Day 6 - 277 -- Homecoming

Today brought a variety of celebrations mixed with bizarre indulgence. Homecoming weekend involved a number of new and regular events. The annual football game was held last evening rather that Saturday afternoon. Instead, given this is the 50th anniversary of women's sport on campus, the game today was women's rugby with our team, the national champions, against a rival from down the road. Some of the less welcomed events are the major parties that occur throughout town from undergraduate students who have yet to leave campus and have something to celebrate for homecoming. Sadly, one of the event houses is across the street from me <sigh>.

I walked out in early afternoon to purchase milk. The town was more alive with people -- alum and larger groups of current students. The weather was cold with intermittent sun and rain. Many girls were dressed with pep squad looking short short and t-shirts. I was wearing a fleece under the rain jacket. On my street, there were smaller groups going up and down the street. I noticed the police were patrolling the streets more heavily than usual. One drove by as I walked up the street with four louder young men walking behind me. They had an insulated bag with them, which likely held cans of beer. I was looking at the sidewalk and was startled when the front end of a white car entered the driveway I was crossing. I looked up as the driver -- an RCMP officer -- was asking one of the fellows behind me what he had done with 'the can' -- so one had obviously been drinking and threw the can aside when he saw the police vehicle. <sigh> The house across the street was too loud on and off throughout the day and then ran from 7 PM until sometime after 1:30 AM (when they last woke me and I changed my earplugs). This house is loud several times a week -- the one frustrating part of this great neighbourhood.

I found myself drawn to a set of lyrics describing life events. This spoke to me as something that many alumni were addressing as they met people this weekend from years back. the singer-songwriter covers many genres -- alt-country with a bit of rock and a bit of folk. The arrangement for this video uses techniques from several genres. Enjoy!

My Story -- Brandi Carlile