A couple friends have emailed and spoken to me personally wondering where the hell I have been. Well, long story short - still writing, to busy to post. I know, lame excuse. I will try to stay on top of it. For now I am again forced to resort to sappy with a little story that started this evening.
While watching a sporting event of sorts tonight, a friend asked me "How was your weekend?". Standard question, yes. Standard answer, no. I was forced to admit that although this weekend had some very tough moments (not to mention a few tears) it truly was a weekend where, upon reflection, I had to realize how extremely grateful I am for so many things. Friday night I realized that a friend is not just lucky, she is super, crazy, "your not gonna believe this lucky". With many chuckles and some new found great sushi rolls, Friday ended only to bring a very long Saturday. You see on Saturday the neighbours all came together and found a new appreciation for the land, and by this I mean DIRT. Stinky, smelly, cow poo filled dirt. Woo weee. There is nothing like a huge pile of dirt in someone's front driveway to bring out the best in this neighbourhood. Not to mention multiple wheelbarrows, a ton of shovels and more kids than we think actually live in the area. Six hours or so later and a new appreciation for muscles we did not know we had or have not used in at least 15 or 20 years, the smelly pile was gone. It turned out to be a neighbourhood beautification project and perfect timing too. We all seemed to need a break from one thing or another. What started as a determined project to get the sixteen yards of shit off the driveway ended in a huge pile of friends sharing an amazing meal outside while the kids ran around like Mogley from the Jungle Book (think covered in dirt!). Sunday brought a collective moaning that probably could be heard for miles and Advil runs to the pharmacy. Sunday also brought a family birthday dinner, the knowledge that friends who were crazy enough to drive for six days to go on vacation, made it safely home and that special feeling of knowing that tomorrow all the kids would be back at school. Wonderful school.
The answer to the question was "I had an amazing weekend. Thanks. And yours?"
