blissed out

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first, to those of you asking allow me to just say this: the fire fighters ball wasn't. a ball that is. in fact it was a bust. in their defence? we didn't know anyone and we did get there late. in ours? the freaking drinks were seven to ten bucks!

so yeah, i got nothing.

that said, there were a few beautiful men there, it's just there were also tables full of young women dressed to the freaking nines. if i were a wolf i would say that the hunting wasn't good there. if i were a farmer i would describe the land as overgrazed.

it was sort of fun to sit back and watch but i confess we had a better time wandering the hotel and looking at the architecture and then we headed back to my 'hood for some food which was by far the best part of the night. [we even played online trivia while we waited for our food!]

i think we looked good though and we decided that getting all dolled up needed to happen more often, so i'm going to call the evening a success nonetheless.

the weekend proceeded to improve steadily from there though since othercat picked me up way too early on saturday morning and we headed into the wild blue yonder. we stopped for enormous coffees and then headed off.

we took the long way.

we ogled the view.

we saw a lot of cyclists.

we were late for a fantastic lunch... but not so late that we made lunch into a bad lunch. in fact lunch was organized such that our lateness was not important. one suspects that our hosts might have met me.

there was beer and good food and a walk on the back forty. in fact i suspect that i found new places to tread on ground that i've known for years and years. and then? there was MORE BEER!

and then? boo yeah homemade pizza in an actual wood burning pizza oven.

gastronomic heaven right there. you wouldn't believe some of the combinations either... they involved capers and peppers and shrooms or tuna and white sauce and onions or five different kinds of cheese or ham and shrooms and capers or hotdogs (!?!) and peppers and some stuff that was quite fantastic.

i ate like such a pig. i ate like such a pig that a two kilometre walk [and three beers] was required after dinner just to settle the food into the tummy a little... and then? boo yeah up we got to go out for brunch.

brunch.

such a simple word for such a lovely experience. there were nine of us who don't see nearly enough of each other sitting around a table being happy and cheerful and eating freaking fantastic food. god the hash browns are the best for miles and miles and miles...

not to mention? you're eating in a QUONSET HUT!!

[it's so weird doing a this is what i did this weekend post... i NEVER do these]

anyway after i filled up on endless amounts of coffee (think never emptied mug because she refilled it so often for two and a half hours... [god it was great]) othercat and i hopped back in the convertible and headed out.

we hit my favourite place in the world and took yet another pic of me sitting on the same bridge (sorry don't have the pics yet) but i did steal this pic off his blog for y'all [well i will have stolen it if it ever loads]:

and then we went wandering off to find one of the last remaining cordoroy roads. also known as a macademized road. no, i don't know if i spelled it correctly. while there i snapped this:

please admire my shirt some more *grin*

and then we headed back to the big smoke cause othercat had to cable and i had to climb. and i learned two things at the climbing gym. one is that i am now a regular and as such many of the old regulars actually nod or smile or say hello to me first now. me likey.

funny thing? i was so blissed out i couldn't talk.

the second? that that 5.10b is NOT going down without a fight.

that's okay, i'll kick it's ass.

mg and i finished up the night with wings and hockey and were sad to see montreal fail to tie up their game. it was excellent hockey on their part though so you can't really judge them for it. it's easy to be pissed at a team when they suck but if they play their hearts out and lose by one? that's at least a worthy loss.

and then today i hang with hubris, tonight i teach and then i have a date [which is conflicting with a calgary game...] and tomorrow my week starts in earnest...

ahhh what a fantabulous weekend, hope y'all had good ones too.

[assuming i get them anytime soon i'll post some more pics of the weekend... we took piles]