I managed to get a four-day weekend for Canada Day, and Alex and Daryl came over for part of that so we could go camping together. Although our original intention a year ago was to have another Qwanoes reunion, it didn't work out, so we just kept our trip fairly simple. It was especially simple for me, as we camped so close to home (Englishman ( Read more... )

 
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Gonna update again tomorrow, but guess what's cool.

Jeff and I have known each other for one year today! Yayy!

This was my first mention of him in my livejournal one year ago: "I found myself at a mall with two guys and trying to contain my surprise about how much one of them likes to sniff perfume. For me, this was a unique experience."

Yes indeed, ( Read more... )

Still working on the catch-up updates, but let me put that on hold for a moment.

I've been thinking about Japan a lot lately. I figure a lot of that has to do with the time of year; two years ago in August I left Canada for Japan, ready to start a fantastic adventure. One year ago, I couldn't get out fast enough. My stomach full of my last supper ( ( Read more... )

As you can imagine, I was absolutely delighted to have Jeff visit this beautiful (albeit sopping) island two months ago. This year, June was non-affectionately referred to as "June-uary"; indeed, it seemed that the mercury didn't budge at all for five months. Fourteen degrees is something to brag about to your prairie/Ontario/Quebec maritime ( Read more... )

So... on with the story of my life (which is, by the way, going to get a lot more exciting around mid-August).

When I got back from California, I went to a Canadian Cancer Society volunteers luncheon in honour of my Grandma. She would have received her twenty-year volunteer pin that afternoon had she not walked so heavily in the shoes of a cancer ( Read more... )

Onto the fun stuff, now! I went to California May 2nd-12th; I basically had to hibernate later to recover from all the fun. I have too many pictures, so if you use dial-up or have a crappy computer, you might not even want to bother clicking on the lj cuts.

So... I met Jeff's sister and brother-in-law in Irvine, which is the furthest south I have ( Read more... )

Remember how, back in the day (well, last week) I promised I'd update again? Well... Wahoo! Here I am!

Back when I stopped updating properly, I had a birthday. You'll remember that I got some pretty flowers delivered to my work and then I didn't do much for the rest of the day. However, the next day, I went to see my Grandpa with my sisters and ( Read more... )

Just when you thought you'd never hear from me again, here I am! I've had a few comments about the supposed correlation between my change in relationship "status" and my dropping off the face of the earth. Yes, there may be some truth to it, but life in general has also been pretty busy and on top of that, my Internet connection at home is ( Read more... )

This post serves two main purposes:

1) To re-confirm my status as living

2) To disallow the month of May to go post-free on http://islander82.livejournal.com

Hello all. Thanks for reading. I will post again. Please don't give up on me. Thanks!