So I just got to Winnipeg after a LONG 12 hour drive.. and it feels so good to be home again. I'm sooo excited to see my friends!!! Person I probably miss the most while I'm gone is my dad though. So, my original plan was to stay a week here, and drive back with my boyfriend.
I think that's changing. Dad just told me him and his parents are driving to michigan on the 6th to go to the Holland Tulip festival! My family is dutch, and it's something my Opa has always wanted to go to. He has 2 types of cancer right now (bone and colon) and he's been picking up a bit lately so Dad decided that they would drive to MI together for a week.
I think I'm going to go too. I barely ever get to see my Nana and Opa anymore ( maybe once every few months ) and I'm scared he's gonna die from his cancer one day before I can get back to see him.. so I think this is something I really have to ( and want to!! ) do.
Plus.. millions of tulips sound nice
I didn't realize it was such a huge festival here as it is back in Holland. Even though this is being held in the US, (crap i have to get my passport from alberta!! 
just realized that as i typed that) it looks huge. It sais that something like 2.5 million people go to see this here.
it'll be nice to see some dutch heritage, and I'm sure it will remind my Dad and Opa of home Ooohh and yummy dutch food!
I think that's changing. Dad just told me him and his parents are driving to michigan on the 6th to go to the Holland Tulip festival! My family is dutch, and it's something my Opa has always wanted to go to. He has 2 types of cancer right now (bone and colon) and he's been picking up a bit lately so Dad decided that they would drive to MI together for a week.
I think I'm going to go too. I barely ever get to see my Nana and Opa anymore ( maybe once every few months ) and I'm scared he's gonna die from his cancer one day before I can get back to see him.. so I think this is something I really have to ( and want to!! ) do.
Plus.. millions of tulips sound nice
I didn't realize it was such a huge festival here as it is back in Holland. Even though this is being held in the US, (crap i have to get my passport from alberta!! just realized that as i typed that) it looks huge. It sais that something like 2.5 million people go to see this here.
it'll be nice to see some dutch heritage, and I'm sure it will remind my Dad and Opa of home
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We have a Tulip festival in Ottawa, too. You should come see it
I wish I was driving to Winnipeg. God it's an awful drive though. I last visited in December and took a plane. I got sick and my head almost exploded on the way home.
I was depressed for a while after moving here. But I've been able to make a life for myself here since the beginning of the year so now I'm happier here than I was in Winnipeg. I've learnt always make sure there is a good purpose whenever you move far.