I'm back safe and sound in London. I had a fantastic vacation in Canada, and it was so great to see so many of you when I was out. For those I missed, I'm truly sorry. I thought 3 weeks would be lots of time, but apparently not! I barely got my shopping in (and not nearly as much as I wanted to!).
I had a great time with Bryan and Stef and the kids in Oakville (near Toronto). Charlotte is so funny! She's very active and high energy. She tired me out. Of course, it didn't help that I got tonsilitis as soon as I got there, so I was sick for the three days I was there! But it was nice anyway to be able to see Charlotte again, meet Davis my new nephew, and spend some time reading books to them, watching movies (Charlotte's current favourite is Stuart Little) and playing with them. It's pretty exhausting having two children to look after - Stefani does a really good job. I don't know if I
have the energy for that any more. I'm tired after just a few hours with them! I suppose it's probably different when they're your own. And when you're not sick! I will probably be back in Toronto in May, so I'll be able to spend some more time with them, although only a few days again. For those who don't know, the pictures on the right are my sister-in-law, Stefani, with my niece, Charlotte (almost 3 yrs), and my brother, Bryan, with my nephew, Davis (just over 5 months). As you can see, Charlotte is very busy picking the croutons out of mama's salad, while Davis is happy just sitting on Dad's lap and laughing. He laughs a lot - he's a very smiley baby.My last night in Canada was spent at the Roughnecks home opener against San Jose, which they lost. It was a great game, went into some serious overtime and set a new record for the longest professional lacrosse game ever before San Jose finally put it into the net. I was with my friend, Simon, and we went to Duttons where we met up with a bunch of other friends of mine, Debbie, Susan, Nikki, Sheldon, Trevor, etc. who were at the game (but didn't have the awesome seats Simon and I have). So, we were there for a while, chatted with the announcer, who I knew from years and years ago (pre-lacrosse). Kaleb Toth, who I've become friends with, came over and we caught up since we hadn't managed to get together before. All in all, it was a spectacular end to my trip!
Work is busy, we've got some projects that I need to get finished asap so I can start on some new ones coming up. It's an exciting time for Stratic, that's for sure!
The weather is great today, but we had this crazy storm yesterday with insane winds and rain. It was knocking over trees and blowing sheds around. One guy even died when a tree fell over onto his windshield while he was driving! Apparently it was like this all over Europe, too. It wasn't especially cold, just stormy. It's about 13 degrees Celsius today, so it's quite nice.
I went to see the Rocky Horror Show on Wednesday night with Shannon. What fun! I loved it! It was crazy, and made no sense, but it was so much fun! I'll definitely be going again - especially when Susan comes out again, because I know she's a Rocky Horror fan (as in fanatic!).
Quiet weekend planned - I'm not feeling 100% so I think I'll take it easy and rest. I have no time to be sick! Anyway, time to get back to work!
