this weekend was a bit different than easter weekends past - though last year, this time, i was still in the emergency room, in medical shock, from my car accident. as i mentioned, i made the tough choice to decline my family trip up north, due to some kidney and other health issues i've been having recently. the 16 hour drive would have been rough enough on my back, without the additional kidney issues. i needed the weekend in. the beauty part was, i had plenty of friends to spend it with, and was able to enjoy the weather, and time with friends, despite being previously a bit disappointed about the weekend.
friday: woke up late, and lounged in bed for awhile. once i finally got up, i spent the day cleaning, clearing out clothes, taking down my month old fort, and doing some general cleaning up and clearing out of my apt. managed to get a quick nap, and some lounging in as well. when i woke up, i wandered to my landlord's place, to meet the new dog, and have some dinner. had a GREAT dinner of roasted sweet potatoes and broccoli, and some rice and tofu... and a little bit of wine. laughed wholeheartedly deep in inappropriate conversations about passing gas in your sleep, and equally horrible things that we all feel comfortable talking about with one another. (thank goodness for friends like that). we all settled down in front of the tv, to start watching 'hugo' but midnight hit pretty quickly, and we were all in bed before 12:00. that's what holiday weekends are for!
saturday: woke up pretty early, and took a long walk around the neighbourhood to try to walk out the pains i had been having in my back (kidney's, mostly). cleaned some more, and then headed downtown to wander in the sun, and then meet my high school friend jamie for the toronto rock game. we watched the rock beat the edmonton rush, and then met up with one of my sister's friends, and her family - her brother plays for the rush - and had a drink with them, and enjoyed the benefits of an after game reunion, like jamie and i knew quite well from our high school days. we then headed back to our parent's places - after dropping jamie off at her car, i went to my parents, and had another 12 hour sleep in my comfortable bed that my parents keep for me (i'm confident it's a guest bed, but i keep telling myself they just love me a lot).
sunday: woke up pretty early - first at 6 to various alarm clocks in my family's house, and then again at 10 - and a friend came over, bearing tea, to chat in the sun. then, i did a few hours of work, and then headed out to hamilton to visit with my friend's chantel and ryan, and see my little niece. spent a few hours there before they left for ryan's parent's place for easter dinner. i went back to my parent's, packed up, and then went straight for the hiking trails in waterdown, where i spent a couple of hours while the sun was still out, hiking beside the river, up and down the hills. it was the first time since i hurt my back that i have been able to really get out, and i was slow, but being alone down in the ravine was wonderful - and made me remember how much i missed trail running. thank goodness for spring turning to summer - MUCH more hiking to come. i then headed back to toronto, where i made some dinner, watched some sons of anarchy, and wrote letters to friends.
i hope everyone had a restful weekend, filled with friends, family and great food! and to those who celebrate it, hope you had a great Easter - remembering the reason that we celebrate this weekend. I am thankful for all that i have.
High school friend reunion – and free wiser’s bottle service
(my sister would have been so jealous); a couple of the boys; matt showing off
our plunder; late night, private korean karaoke; the stunning weather we
received on Saturday walking downtown; lacrosse appropriate outfit; Toronto rock
game with my same name friend, jamie; an easter Sunday visit with my little
niece g – reading books together; my hike through the trails in waterdown; clearly
not hike appropriate footwear (and a little camera action); the waterfall; Sunday
evening sons of anarchy catch up, letter writing, and jewelry making.
thursday: since it was a long weekend (holiday friday) i rushed home, and then headed out to meet some old high school friends at the maddy... we apparently needed to revisit our youth. we spent hours sitting, and chatting, as people came and went. caught up on babies, and schooling, and house buying and upcoming wedding updates (clearly none of which were from me), and managed to somehow obtain free 'bottle service' (read: free shots/mixed drinks - twice - for our whole table). then, headed to little korea for some private karaoke (who knew!). private room, cold drinks = things i did not expect from karaoke. then, the group of us headed for food, and then more games at a friend's apartment. needless to say, it was a late night all around.friday: woke up late, and lounged in bed for awhile. once i finally got up, i spent the day cleaning, clearing out clothes, taking down my month old fort, and doing some general cleaning up and clearing out of my apt. managed to get a quick nap, and some lounging in as well. when i woke up, i wandered to my landlord's place, to meet the new dog, and have some dinner. had a GREAT dinner of roasted sweet potatoes and broccoli, and some rice and tofu... and a little bit of wine. laughed wholeheartedly deep in inappropriate conversations about passing gas in your sleep, and equally horrible things that we all feel comfortable talking about with one another. (thank goodness for friends like that). we all settled down in front of the tv, to start watching 'hugo' but midnight hit pretty quickly, and we were all in bed before 12:00. that's what holiday weekends are for!
saturday: woke up pretty early, and took a long walk around the neighbourhood to try to walk out the pains i had been having in my back (kidney's, mostly). cleaned some more, and then headed downtown to wander in the sun, and then meet my high school friend jamie for the toronto rock game. we watched the rock beat the edmonton rush, and then met up with one of my sister's friends, and her family - her brother plays for the rush - and had a drink with them, and enjoyed the benefits of an after game reunion, like jamie and i knew quite well from our high school days. we then headed back to our parent's places - after dropping jamie off at her car, i went to my parents, and had another 12 hour sleep in my comfortable bed that my parents keep for me (i'm confident it's a guest bed, but i keep telling myself they just love me a lot).
sunday: woke up pretty early - first at 6 to various alarm clocks in my family's house, and then again at 10 - and a friend came over, bearing tea, to chat in the sun. then, i did a few hours of work, and then headed out to hamilton to visit with my friend's chantel and ryan, and see my little niece. spent a few hours there before they left for ryan's parent's place for easter dinner. i went back to my parent's, packed up, and then went straight for the hiking trails in waterdown, where i spent a couple of hours while the sun was still out, hiking beside the river, up and down the hills. it was the first time since i hurt my back that i have been able to really get out, and i was slow, but being alone down in the ravine was wonderful - and made me remember how much i missed trail running. thank goodness for spring turning to summer - MUCH more hiking to come. i then headed back to toronto, where i made some dinner, watched some sons of anarchy, and wrote letters to friends.
i hope everyone had a restful weekend, filled with friends, family and great food! and to those who celebrate it, hope you had a great Easter - remembering the reason that we celebrate this weekend. I am thankful for all that i have.