t-5!!!!!!!!!

home again.

it was good to hang with bro. we should definitely do it more often. hopefully we will now that he's only a 2.5 hr flight and 300km drive away.

i got to meet the crowd at elhart's and denisse at dq. and claudia and jaime, to whom i'll forever be indebted to for their friendship to my brother.

i've lived in california for over 10 years. i'm used to a smoke free environment. medicine hat is anything but. however, they'll have to become one on june 1. can't imagine it'll be easy. i also can't imagine it'll be pleasant to have to step outside to smoke when it's -35 celsius outside.

on the home front, still having difficulty wrapping my brain around the collapse of the maze. that's just mindblowing. the traffic mess everybody expected failed to materialize today. i expect that's bound to change soon.

going to see this exhibit with a friend soon. we've been talking about it for a while, looks like it's finally gonna happen. woohoo.

oh yes, my shoes arrived today. not the kodiaks i'd originally ordered, but a very cool looking pair of terras. they don't look like steel toe shoes. but they are :) stylin' i tell ya!

stormy's sleeping next to me. on his back. this cat has no concept of self protection. and he loves me. and missed me.

and, last but not least, here's the one brick blog about our upcoming trip.