Contemplating Calgary

I've been living with Bus for the last 2 weeks here in Calgary and at first I was just doing this elective to stay in the West before my Western interviews (which are next week?!?) but more and more Calgary is starting to grow on my as a place I think I would like to go for residency. Here are my reasons:

1. Close to home...but not too close.
It's a little bit the best of both worlds here. I'm only 2.5-3 hours away from my family and Foreman's family and our friends but we'd also have our own space too. That's a pretty great deal.

2. Close to the mountains
I didn't realize how close the mountains are here (which is stupid I'm from Alberta). But with my constant canoeing passion and my new-found interest in snowboarding it would be great to be close to the mountains. Plus, there's always horse-back riding in the Foothills which I've always loved.

3. Friends
In addition to my great friends in Edmonton that would be close there are great people here in Calgary that I'd love to spend more time with. I've loved living with Bus and I think that he and Foreman would get along really well and he could have pie dates with PrincessGwyn. Also, I always forget how much I like the Reeds and I got to spend time with them this weekend and the 4 of us have quite a bit in common and that would be really cool to hang out with them more.

4. Calgary Inter-Mennonite Church
This church has always been a part of my life even though I've never been an official member. I went there today and was so warmly welcomed - like I had come home. It was such a supportive, wonderful place to be and I went to potluck and a bunch of us were there til 2pm (church started at 10am). It gave me faith again that church can be laid-back and meaningful and I really appreciated that today.

So...we'll see how the interviews go but Calgary is a definite possibility.