So fast

How cool is the Oval? Tied with the sliding centre for my favorite venue. Spent a few hours watching speed skating with Ritchy and two of our rowing friends. Had to get back to work after 3 hours of spectating and missed seeing 2 Canadian medals in the last event. The men's 10,000m was the middle event and it was long. Real long. Looked very painful.

Made Rachel stop in at Richmond Centre and check out Banana Republic sale. Richmond was a great choice. Lot's of stuff in my size. Bought 6 items for $200. Two pairs of pants that were normally over $100 ended up being under $20 each. Man I love a good sale.

Two more weeks of work craziness and then things start to get back to normal. Starting the countdown; 5 weeks from today and I am in Morocco. Woo hoo!

Government sure does take a bite...

I filed my taxes today. Yeah me. And, I checked my account on epass and they obviously got my letter, in reply to their revised assessment, and are now refunding me the money they thought I owed them. It is Monday and I've already filed my taxes. Yeah me!

In other news: I missed out on last nights torch dessert and tonight's home cooked meal at Ritchy's. Last night I didn't receive the invite and tonight I got the invite but it was 10 minute warning and I needed to eat and run because they were headed to the movies.

I'm not complaining (keep the offers coming Rich!) but sad none the less that I have missed out two days in a row.

Notes from my apartment

I've obviously spent a lot of time at home lately given my battle with the pneum. What I have noted so far is;

• IGA really is just downstairs. You can pick up gingerale and Lipton chicken noodle soup between the hours of 7am and midnight. Does it get any better?
• Other than the occasional pile drive at the construction site my place is quiet enough for a day time nap for a person, like myself, that is light sleeper.
• While I want to get rid of cable I am really enjoying Shaw On Demand movie service. Same price as pay per view but you can watch the movie you order anytime, pause, rewind etc. and you get it for 24 hours. Just wishing I wasn't working yesterday so I could have watched Pineapple Express for a second time.
• On a Sunday night when you are extremely short of breath you can text your sister a block away and let her know you might be needing her to take you to the ER. I felt very confident she would step up to the plate. Just need to provide her with an extra set of keys in case I had passed out.
• The chaise can be turned on an angle and is perfect for watching 2 movies back to back. Very comfortable.

Looking forward to a day of rest that will involve laundry, grocery shopping and seeing the gold medal sledge hockey game at 5pm.

The only thing that would perfect this day would be a nice visit from my new nephew Kaz. Not even a photo yesterday from Dave. Do we have to beg?