my my how time flies

(or, how I didn't post for a while, because I am lazy, tired, and nothing much has been going on)

Long Beach was fun. Pretty random, I found, as we went for like 3 hours but it took over 6 hours of driving to do it. The water was freaking cold so I basically laid on the beach not getting a sunburn the whole time; I used SPF 30 stuff I stole from a hotel in Taiwan... they wouldn't let us swim in the pool without the stupid hats so we took their poolside sunscreen, then swam in the badass tropical ocean. mmm... Bethany never came over afterwards, so no complimentary t-shirt for her.

Drum lesson was good... I am getting back into it kind of, though my stick control remains an embarassment. Lately I've started playing "Ashitaka to San" on the piano. Foo likes it, but the Db Major original key is a little much for him, so I found it in C on the 'net. I may arrange more piano / theory lessons soon, whee.

Sunday I finally saw Laura again. And got to talk in-depthish to her & Brianna, whom I'd only seen in passing at the Bailey. We drove downtown to Barbara's & she was luckily at home, then went to Value Village where I saw Zed. Hurrah. I didn't buy anything though. After that it was downtown for sugar smack / sno cones as they call them, and then a nice dinner at the old folks' home. I suck at pool/snooker on that table with the small balls.

Roy was randomly at our house before I went to the old folks' home. He told me to call Kyle afterwards, so I did. I busted a move on over there in the later evening with the big red van and we started moving him to the new house they're renting. Everything fit in one load, and we unloaded at the place, then I was like "Let's get Lawrie's stuff too, and finish today." So we headed to Lewis' house and got all of that in one go as well. I had a nice chat with Lewis & his girlfriend Katrina. His mom is pretty hippie-ish

Monday evening was BC Day BBQ at the house of our friends the Damons. Pam is now a vet with her own practise, so she makes house calls to take care of our cats, but when we visit them it is pure rollicking good time. Foo & Katelynne seemed bored, but as the designated driver I just chilled on the deck and listened to the alcohol fueled conversation of the 'dults. There was lots of fun stuff, like the boys bashing Adrienne Clarkson, Jane Fonda & some others.

Today was more boring but I guess we got a bit of stuff done. Dropped by the Meredith place, Lawrie was there, so I acquired Chris' phone #. Then when the fam went to Galaxy for "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Olives greeted us.

As always, call me 758-9378 to do things. Brad is back tomorrow apparently. Hurrah.