i was in edmonton on may 23th and 24th. i wanted to go specifically to go to the powwow at the butterdome, which i keep missing every year. i made it this year, though. my mom and i drove from my parents' to edmonton, where we picked up my train ticket to halifax for september and then headed over to the powwow around 2. mom left for a walk around 3:30, which is roughly the same time becky met me at the powwow. we hung out for a bit until she had to leave. jordan and i had planned to go for supper at new asian village, but he called me earlier in the day to say he had some vegetables he wanted to plant and "didn't want to waste the day." nice wording. so i went to pick up some chilli chicken to go for myself, and came back to the u of a campus, where i met jonathan and nathan. the three of us waited around for jordan, who, as far as i understood, still intended to meet us around 6. by 6:15, he hadn't shown and wasn't responding to texts, so the three of us went to the powwow. the grand entry started a little late, and jonathan seemed pretty transfixed by it, so i mentioned to them both that although i wanted to go see the 7:20 showing of "night at the museum: battle of the smithsonian," i wouldn't mind staying at the powwow if they were enjoying themselves. the consensus seemed to me to be that we should stay longer, but mysteriously, at 7:20, right when the movie was about to start, they both decided they wanted to leave the powwow. we went for a walk and nathan said his neck was really tense and giving him a headache, so he thought it was best if he went home. it was totally understandable, but it made me feel pretty grumpy that jessica semi-ditched out on me (she got the days mixed up, and actually was working that day because she thought the powwow wasn't until the next day), and jordan didn't even bother calling to ditch out, and now nathan was ditching out (nathan, i know that you will probably read this. and i know you weren't ditching out. but the combined ditchingness of the past month, together with the ditchingness of that day, only left room for feelings of aloneness and not understanding). soon enough, jonathan ditched out too, saying he wouldn't mind hanging out for a bit but he didn't want to watch the movie. i didn't really feel like hanging out, because my head hurt and my feelings hurt, so i told him so. he went home. i drove back to my sisters' condo, but no one was there and i didn't have a key and my head was hurting and i was on the verge of tears, so i laid in the back of my mom's car and tried to sleep. then jordan called and asked if i was still going to the movie. i was grumpy and told him i didn't know, since everyone had ditched out. he said he still wanted to see it. so we went. i cried in his truck on the way there because i felt so yucky. i'm glad i saw it. i still felt yucky, but it was partially masked by feeling excited about going to the smithsonian.

some other things:
-i finished reading "three day road" by joseph boyden. i always forget that i like reading. everything i do goes in cycles, and if i am not into the reading part of a cycle, i am really not into it. but if i am into it, then i devour books. i got a library card this week and ordered a bunch of books from past "canada reads" contests. now i am on "life of pi," and "king leary" is on hold for me at the library.
-last saturday we had a special event at our site, and i got to shoot a musket. neat. other than that, i spend most of my time at work beading and sewing moccasins. i'm trying to make a number of historic costumes for the kids who visit our site.
-i watched "capote." you should watch it too.
-my friend robin went to europe. i am jealous of everyone else's travel plans. it is easy to forget that my own are pretty exciting too.
-i saw bri and patrick at the sugarbowl when i was in the city. it was nice. i like them.
-i am close to being done natasha's dress. hopefully she'll be around this weekend so she can try it on. if not, i'm finishing it at the size it is and keeping my fingers crossed that it fits well.
-i finished my knitted yoked sweater. i'll post pictures soon. i started a new one in a greeny colour.