It's getting darker earlier, and it's cooler in the morning. Fall is coming. Welcome.
The past while has been really nice. Lot's of new experiences and new/old people making cameos in my life. Welcome.
I'm settling into my new job, and I love it. The women I work with are all so great, and working in such a mixed space, with so many different people all focused on similar goals is really amazing. It's really something to come to a much maligned area of the city so early in the morning and see it sleeping, before it wakes to the day's insanity.
The fest happened and was a huge success! I felt really proud of everyone involved, and I was really proud of myself for a multitude of reasons. I wasn't sure what the weekend would bring, so I didn't really prepare (mentally), and I just went with it. Just go with it. The new life plan. It turned out to be a great mix of too much and just enough. Silly conversations. Pillow and blanket cocoons. Cool nights. Warm bodies. Pulled pork. Radio communication. Fires. New friends. Old friends. Sun. Rain. Music. Pretty much tops if you ask me.
There have been a couple of closings in the city that feel like a definite blow to everything that is good and fun here. It's easy to shit on Winnipeg, but really it's a weird and pretty great place. Losing two places in one weekend; two places that both made this little speck a lot nicer is sad to think about, but I hold out hope they will rise again, if not bigger and better, then just the same, which is awesome. Lady Jess and I sent the Lo off in the best way we knew how: weird and boozy.
