I'm back! Vacation was wonderful. Dad's Spitfire is a fun little car to ride around in. (And it gets us free admission into classic car shows. (: ) I hope he keeps his motivation and gets it working better ( Read more... )

I've just finished the Xerox 10km race for the CNIB.. I did it in 49:43.3, just under the 50 minutes I was hoping to beat, so I'm pretty pleased. It was a rough course, since there was a long, steep hill at the end of each of three 3.3km laps, and some of the course was "paved" in loose gravel, including the aforementioned hill. I like to ( Read more... )

Hey folks. I'm back from Fergus. I survived the car trip through a blizzard, and didn't spin or roll my car, unlike a few unfortunate people I saw off the side of the road. And I made it back in time to get my cat from boarding. She hasn't left my lap since ( Read more... )

After spending a week split between London, Edinburgh and Amsterdam, Ottawa looked... different. Like the sun was hitting it on a different angle than it usually does, and turning things a different colour than they normally are. I remember the same odd sort of sensation, a subtle unfamiliarity with a land so familiar, when I came home from a ( Read more... )

I fly to London in less than 48 hours! Woohoo! I've been too busy to get as excited as I should be, unfortunately. It seems like the only time work has important and significant deadlines is when I'm about to head out on vacation, so I've been working long hours this week. Two extra hours yesterday alone. And I haven't had time to do laundry ( Read more... )

I finally got a chance to take my vacation photos to the photography shop and get them printed off. It's neat having digital photos, being able to take tons and tons and not worry about finding places to keep them and stuff... but I'd forgotten just how nice it was to hold a photo in your hand. It seems more real that way than on the computer ( Read more... )

Unlike most people when they take a vacation, I didn't eat quite as much as I normally do. The reason was that my travelling partner has a very small appetite. How small, you ask? Well, when I first met her and we went to Tim Hortons, I suggested we get donuts. She didn't want a whole donut, so I got one chocolate-dip donut and a knife so I ( Read more... )

I'm back in Ottawa from my vacation. Further details at some future point. I just wanted to let you know I haven't died.

We've been having good fun. We've caught a few museums of various types, gone for walks, even gone bowling. She's enjoyed her time in Ottawa, and I've been enjoying myself too. Now I fall almost completely off the radar here for a while, as we head off to Montréal. I hope you guys have a good week! Keep well ( Read more... )

It's been a great vacation so far. Asteria and I get along like we've known each other for years. (Good thing, since we have. (: ) Weather wasn't too nice but we still went for a good long walk. I hadn't realized that so many trees and birds were different in England than they are here. (Case in point.) We also caught a museum and had dinner ( Read more... )