The first full day we had in England we took one of those double decker bus tours of London, where you can get on and off the bus at any point that interests you. The first place we got off the bus was St. Paul’s cathedral. I wanted to see it, but it wasn’t until [...]
The last day of the class was also the first day that I slept in since leaving home 8 days ago. I woke up at 8:20 after a restless night of sleep. Class started at 9am and I had to shower, get ready, and pack up all of my stuff from my cousin’s house. I [...]
Presentation day! It went really well. I kept my top on (and, yes, Marc did send me a text message asking me if I did). My partner and I both had connections to Haiti. People her family knows were in Haiti at the time of the earthquake and we showed clips of a video of [...]
Day 3. And what did my day consist of? A discussion on how to man telephone crisis lines, a presentation on suicide, a depressing video of the world trade centre bombings, followed by a look at the definition of trauma, and, to end the day (that went an hour longer than normal), a presentation on domestic violence.
Just [...]
It’s almost midnight and I’m waiting for Marc to get home from playing games at the neighbours. Since our husbands were otherwise engaged, a friend came over tonight and watched The Young Victoria with me. I quite enjoy that movie and both times I’ve watched it now have left me with those warm, glowy, romantic [...]
Today I had the urge to put on the video from when my folks and I went to the Stamps Baxter School of Music back in 1998. When Marc saw the video and saw me up there conducting he made some comment about that not being the person he married. It probably was the person [...]
This was Olivia and I at lunch today. She came inside before the other kids and was really hungry, so we snuggled up on the couch and she ate while I read to her from the book I’m currently reading: Julia Child’s “My Life in France”. I’m really enjoying it. (Olivia’s enjoying it too. I [...]
This morning Luke and I were at the table eating our toast and I asked him if he had had dreams last night. Usually his answer to that question is one word: “I dreamded Superman” or “I dreamded Batman”. No explanation. Just the superhero name. Today his answer was “I dreamded flying”. (Yes, one of [...]
We picked up kd lang’s new retrospective album “Recollection” on my birthday. I was listening to it on my way home from Winnipeg yesterday and one line of this song struck me:
Making love with you
has left me peaceful, warm, and tired.
Can I just say that I almost laughed out loud when I heard this line? [...]
Thinking today was going to be as hot as yesterday, the kids and I decided to go for a bike ride. First we put sweaters and jackets over our shorts and t-shirts because today it’s sunny but cold and windy, and then Luke got out his new bike and I attempted to maneuver my bike [...]