Aside from a great w/e back in c-town...

Calgary stumbled out of the gate, giving up three goals in the first four minutes of Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals, but the Flames showed true playoff grit and battled back to win the contest 4-3 over the Sharks Sunday in Calgary.

I've never enjoyed it so much to be at a gate at the Calgary Airport as there were TVs playing the last period of this intense game at every gate and crowds gathered around the 24 or so inchers. It was intense but Nolan capped it off nicely and the team fought off another questionable delay of game penalty in the last 3 mins... when the buzzer hit zero - I high-fived several people and at the exact moment Westjet announced pre-boarding - and since I was at an exit row (always try to get these!) I was able to get on to the plane first!

What else I did the past three days - well landed on Friday night - the day after calgary received it's greatest snowfall in 20 years (yet when I got there, there was not sight of it to be seen)... went boarding in EXTREME spring conditions with Marc at louise, picked up another paycheck at MM lulu and my Staff bonus card (yeah!), hung out with the cousins and gorged on some GREAT Pho in the NE, visited grandpa at the cemetary to pay for respects and ask for luck in getting Caren's house sold, went for diiiiim sum in Chinese town and had a little catch up with Clara, went home, packed, then went out to meet ALL the cousins again for a goodbye dinner for Eldonitos, gorged on some desert at Cheesecake and discussing the 3-0 dificit of calgary (boo)... then went home, grabbed stuff and was sent off by Germie, Mom and Caren as patrons in the airport Kelsey's celebrate a comeback of 3-3! and the airport announces the good news.... and then at the gate waiting to get back to van.... yea!

GO FLAMES!