Dear Weekend, Why Must You Go So Fast?

Another weekend has come and gone at the speed of light. In some ways this is a good thing, such as, one week today I will BE IN THAILAND! and yes, I've already bought my hawaiin tropics tanning oil...oh yeah...

Friday night was a great night out with the neighbourhood crew, we drank too much and stayed out way too late, which is always the best indicator that the weekend has arrived. I've started imposing a 4am curfew on myself and have almost made it home by that time the past two nights.

Last night a few of us went bowling to start the night off. There were five of us so we had the three that were just there for shits and giggles on one side, and Trey and I were in competition mode on the other side. Five games later I came out on top with 3 wins and 2 losses. It seems such a waste all those years Beth and I spent in league bowling and the only time those skills come in handy is 2 or 3 times a year when I can drag a few people to a bowling alley. (note to self: If I ever have kids they are playing a much cooler sport)

After that we headed over to the Santa Claus bar and Lauren and I escaped to grab some food. When we started our walk back to the bar the snow was just lightly falling, and by the time we were at the end of the street we were caught in a dumping of snow. We went inside covered with snow and this immediately had other foreigners running out the door to check it out. On our way to our next stop we got sidetracked and ended up in a park having a crazy snowball fight for half an hour or so, and by the time we got to the final stop of the evening we were cold and damp and I was not a happy camper. I stuck around for a respectable amount of time and bailed just in time to make it home for the imposed curfew.

Today we had a potluck Christmas dinner at Mark and Marta's as a send off before everyone gets caught up in their Christmas travel. It was delicious. We had Costco chicken, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans (yuck!), salad, cranberry sauce and gravy. Tom made a delicious dessert called banoffee pie, which was banana, caramel, graham cracker and whipped cream...so good.

Unfortunately it is now pressing midnight and I have to be up early to tutor and start the work week. Boooo....