The Ottawa Weekend

Hey,
So yeah... kickass weekend as expected.

Arrived Friday night around 11:30pm as we had hoped. We actually made really good time considering we didn't get out of Toronto until roughly 7:30. We hit the beers at Jen and Steve's and ended up drinking until 5ish. Nice. It was cool to be able to have a few and catch up with some old friends. After the hosts fixed us a kickass breakfast we lazed around most of Saturday in an effort to recover/prepare for the debauchery ahead.

We headed on out to Pete & Lisa's in Vanier around 8:30pm for the rocket fuel. Turns out there would be 16 of us in on it.... so there were 3 batches worth of booze ready to go (see recipe in the post below). It was a stellar night... a lot of my old classmates were there.... it was awesome to be able to drink with them again. It brought me back to the University days of Byron Street. So natually, I ended up getting completely tossed (I last remember pouring glass #6... the next thing I know I waking up on the floor). A great night. Jenna (Jeanie) has already posted some pics on her space. I imagine Ginny might have hers up eventually as well. This photo says it all

We got up around 11am and hit Brother's for some stellar breakfast. Despite the massive booze intake, I was actually feeling pretty good.... which is good considering the long drive home I had ahead of me. By the time we got to Toronto, I decided to put the kibosh on PWalls superbowl party (sorry buddy). I was getting pretty tired and I didn't want to have to drive home after the game. Gammon didn't have a lift to Waterloo, and also our buddy Jeremy was up in the city for an interview, so I decided to head down that way to grab a bite and catch the game with the boys. Gammon offered up his air matress, and thinking that Waterloo wasn't all that far from work, I accepted.

Trouble was, when we got back to Scott's after the game, I started to look up directions for the morning, and I quickly realized that this wasn't exactly going to be a quick hop to work. I got up extra early this morning in order to make it in on time... and I still managed to be late! Traffic and the weather was extremely shitty, so it took me nearly 2 hours to get to the plant - including a dirt road detour through an Indian Reserve! Shitty. But... that's the price you pay sometimes for a kickass weekend.

Anyway, all's well that ends well..... and it was a great weekend. We'll definitely have to do that again soon... tho next time I think we'll aim for a 3 day weekend to make it really count.

Oh yeah... 3 boxes and my acoustic guitar arrived today from home! It's just like Christmas all over again.... except I already own all the presents. Nonetheless, it's good to finally have all my stuff up with me.... especially my guitar - I definitley misssed it. I also got some early birthday gifts thrown in there. Thanks family!

Anyway... I'm facking beat. Goodnight.