My quasi Canada Day
One of the annoying parts of living in another country is not getting the holidays you’re used to. I like to say that I celebrate all Canadian and American holidays. Usually I take both Thanksgivings and any long weekends that I can. Canada Day is a tough one though. Because is falls so close to Independence Day I don’t really have time to take two days off in a week. Plus I have a meeting with my advisor tomorrow. So while I was physically at work today my heart was really in Ottawa.
I did however celebrate Canada Day yesterday by going to the Blue Jays vs Mariners game. There were a lot of Jays fans at the game. Presumably many of them had taken Monday and travelled down from BC. It was nice to get to hear the national anthem live even if the performer sang “With glorious hearts” instead of “With glowing hearts”. Oops. The Jays won 2-0 and as we slowly made out way out of the stadium there were many jubilant “Go Jays” and even a few “Go Leafs” cheers going on! Good times.
