I had an amazing day so far.

Work was fine. Nancy and I headed to Rideau for lunch. We had an office-clean up day, and everyone was just joking around and flinging elastic bands at each other.

I went to a training session for this new organization called Sisters Achieving Excellence. It is an organization that assists convicted or potentially-convincted young women in developing their literacy. The founder is in an amazing young woman with a lot of passion for what she does and someone I can really look up to for inspiration.

Going home, I had an incredible encounter with this 12-year old black kid from Texas and an elderly lady from the U.K. and we were all just getting to know each other at the front of the bus. Everyone was so friendly and open - it made Ottawa just a little less lonely.