home after the show (Friday night).

I went back to work on Monday morning and finished my month end duties only to then find out that I was being laid-off. Wow, from such a fun weekend to this?! They just didn't have any work for me to do, and they couldn't see anymore coming in the future. I know that they really didn't want it to come to this, but they had no other option. I don't even blame them. They took my iPhone and everything. I think I miss my phone the most. My whole life was on there and it was taken away from me in a matter of minutes! I had Dan come back to pick me up. So now here we are, both of us are looking for a job. If anyone reading this knows of any positions, PLEASE let me know. For both Dan and I. It has always seemed that lately, right when we think we're doing ok, and getting that much closer to buying a house, something like this happens. I know that we've just got to fight through it and know that everything will work out in the end.

2 comments:

carly said...

I was in west ed last week too! Last Tuesday. I also saw the sea lion show cute little guys huh.

I hope you guys have good luck looking for new jobs! that isn't fun at all.

Melissa Manville said...

Aww I am so sorry Kelly! That is devistating! I really hope you guys finding something soon! I will keep my eyes and ears open. and also keep you in my prayers!