Summer season summary

I was really desperate for a good weekend. Which is odd, because this summer has been brimming with good times and good weekends. I guess it's further evidence of my greed, but I really wanted Labour Day weekend to be proper end to summer. It didn't need to be glamorous.

I had some goals for the weekend. The primary goal was rest. Sleep, naps and lots of it. I had some truly spectacular sleeps in the last three days. This meant that typical schedules were sent out the window. Sure we did our food shopping at 8 p.m. on a Saturday and made a red curry for dinner around 11, but when you get up a 11:30 a.m., that's not so strange.

We've been so busy this summer that we've both really missed cooking. This weekend really got us back into cooking mode. We made all but one meal this weekend at home.

I also wanted to make sure that we got outside as well. I took a couple of walks down to the waterfront and over to Roncy to see who else had stayed in town for the weekend. On Sunday night, we gathered up Graeme and took in the wonders of the CNE. Graeme's company is always welcome, but this particular evening it was wonderful because I had someone to go on rides with me. Love M as I do, he is not much of an adrenaline junkie. It doesn't sound like fun, but having your body thrown around, feeling negative and positive G's and having to scream so that you don't throw up, well that's my idea of an awesome time.

Another goal was spending time with M. Check and yay!

Spending time with friends was also on my list. We spent today with Graeme, Tash and Chris. We made them all brunch and then watched the CNE airshow from our balcony (Okay, the F-22 is a freaking enormous plane) and played some pretty cutthroat board games.

The only things I'd wanted to do this weekend that didn't happen were getting ice cream from The Film Buff and going for a swim at Gus Ryder pool before it closes for the season.

So all in all, I'm pretty pleased. The weekend and really, the whole summer was great.

HRH