At 2:01 today today I...

Got caught loafing. The family went camping yesterday so I'm left to my own devices. In this situation I do the same thing every time. I make a long list of things I want to do like laundry, baking and cleaning, which I promptly ignore to power watch Orange Is The New Black. Oh well...

Sweats, no makeup and lazing around at 2 in the afternoon? Perfect.

kxx

Civic Holiday

So today is a holiday for Canada (first Monday in August). I'm of two minds about this holiday. Part of me says "yay holiday" but other part says boo... last long weekend of the summer. The weather is getting cooler too. I slept with the windows open last night and not one bead of sweat hit my pillow. Poop.

So if you had the day off today, I hope you had a great time. And government, if you are reading this (and you aren't), can you please give this holiday a name? Civic Holiday is the naming equivalent of Main Street. Let's have some imagination...

kxx

PS: Just did a bit of googling and found out that here in Ottawa, the holiday is called Colonel By Day after the man who engineered the Rideau Canal. This is all well and good but it's up to each municipality to call the day what they want. What? Seriously? In different places it's called:

British Columbia Day
New Brunswick Day
Saskatchewan Day (Can I say that spell-check wanted me to replace Saskatchewan with waste-basket. Make of that what you will)
Heritage Day
Natal Day
Simcoe Day
George Hamilton Day (I assume it's not after the famous actor/tanner)
Joseph Brant Day
Founders Day
McLaughlin Day
Alexander Mackenzie Day
James Cockburn Day
Peter Robinson Day
John Galt Day

Whatever you called it, hope it was fun.

At 2:01 Tuesday I was...

Getting pampered and primped like a prize pony. I was at a local luxury spa thanks to a super generous gift from my preschool kids last year. I felt pretty guilty at one point realizing that I have very little stress in my life yet I could still spend 8 hours (yes, you read that right) at this spa... (obviously most of these photos aren't mine)

Look at this place! Restaurants, wet and dry saunas, pools of every temperature...

This water is so salty you float without trying. It's so dark and soothing I fell asleep for 20 minutes and only woke up when I floated into someone else!

There are wood burning stoves all over the outside so it smells like campfires. Le sigh...

I got a massage and a facial

Feeling like a chocolate marshmallow after the dry sauna... It was at 203F... about the same temperature I use in the oven to keep my pancakes warm

So anyway, that's the reason I didn't post on Tuesday. When I got home I was a complete mushbag. I don't even know how I was able to drive. Funny story... I wanted to tip my masseur and they give you these little envelopes where you are supposed to stuff the cash inside. I must have spent 5 minutes trying to get to money in the envelope before I just threw the cash and the envelope at the cashier and practically dribbled "Ca c'est pour Maxime" before lurching my way to the car.

Best. Day. Ever.

kxx

Crying at the park

I went for my usual run this morning and I stopped like I always do to hang out with the heron that's always fishing there. Thirty minutes after sitting on my rock, a lady came by on a bike. She stopped and she started making small talk.

Her: Beautiful creature, huh?
Me: Definitely. I've been here half an hour just watching it.
Her: And it hasn't flown away? That's pretty special. Have you lost anyone lately? It could be their spirit saying hello to you.
Me (thinking where the hell did that come from?): Um. No...
Her: Well have a lovely day!
And she biked off.

Of course, what do I do? I start thinking of the people I've lost which leads to my mother, the only significant one and I start crying. In the park. Like an idiot. In front of the bird.

Awkward.

So how was your morning?

kxx

I took these Friday morning... not bad, right?

She let me get really close

Does anyone have a nicer place to run than I do? I'm so close to this park, If I screamed, my kids at home would hear me. Not that I do much park screaming...

The irresistable pull of TBT

Ever the follower, I have finally succumbed to the ubiquitous "Throw Back Thursday".

"But ma, everyone is doing it!" 

Here is an adorable photo of my brother Mike and me at Beaver Lake in Montreal. Check out my sweet sweet afro puffs.

kxx

At 2:01 yesterday I...

was at the movies (again) with Audrey. We finally went to see Maleficent. Why didn't I see that earlier? It was so much better than I expected.

I was one of *those* people at 2:01 when my phone went off. I really though "airplane mode" meant no noises but apparently it's no NOTIFICATIONS. Alarms still go off. Heh.

Later we went to see Justin Timberlake but that wasn't at 2:01. It was, however fucking amazing (pardon my French). Here's a pic...

kxx

Best. twitter. Ever.

So I was scanning through Audrey's twitter feed (like you do) and I happened upon this:


"I spend more time with my mom than with my friends, but im not complaining I love my mom, she's fun :)"

Well colour me surprised. We had just spent the day together, walking around downtown and pretending we were tourists. We ate ice cream and cupcakes and tried on shoes. What's not to like about that kind of day? But I really was surprised at the post. She never said much about it even though I know we both had fun. I love that she posted this to her friends although a thank-you wouldn't have gone amiss. I consider this it in spades. In fact, I may print and frame it.

kxx (Best mother ever)