this weekend was set aside for going through and purging every box, bin, nook and cranny at my parent's house - things left aside from years of collecting and moving. and while in town, made time for lazy breakfasts with my mom, a 'birthday party' for my niece, and a high school type catch up hangout with my other jamie.
snowy walk home friday evening; a weekend's luggage; the best socks every created trying to warm up on the GO train; sunny floor conversations with tea on a saturday morning; blowing out birthday candles (and she even got exra); the cutest little 2 year old; a train set from auntie jamie (i love buying my nieces and nephews presents. i'm not sure there is much i love more); the outcome of 2 days of hard work; denim and rubber boots - i'm classy like that.
friday: after a long and very snowy walk home from work, i wasted some time at my apartment cleaning up, and doing laundry after my return from vacation. watched some new girl (caught up - i was quite behind), and cleaned, organized and sorted a bit. then, after packing up some things, i caught a cab to take the GO train home. jeff picked me up in his handy dandy 4x4 vehicle (perfect for canadian winter), and we spent the rest of the evening with my parents - watching some three stooges (old style), having some drinks, and sitting by the fire. we're so canadian.
saturday: woke up a bit earlier than expected, so spent the morning talking RRSPs with my dad (aka. my financial advisor) and eating toasted tomato sandwiches and drinking tea. perfection. then, got down to business (not before a quick lunch from montfort), and my co-jamie sat and read me excerpts from our high school yearbooks while i purged and sorted through boxes in my old bedroom. awesome. nothing more reassuring than looking in the mirror after a weekend of photos of old you. then, jamie took off, and jeff and i headed out to my niece's birthday party. fun ensued. neon cake. train sets. pizza and pop. more birthdays should be like this. i finally got to also visit with lisa and mike, and their monkeys, who i haven't seen FOREVER. it was so so nice to spend saturday that way. jeff and i then headed back to jeff's (after party central), and ended up at my parents watching twin peaks and drinking tea. super exhilarating saturday night.
sunday: woke up early, and after a big breakfast with my mom and jeff, we got down to business. sorting, cleaning, purging, and loading jeff's truck with donations from the pit. we took a huge walk in the sun, and got some lunch, before briskly walking home (apparently it gets VERY cold after 4pm these days). finished up some last stuff, and then sat down for a big dinner with the fam. there is nothing like a sunday dinner with the shea's (poor jeff). then, headed out on a work clothes buying adventure, and watched some more twin peaks before bed.
it was a good weekend - exhausting, but totally fulfilling and satisfying.
and. because it's hilarious. and because on friday, this was more true than anything i ever read (considering my parents said they had to shovel the driveway 6 times).
OH. and. it's valentines week. and, because it's my most favourite day of the year, y'all have to deal with the repercussions. sorry about that (sorry not sorry).
happy monday!