I'm a dual citizen now.

I was sworn in yesterday in Ottawa and spent way too much time since that trying to get into this blog.

(we also sttopped off on the way home and adopted a 5  month old (soon to be huge) Labrador mix puppy who they were calling Jake but who seems to like being a Jasper better than a Jake.)

When Cathi asked the boy today how his day at school was he shrugged, "-eh" when she what people said when he told them we went to see me sworn in as a citizen yesterday he said he didn't really tell anybody, but he did tell everybody he got a dog.

So I guess all things are right with the universe.

The boy got some goodies from the museum of science while we were killing time. so his acquisition of a piece of galena and a fossilized dinosaur tooth probably rank highest in his dayly achievements, getting the dog is probably second and not going to school is probably at least third, seeing me sworn in as a citizen is probably way down the bottom of the list somewhere.

like I said,

things are right with the universe

Yup, all is. Little guy did like the ceremony. He enjoyed listening to all the talking in English and in French (a little light bulb went off, he realized yes, we actually do use both!). He also had a great time standing up front waving a Canadian flag and singing O Canada, in both languages. Pretty cool. A long but very exciting day indeed!