• I get to drive my very nice new-to-me car on ~1500 km of fun mountain highways next week
• I’m taking a weaving class in a few weeks
• My grandmother’s 100th birthday is next month
• My best friend is coming to visit for the first time in three years this summer, then I’m flying back with her to spend a couple of weeks in her city

True, but the context of the original comment was the federal level, with Alberta being the blue patch in a sea of (federal) red.

Pretty sure they meant red, as in Liberal Party red, as opposed to CPC blue.