August, and everything after

Hey all...
So it's been a pretty memorable summer thus far.... i again apologize for the lapse in updates.. but the bottom line is I'm still doing better than most of you, so that's all that matters.

So... as always, I suppose I should jump back to where I left off. The weekend after my last post, my co-worker and now good friend Brad invited me up to his hometown for his bachelor party. Man, that kid was a wreck. Friggin good times tho. Just kinda reinforces the fact that small town Ontario folk aren't so different from we Newfs. It was a great weekend... and I'll leave it at that, cause what happens at a bachelor party stays at a bachelor party.

The weekend after that I went home!! So sweet. It was pretty fucked to think about the fact that I left work at lunch time on Friday, and was drunk in the middle of a feild in Red Cliff by 10pm that night. Nice. That's what I call a vacation. It was a great weekend of getting tangly with old friends (Bri, Les, Patti & I went to the concert), spending time with the fam and the extended fam, and hittin pause old school at Indian Arm pond. Patti has some great shots from the feild here. All in all, a stellar 9 days. It was crazy, cause when I came back, I felt like I had been away for a year. It was messed. But all good things must come to an end, and I look forward to this time next year when I'm back in the rock during the summer for Ricketts' wedding.

Took it easy last weekend, as we (the recent hires of my company - Jaimes, Brad, Rob, Mel and myself) were taking a company trip to Chicago to attend a seminar for new young professionals. It was basically a wine-n-dine company brainwashing session to convince us that we love our jobs and we want to stay with the company. Whatever. I'll accept your free booze, food and fancy hotels. In all seriousness, it was a good opportunity to meet some of the corporate big wigs and put some faces with the names, so that's all good.

This past weekend was pretty sweet. Hoff and Myself ended up getting lit both nights. Friday I showed up over at his place to toss a few back and watch the clock blink 420. We then proceeded to go out to a local westdale jazz restaurant for a steak dinner and some live music. Stellar. Naturally the party migrated down to Hess, where I believe their version of Mardi Gras was going on. Pretty busy spot. We went to at least 3 bars that I can remember. I think.
Much the same on Saturday, showed up for BBQ with a doz of laker and the evening pretty well writes itself. We were gonna go rent Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes, but they were all sold out so we got the Trailer Park Boys, which is a pretty close second.

This coming weekend promises to be good, as we here in Ontario are going to be graced with none other than the Ricketts. Should be a blast. I plan on taking him out Thursday night to show him a bit of life in the Hammer, and then we're hitting the road with G on Friday for our Nation's Capital and the debauchery to ensue. Can't hardly wait.

So yeah, things are well. Hot as hell, but I'm still kickin. Later days..