.

Kelsey: Where did you go for your schooling?

Murray: I went to the University of Calgary for my Bachelor’s degree, then to the University of Alberta for my Master’s degree.

Kelsey: What did you take in university?

Murray: I received a Bachelors in Kinesiology, then a Master’s in Physical Therapy.

Kelsey: Where do you currently work?

Murray: I work as a physiotherapist at Leading Edge in Edmonton.

Kelsey: What do you do for your job?

Murray: I help patients recover from various injuries (from pickleball to motor vehicle collision injuries) and get back to their normal swing of things! I also work as a liaison between a group of surgeons and their patients’ physiotherapists, to ensure the patients are getting the best comprehensive care.

Kelsey: What are your hours?

Murray: I work in the clinic from Monday to Friday, with a mix of morning hours and evening hours. Then there is time outside of then, where I chart on every patient interaction and plenty of reports as well.

Kelsey: What other jobs did you have?

Murray: I’ve had a few fun jobs over the years – my first job was delivering papers for the Camrose Booster, then at Wendy’s restaurant, Duggan Dental as a “Sanitizing Technician”, taking care of the swans and trails for the City of Camrose, and even working with the summer camp at CAFCL!

Kelsey: Tell us a bit about your family and what you do in your spare time.

Murray: I have somehow tricked Melanie into being with me for 19 years, and we have a set of 7-year-old twins. Most of my time outside of work is playing Lego, drawing, reading, and going on adventures with my kids and Mel, and various house projects that keep piling up. Most recently, I’ve been learning how to take care of our new dog, Bob.

Sunday night we celebrated Sandy’s birthday with Chinese food and fruit cake, and I got blueberry cheesecake. For birthday presents, Sandy got chocolate bars, green house gift certificate and flowers. I started school presentations again, unfortunately my microphone wasn’t working. Friday afternoon there was the Centra Cam bowl-a-thon and we raised money for technology. We raised $32,265.00 I was able to design the t-shirts. They gave everyone donuts and I got blueberry cheesecake. Friday evening was the craft night with rose club and we decorated tin cans and planted flowers.

We celebrated Joel’s 33rd birthday on Sunday as his birthday was coming up during the week. For dinner, Joel asked for homemade pasta, chicken, salad and mini egg cheesecake. He got chocolate, money and birthday cards. On Wednesday I had school presentations. On Saturday afternoon we went to the hockey game that the police and firefighters were playing, and the police won. The special O sing “Oh Canada”. It was a great afternoon to get out of the house.

On Sunday afternoon I got new shoes and made birthday cards for Joel and Ashley. On Saturday morning was the special Olympics Bowling tournament. I was able to go bowling with my mom, I got 94, 110, 116 for bowling. In the afternoon and evening we went to the senior center and did dance, karaoke, dinner and awards. I got a medal for participation and a ribbon . I can’t wait to play bocce ball in the spring.

I facetimed my mom on Sunday morning, while she was making Ashley’s birthday cake. That afternoon my friend Kelsey sure surprised me and brought her brand new baby, a baby boy Kason! We celebrated Ashley’s 31 birthday. For dinner she asked for: Homemade sourdough bread, Italian salad- homemade pasta, Italian chicken and brownie mousse dessert. We played golf card game. It was a great day!

Here’s to spring!