Mariska Hargitay!

I just got back from seeing The Love Guru. Its humour was offensive on so many levels, and I can't believe how much I giggled. It was incredibly silly.

By the way, I did spend a splendid week at home last week. Recap to come soon...

12 of 12 June 2008

Well, it's sort of a 12 of 12. I had every intention of documenting my day, but circumstances got in my way. I didn't get to bed until really late, because my mom and Kat and Jim arrived at my apartment after midnight. They were coming back from a Montreal apartment hunting adventure. So I only got a few hours sleep until I had to go off to work.

Let me say that it's quite hard to be at work the day you go on vacation. I was in a distracted tizzy all day. My body was present, but my mind was not. I was so happy when 3:00 arrived and my sister picked me up. We were on our way home to my Island and my show!!



Oh, Connecticut. Such a pokey driver.

We survived the bloody boring Freddy - Moncton leg.

Lots of tunes on the iPod made the drive go by as quickly as possible.

Almost there!But wait - road construction!

Phew! Made it with lots of time to spare!

Ah, the theater. I always feel so happy when I'm here, especially after the first Anne of the season. The performance was a little iffy (LM Montgomery monologue?? wtf?), but it was just so very lovely to see the show again after so long. Summer has started!!

So it would appear

I'm sitting in front of the tv with Ezekiel, trying to stay awake. My mom and my sister and my littlest brother are driving from Montreal, and they're staying with me tonight. I'm sure they'll be super tired when they get here, because they left Montreal almost 8 hours ago. I spent the evening packing for my trip home and getting in touch with my PEI peeps. I am really looking forward to familiar surroundings and (hopefully) relatively uncomplicated interpersonal interactions. And, of course, there's the first Anne show, which marks the official start of summer!

Things are going to be different for me this summer. I'm used to zipping home every weekend in June, July, and August.... and for most of September. However, this year I'll finally begin the weaning process in earnest. I have mixed feelings about this, but I think it's necessary. As usual, I'm having anxiety at the prospect of any change to my routine, but I think I can handle it. Right?

2 more sleeps!

That is all.

Where'd the summer come from?

Well, summer has struck my fair city with a vengeance. The weather today was hot and humid - aka typical Fredericton summer weather. It's been quite chilly lately though, so this day really snuck up on me.

The upside of the day was that it was the first Skirt!Day of the summer, meaning I deliberately chose to wear a skirt in order to keep cool. A side effect of this was that I felt super snazzy all day long. And it's quite possible that I may wear skirts all this week. In fact, I may wear skirts all summer long.

I've had another busy yet hyper-fabulous weekend. I went to a concert on Friday night, entertained family on Saturday, attended a recital on Sunday afternoon, and saw the Sex and the City movie (for the second time) this evening. All of this adds up to a very happy Lynda, who is more than ready to tackle four days of work before heading home for some much-needed Anne-o-rama. (4 more sleeps!)

But I'd be king just in the spring, so now I think it over...

Okay, it's been a really draining day at work, so I've been spending the evening trying to cheer myself up.

This video is helping...

I know I've already posted in on facebook, but I feel the need to post it here. It's that good.

Only nine more sleeps until Anne starts again!!!

Oo-de-lally

I decided that I had enough Rosey withdrawal, so I hopped in the car and went to Halifax on Friday for a visit. It was indeed a hyper-fantabulous weekend.

First I picked Rosey up at her library. I even got a personally guided tour from my favourite librarian. Her library has old textbooks! It's so cool. Then I got to meet Violet the cat, who is completely adorable, and very fond of string. Liam, Rosey and I went to dinner, and afterwards we strolled through the Public Gardens and saw lots of ducks. We even saw baby ducks! And we had gelato.


On Saturday, we had an old-fashioned ramble. We drove out to the Annapolis Valley to see the apple blossoms. We stopped for a visit at the Grand-Pré National Historic Site, which was hyper cool. They had an incredibly detailed model of an Acadian village. We saw more ducks, and a cat inside a church!


It was raining too much to eat outside, so we had a car picnic. Then we drove through Wolfville and visited Acadia University. We turned off the beaten path and drove up the mountain to The Look-Off. We had an amazing view of the valley. And not only that, but there was ice cream to be eaten. And not only that, but the ice cream place had a popcorn machine that made single servings of popcorn! Best popcorn ever!


As we made our way down the mountain and rambled through Kentville, I couldn't help but notice how closely a lot of the landscape resembled that of our dear Island. It made me a little homesick. But I'm so glad we got to go to the valley!

On Sunday, we had lunch at Cora's with Maria, which was so filling that I have not felt the need to eat for the rest of the day. It was great to see Maria and catch up with her! CCOA reunions rock.

I always love visiting Halifax, and I'm definitely looking forward to my next visit. Back to work for me demain, but it won't be long until my next vacation adventure - this time I'm going home for a little rest and Anne action!