New Apartment!!!

This was a productive weekend as Shea and I drove around Toronto looking at apartments for June 1. Shea was expecting a long day of it, as was the norm for her. I wasn't expecting too much trouble, but then, my standards have always been a little lower. :)

Lo and behold, the first place we saw was the one we picked. :) A 2 bedroom apt, 2nd floor on a quiet street. Well, sort of. Hwy 401 is behind the apt, but luckily ours faces the front of the building. Easy walking distance to two subway stops, too!

I am pretty excited about this. :)

This always happens sometimes

You know when your girlfriend has a bit of a fit and starts getting down on herself? Well, that's when I am usually pretty supportive. However, sometimes over the internet, supportive gets confused with blunt. And let's be honest - sometimes I am not the most patient person around so I say things that probably would be best saved for a less emotional period. Oh well.

Happy Easter

I guess it is a little late, but Happy Easter nonetheless!

I went to visit the folks and relaxed for the whole time. I got to see some of my relatives - I even took my grandma and aunt out for lunch. It was a much needed break from an overloaded work schedule.

The best part was all the home cooking. My mom even sent me back home with a bunch of food, including an entire pie. I must say it rates A+ on the tasty scale. :)

I need to go home more often. ;)

Tunage!!!

Something that really picks up my day when I'm stuck at my computer is to pop in a CD and listen to some classic tunes that I haven't heard in years. Sometimes it even gets my creative juices (subjectively speaking of course) flowing and I can type away like a madman and be super productive!

Anyway, I'm in a good mood today because of my music. That's all I really wanted to get across with this blog.

It really makes me nervous....

when she does things like that.

I have a car now

I have finally given in to the wishes of "the man" and bought a car. Now I am truly a consumer, having to buy gas at outrageous prices and contributing to climate change and all this truly evil stuff. I did manage to get a decent car - a Honda Civic, which should be mondo fuel efficient...

Did you ever notice how difficult it is to concentrate on something when you have two people talking about stuff 10 feet from you? That is why the end of this blog bears no resemblance to the first part.

I got a car. Whoopee. If all goes well, the mileage should pay it off in about a year. Assuming I keep going into the field.

Screw this. I'm putting my headphones on and getting to work.

Let them eat (pan)cake!!!!

Mmm... pancakes and maple syrup...

After a half hour drive up to Elmira north of Waterloo on Saturday (made longer by the lines of greedy maple syrup grubbing locals), I stepped out of the car and took a deep breath of fresh air. After I recovered from my coughing fit, I made my way to the clock tower / meeting place to meet the esteemed Denis and Janice, fresh from the hot tub at the bed and breakfast they were staying at in noble Fergus. Off we went in search of pancakes.

We found some, but they were being thrown about by people standing in hula-hoops using crazy implements like tennis rackets, spatulas and flippers. Absurd you say!!! Indeed!

We also found this neat device that shoots mini marshmallows. Well, you'd better believe that Denis thought this was the bee's knees as he proceeded to fill my chest full of steaming mallow. I did my best arm flailing, then went in search of further adventure.

(Sidebar - why the heck would they have only one person running the latte stand? I just wanted a coffee, but the line didn't move because of the pretentious latte drinkers at the front of the line ordering their pretentious smelling lattes, which take a pretentiously long time to make. How prissy can you get. Prim sissies.)

Finally we were there - the pancake tent!!! The magic of pancakes unfolded before our eyes as we watching in awe... a tear trickled down my cheek, and I told the lady to watch where she is throwing that salt. Finally, with my two pancakes on paper plate, the coup de grace - maple syrup!!! The lady at the end of the line smiled and poured... and poured and poured and poured until I had to wipe the maple syrup off my shoes and out of my hair.

Ha ha ha, had you going there didn't I? That last part was not true - I'm practically bald.