Inspired Packing

Lorne went home to New Brunswick to visit his parents this weekend. Quite fitting, since it is the Family Day long weekend. His flight left at noon on Saturday. Here is the crazy part about how our Saturday morning played out. At 8:45 am, just as we were waking up, Lorne got a call from work, asking him to come in for an hour before he left town. ASAP. If I were on the receiving end of this call, I might have freaked right out. For me, on the day of leaving on a trip, there isn't normally alot of buffer time to accomodate last minute requests.

Lorne took it all in stride. He was the picture of calm and control as he had breakfast, showered, and managed to pack his luggage for NB in the time it took me to get ready to drive him to the airport. HE was packing for a whole weekend, I was not even packing for 30 minutes, and he BEAT me. I was impressed and inspired. So, we left home at 9:45am, went to his work for an hour, then we drove to the airport and he was on his way on schedule, calm, relaxed, and on time.

I am totally inspired and impressed by Lorne's ability to adapt and get ready quickly. I am truly inspired to learn how to get ready for trips in a more efficient, relaxed manner. Wow.

The post-script to this post is hilarious. Lorne just admitted to me on the phone that he completely forgot to pack any socks and underwear. A-HA! He may be awesome, but he isn't perfect. Phew!

Games Night Fun

Last weekend, Feb 9-11, was pretty quiet. Lorne was getting over a cold and I was getting a cold, so we just took it easy.

We did have fun on Saturday night though! We went to Chris and Raynell's place for a games night. We played 3 new-style board games that don't involve boards. So I guess they're just - games? Buzzword, Things in a Box, and Apples to Apples. All were most excellent. We didn't crack into our contribution, Settlers of Catan, because that one tends to take a whole evening, but next time might be a special all-Catan night!

Games nights are great. I'd love to have one sometime soon. Even just to play cards, which I so dearly miss since my visit home with my card-playing family at Christmas. Must do - soon. But for now, there is a Calgary Games club and Chris and Raynell, to ensure that the games will continue!

Winefest

This weekend, I went to a wine tasting event. I wasn't feeling great, but I put that aside to try to have the best time I could, since I had the tickets and they were a little pricey.

The wine-tasting was amazing fun! I learned tons about white wines (I focused primarily on them, since they are my true loves), found a few new varieties to try at home, and just had a fabulous time in general. The show had great food to accompany the wine, and the cheeses were divine.

Strangely enough, my writing seemed to get sloppier as the evening wore on, and finally I must have stopped writing all together in my wine-tasting notebook. Similarly, the ratings seemed to get higher and higher as the evening wore on. Can *anyone* come up with a possible explanation for this phenomenon???

Happy Family Day!

To my Family, and my Friends that are like Family,

HAPPY FAMILY DAY!

I've discovered that this holiday, which falls today, is another one of the great things about living in Calgary. Woo Hoo! Sadly, I didn't have much family around to celebrate with, but I did call my Mom, Dad, Brother, Renee, Grampa, and of course Lorne and his parents to wish them an excellent day. And I saw my cousins recently so that counts too!

Gosh its been a while

Gosh... how can it be that I haven't posted for almost 2 weeks!? Has life gotten that busy?? Well there is lots to tell so where to start... I guess between changes at work, getting sick, and trying to stay away from the computer after I get home from work, it has been awhile. Hmmm.

Soon. Soon.