THEN, Canada Day (basically Canada's 4th of July) was on Thursday, so my roommate Alia, our friends Dan and Warren, and I went road tripping to Cleveland, OH to see the Toronto Blue Jays play the Cleveland Indians. Even though we left at 6am, the Border was packed and it took 2 hours to get across, making the total driving time more like 7 hours rather than the 4.5 hours it should have been! By the time we got there, it was the 7th inning and so we went to a bar across the street and waited for the game to end. Total time spent in Cleveland was about 2 hours. We got back on the road, much faster going back, and stopped at a liquor store I had scoped out to get some good 'ol California beer that I've been missing. After that, stopping at the border of course I got questioned. I didn't know what to say, so when she said what are you doing here I said, "Um..just hanging out," to which she said, "Um..nobody just hangs out in Canada for 2 months." That's when I told her I had an unpaid internship and blah blah. Needless to say my quote lived on in the car for some time.
But, the joke is on the border officer now because I was offered a position at my internship on Friday to basically be the Executive Director's right-hand man, dealing with sponsorship and marketing. She said it would be full-time until October when the festival is!!! This is HUGE news, which will be even BIGGER on Monday when we meet to finalize things. All I'd like to say is Booyah Canada!! I conquered your "Canadians only" policy..so there!!
And lastly, today we are having a BBQ to celebrate Canada weekend, and the weather is amazing!! We have all the fixins for a wonderful night of eating, drinking and conversing about Canadian stuff. Actually, we have a new roommate renting the basement studio who is apparently American too and just moved here 2 weeks ago! So at least I'll have someone there to celebrate 4th of July with who appreciates it. Oh, and I took pictures of the Farmer's Market today, check it!
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