I had the honour of being invited to my neighbour "R's" swearing in ceremony for becoming a Canadian citizen on Tuesday morning. It was in Mississauga, which is where I used to work and is a pretty big city of around 700,000 people. It was held at the busiest citizenship court in the country. 107 people were sworn in from 24 countries, including the States, which I thought was very strange, an American becoming a Canadian?
R's dh sat with me and I sat next to a lovely man from Nepal, his wife was being sworn in. R's co-workers had given her a "I'm Proud to be a Canadian" red t-shirt, which she wore. I am sure the judge probably commented on it. Must say it was a long ceremony, it took an hour and a half just to get everyone processed and seated. We became Canadian citizens back in 1993. I had a little chuckle though, as you could have your photo taken with the judge and the police officer at the end. So R and her dh went up and insisted I go with them. So that confused the heck out of the judge as he thought we were two families, as R and her dh are Indian and I am white. Funny thing is, when we are together I totally forget we are from different backgrounds. I don't even notice the strange looks that people give us anymore, as R and I are so close, like a mother and daughter relationship, so we are talking up a storm whenever we are together.
We had to be there for 8:30am so I had to set off around 7am to get there, and had to travel through rush hour. I have to say I don't miss travelling in the rush hour, as its stop and go the whole way. I saw so many police cars also. Will admit I don't miss it, all the traffic and the people. It made me realize how lucky we are to have the Acreage, even with all its problems.
Although I did go to Chapters to pick up the June issue of the Prima magazine, as that is the only place I know where I can buy it. I also picked up the OK! magazine, the June 9th issue. I like to catch up with the celebrity gossip! I also had a pedicure while I was down in the area, as I still have a couple of coupons for free pedicures, from the Herbal Essences promotion last year.
I got home just before 4pm, and will say I was pooped, but it made a lovely change, and gave my car a good run out, which it hasn't had in a long time. So now back to normal!!
I am a British born, living in Canada since May of 1989. My blog is about all aspects of my daily life.
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6 comments:
Sounds like you are becoming a country girl and enjoyed your spin down into the city, but were glad to get back out to the country too.
Congratulations (and celebrations?)
Sounds s though you had a wonderful day away from home. But I bet when you walked in the door you said to yourself, there's no place like home.
I'm glad you got away for a day and had a pedicure. That's great. I definitely know what you mean by traffic. I had to go into Winnipeg yesterday, the same size as Mississauga and I hated every minute of it. Just the sirens drove me nuts.
Have a wonderful day on your homestead. Hugs.
What a beautiful statement Gill,'when we are together I totally forget we are from different backgrounds'. I would be proud to be your friend.
Margaret
Sounds like a very good trip.
Is Mississauga that place where they have a great lady mayor in her eighties and she is very fit and active?
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