Anna Kournikova is back on the cover of the Winnipeg Sun so I can only assume that 9/11 was event free. The anniversary of last years terrorist attack neatly dubbed 911 was in the back of everyones mind I think but the only real tragedy on Wednesday was the cancellation of BB3.(1) I read Shan’s entry on her site and it really made me think about where I wanted to be if something like that ever went down here. How helpless you can feel when disaster strikes and you are not with the people you care about and how immediately your thoughts are with them. Looking back on those events it doesn’t seem like that long ago. A picture like that is painted in your mind in the sharpest colors and although it fades it never really goes away, I talk about it in pretty dramatic fashion for a guy sitting at his desk in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Looks like a pretty great weekend shaping up. Tonight I am not going to the Bomber game with my uncle Ralph (that’s next weekend), who I don’t get to hang out with very often. Saturday Nolan asked me to help him out at the arena skating with Andrew and some kids his age. I get a really special feeling being out on the ice with Nolan and Andrew. A big part of it is envy, just the thought of skating with my own kids someday.(2) The rest is just knowing that one day Andrew will be running Nolan’s hockey and I will be one of the old dudes out there.(3) Saturday night is dinner at the ranch (can’t wait) and Sunday I will be hanging out with Erin.
(1) – Big Brother 3. You know Big Brother is on it’s 28th season now. That is crazy.
(2) – Well I have skated with my kids, but not at Nolans. It’s always something special when a guy gets to bring his kid to Nolan’s hockey for the first time.
(3) – I am officially one of the old guys out there now. I don’t think Andrew has any interest in taking over the game but who knows how long Nolan can keep this up. I hope to be able to play as long as he has.