No news is good news

Hi kiddies, my apologies for not posting anything all week, but life around the Jb household has been rather busy. I’ve been out and about finishing the preparations for my trip to Italy next week, so it’s been hectic. I was finishing off the relatives present list, although it turns out we may be a gift or two short (Lee Valley only had 2 of the 3 space pens we’d ordered, and we actually wanted 4, so it’s off to the store tomorrow to buy something else.) Oh, and my aunt asked if we could bring over some “American” coffee, as apparently my uncle has developed a taste for it. We’re not sure if he’s going to brew it in the little Italian coffee machine on the stove, or if he’s bought a North American-style coffee drip machine, but either way, he’s getting a tin of Tim Horton’s coffee, so he can see what has addicted so many Canadians (and a few Americans too, as I see that Timmy’s has expanded a bit into the US.)

Work has also been incredibly busy, as I finish off my usual tasks, plus get everything set up for my 2 weeks off. And tonight a friend and I are off on our first run together, which should be fun. I typically go running alone, so it’ll be interesting to see how it’ll be with someone else. We’re both at the beginning of our training, so we should be able to keep up with each other. I’ve been doing 3 and 1’s sporadically over the last few weeks, and while my friend hasn’t been running, she’s been working out regularly since December, so we should be good to go.

Today the gods have finally blessed us with some sun (a treasure in and of itself since we haven’t seen much of it over the last few weeks), and, AND, it’s supposed to get up to 21 this afternoon. 21 degrees, ABOVE ZERO! Absolutely tremendous. After having a late winter that has just dragged on and on, it’ll be nice to see some actual spring-like weather…just in time for me to leave for Italy (of course). But that’s okay because it’s T-minus 5 days till we’re off. Na na na na boo boo. Or, as my sister & I like to say: Dancing Kokopelli, dancing kokopelli!