Looks like I haven't touched the blog in exactly one month. Well, let's see, here's a brief summary and a selection of photos of what we've been up to since the last posting:
- spent a whole week at the cottage (most of the family were there, Kyle & Masa visited for the long weekend, Fred came in the middle of the week from Ottawa, it rained a bit but I like it when it rains there because then you feel totally OK to bum around and do nothing and relaxed, it was pretty great, oh except my cell phone decided to go for a swim in the lake and as a result, is no longer functioning);
- went to see Roger Federer play tennis at Rogers Cup one sunny beautiful evening;
- spent an entire afternoon at the Toronto Zoo (very hot);
- went to see the Great Big Sea concert at the amphitheatre with Derek & Karina;
- went to see "Eat, Pray, Love" (and now want to read the book but haven't got time);
- had a lovely lunch and stroll around in the Distillery District with new friends;
- hung out with Leslie & Kyle;
- worked on the September edition of the newsletter for the condo;
And that brings us to this morning when we braced ourselves for our biggest run yet: 18 kilometres from Yonge & Finch all the way down to Front & Jarvis in scorching heat. Yeah, it sucked, big time. I was so thirsty and so uncomfortable I thought I was gonna pass out. We showered at Derek & Karina's then Megan had the brilliant idea that we should all go have a brunch buffet where I stuffed my face til my head hurt. We checked out the buskers festival near the St. Lawrence Market and saw some cool stunts people and then went back to Derek & Karina's where I proceeded to puke up the aforementioned buffet -- I keep telling people that I'm not allowed to do all-you-can-eat's but no one takes me seriously -- that was pleasant. It's the heat, the sun, the food, the run.... It all just made me feel ill.
I finally felt better after a bit of a nap, another shower, and a bit of sitting around in air conditioning. But I'm still struggling with finding enough time in a day to get everything done -- the ironing's been sitting there for ages, my inbox is about to explode, I haven't balanced our budget in several weeks, laundry, dishes, Charlie's litter, tax audit, library books, movies, sleeping 8hrs a night, and so on -- this working full-time business certainly gets in the way of everything else, doesn't it?
