Snowy in the snow

Hi Everyone!

I can't believe that in such a short time I'm going to be able to hug and hold most of you! It's so exciting! You guys are all so important to me, and I'm overjoyed that I get to see you again so soon! YAY!

So my time here is winding down, sadly, in many respects! I've made such deep friends, especially with the gals in my house and some other people from church, that it's going to be tough to leave, but I have a sense that this is just the beginning of things for me and I'll either see these special people back here or at home when they come visit, so I don't have a huge feeling of loss!






I had the most AMAZING and special last weekend here, spending a day in the mountains, rolling around in the snow with Michelle and Erika, sinking waist deep into the snow every time you take a step (quite a workout I tell you) and it was just SO beautiful (check the pics)!













It was one of the only dry and clear days that we've had here this month, so that in itself was a miracle!! Then the next day Krystal and I set off for North West Trek, a kind of game reserve, which has a tram which goes through it and you can see all the animals and then another section with huge closed off areas for each other type of animals! So I had my first viewing of moose, beavers, skunks, bisen, elk (with their pretty antlers), bambis, cougars, lynx, bobcats, foxes, wolves, wolverines, and to top it off, we saw a porcupine dance just for us, was pretty cute! Krystal was so taken aback, because you don' t really ever see all the animals, some of them kind of hide in the back or don't come out during the tram ride, but we had all the animals practically in the tram they were so close. She kept on saying: 'Gaby, you just don't understand how weird this is!' What can I say, I'm blessed!

So, my last week of work too and I'm working on some uber cool projects, like doing a weight estimate for this one boat, which is similar to this picture, but we're remodeling it and improving the design. It's a psycho boat because it's used to pick up sand off the bottom of lakes, etc at one point, then carry it to another point and dump it. The cool part is that to dump it, the whole ship splits in two for the sand to get out. So it's a kind of engineering nightmare, so I'm working on part of the stability stuff to ensure the weight is cool, so it won't sink etc and so the centres of gravity are in the right place! Pretty sweet! My work people are so cool and they're having a party for me at lunch on Friday. One of the guys is making a cheesecake for me, isn't that just the sweetest thing! Plus, my boss and some of the people are taking me out to lunch on Thurs to say thank you! I feel so blessed, this time has been great, not quite what I want to be doing forever, bit too mechanical, but pretty cool nonetheless!

Well, I arrive home on Sunday night at 22:55 on klm597 and I'm so excited to see you guys!
Have a fabulous week, I know I will!

Lots and lots of love,
Gabs