Yes, yes. Fine, fine

OK. So. This is the Earth... ROUND.

An odd way to open a post, I know. But hey, this is my blog and I'll do what a I wants, luh.

Anyway... haven't posted since August. Yeah. Pretty lackadaisical I am. But, it's been a great fall. It's not that I've had nothing to write about. Quite the contrary. Between Sunday and Monday night football, Tuesday wings, Thursday night jam session and general Friday and Saturday night tomfoolery with the gang, it's literally never a dull moment. But, I may as well recap some highlights, if nothing else to preserve them for the ages and to please my many fans.*

*2 recorded fans to date

So lets see. In September Jay left the house to shack up with Rips - we are all quite happy for them. However, that left an obvious void in the household. Enter the Lady Paul. Without missing a beat Stace moved in and we've never really looked back. Things are going great. Everyone's happy and generally harmonious. All is well at Ambroise. In October, I went Disney World in Florida for a day as a volunteer chaperon for a charity I'm involved in called Dreams Take Flight. It was easily one of the greatest volunteer experiences of my life. The smiles on those kids faces was.... well, you get it. It's not often in life that we as people get to really feel like we're special. These kids were treated like rock stars. They were kings for a day in a world where normally they face challenges most of us can only imagine. The four boys in my group were highly functioning autistic. They were amazing and we had an absolute blast. I hope I get to do this again someday.

In early November we in Ottawa were graced by a blast from the past. Vera and her boyfriend Yegee (Yirka) .. sp. visited from the Czech Republic. For those of you who might recall, Vera was the lovely young girl who took us in back in 2005 while we were touring Europe. Anyway, we finally got to return the favor back on this side of the pond. From what I can tell they had a great whilwind visit, getting to see the likes of Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-lake, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Not bad for 10 days in Canada... a first for both of them. It was great having them and we had an absolute blast, including a somewhat messy but overall hilarious going away party that involved waaay to much imported Czech hard liquor. Hahaha. It was great seeing Vera again and great to meet George. Great people.. though we couldn't really talk, we spoke often in the international language of drinking and laughter.

It's looking like I'll be spending xmas up this way. With my current situation it's very hard to know for sure if I'll have the time to take off. The airlines charging highway robbery for a seat this time of year also does not help matters. The good news is there'll be a few bodies up this way over the holidays so I'll be far from alone. Should be good times.

Anyway, that's all I got for now. Cheers!
Reid