Down time? What’s that?
Posted by Candice on April 21, 2009 at 8:22 pm
It’s been a non-stop week since our last blog post. Tom and I have barely seen each other, let alone been in touch with anyone else. The workload this semester has been rough due to its shortened duration and lack of any breaks. This leaves just barely enough time to catch up on the work for the next class, let alone get started on any of the major research projects or finish any thesis proposals (okay, maybe that one’s just me).
We also had a crazy weekend trying to get some work done before my parents came to visit on Monday! It was difficult with the beautiful, hot, sunny weather and many of our friends, and just about everyone else in Toronto, celebrating the end of the semester. But, much worth it as we both took yesterday off to spend the day with my parents who were here on an extended lay-over on their way to a well-deserved vacation in the sunny south. It was great. They brought presents from home, helped us run some errands, and took us out to dinner at Live, one of our favourite Toronto restaurants. They seemed a little skeptical when we told them it specialized in raw, vegan food, but I think they ended up liking it a lot. My meal was amazing!! I have to learn to cook like they do. Everything is sooo tasty, and it always looks really good. (Tonight I attempted to recreate their house dressing. I think I did a pretty good job taste-wise, though it’s not quite the right texture). We spent the evening chatting about nascent wedding plans and playing Tom’s new favourite card game, Fluxx. Dad won all three rounds. I think he cheated, though in that game winning always feels somewhat like cheating . . .
It was really hard to say goodbye, and I still don’t think I’m over it, but luckily my sissy is coming up for a week in May! I’m super pumped about that. Tom and I are also looking forward to having one of his sisters visit us over the weekend on another of those extended lay-overs. We’ve got a few fun adventures planned and hopefully I won’t have to spent too much time doing school work!
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