I headed out of here last night about 9:10pm

to meet my wife, at Bay station. I took this video last night as I was waiting for the bus just outside my place. It's not a very long video. You'll notice a bus shelter across the street towards the end of this video. That's where I get off every night to cross by the lights home.

I brought $75 bucks with me. She met me moments before the train pulled in and ten minutes later we were walking towards Rexall It cost me right off the bat $24 to get in for 2 of us. Some metal band playing, which I didn't recognize.Anne was like in a daze watching everything. She had a pizza and she was just wandering around aimlessly. The crowds were almost shoulder to shoulder. I felt pretty much I was just there to pay. We walked and walked and My left foot was cramping up. She got Pizza, ice cream, fudge, Pizza, french fries. I don't like walking and eating like that. We looked at rides and fireworks, which I liked. I didn't eat anything by this time. Later towards the end we watched this one ride called "Skyscraper." Anne was utterly captivated by it. I didn't get a video because it was too dark. But "Skyscraper" had a line up of about 20 people. What it is, is 2 tapered like crane structures attached to a tower of about maybe 300 feet. Like a pinwheel. There's an alcove seat much like a ski left that harnesses riders inside at each end. This thing just spins around 3 times. At the end of the last spin, the riders are at the bottom, while the others are at the top enjoying the view. At the end of your Skyscraper "experience" you get a DVD to mark your 30 second ride. Now get this: The ride itself is $75 for about 30 seconds! And people walk away happy. And there's a recession going on? After that we went to the Agricom pavilion. More walking. So we went to the casino and I put $5 in to play some slots. I had fun and won a few more credits. I bought a corn dog ($5) Everything food wise at the X is $5. On the way out we looked around some more. The military had a few things on display. The crowds were significantly thinned out by this time. I bought an ice cream. Anne wanted to look around some more but it was closing on 1am and I didn't want to miss that last train home. For the most part except for the ride and in the pavilion, Anne was caught in a spell, so talking to her about the things going on was an exercise in futility. After the ice cream it was time to go. Most of the vendors were closing up shop anyway. We caught the train back to Clairview. A couple of guys were on the bus with us as I was looking for a wifi connection. They befriended us for the moment and one of them ake what I was looking for on the net in particular. "The results from the Stamps/Riders game." A few minutes later he replied Riders 18/Calgary 22. It was a close game but my 3/4 winning streak came to an end. That was a long shot anyway for the Riders. It looked good on paper. I ended up spending $55 on the night. We were there for an hour and a half. We both agreed that it was kind of a waste of money but we wont need to go back there for another couple of years. I had fun, Anne had fun. So it wasn't a total loss. At least we went.

I'm left with $40 which I plan on saving for the weekend. I think I might be in a position to get MM 17 next weekend. I need to find out if there's a service and a currency conversion fee. I have $43 cash on hand. I get a full check plus bonus money for a total of $390. The feds might take off $47, so I should be left with about $345. More or less. Anne will get her weekly $220 and I should have about $125 remaining. Plus if I can keep this $40 I should have roughly $165 remaining. All I need is $150. The card itself will cost me $20 + $115 for the program, +$3 service fee and a $3 fee (?) for currency exchange. Total:$141. I'll have about $25 left over. This could work.