A Weekend Away

I had a wonderful long weekend.

I was lucky to have Thursday evening until Sunday evening off. On Thursday I went out for some drinks at a pub. Or in my case, some Pepsi and the most amazing cheesecake ever. We went because one of my favorite cover bands, Green with Envy, was playing. They were good as always, but in my pregnant old age I was happy to get home and go to bed.

Me and B. went away to a 5-star resort and spent Friday and Saturday nights in a cottage. We made the plans weeks ago to go on a short vacation to relax alone and get a chance to talk.

We went about a year ago as well, but it was only for one night and it poured rain the entire time.

This weekend it didn't rain, but the sun was lacking a little bit.

Friday was a warm but cloudy day. We made it to the cottage around 2pm. Of course I took photos right away. It was a one-bedroom cottage with a king size bed. 

We made a quick trip to the beach, but it wasn't sunny enough to stay. We relaxed in the jaccuzzi tub twice with a glass of juice non-alcoholic wine.

The path to the beach: 

(More beach & belly photos coming soon!)

In the evening, we ventured out to the nearest community, where we browsed around a convenience store and then a grocery store.

In this small little grocery store, and this grocery store only, we found Golden Grahams cereal. I don't know if they have Golden Grahams where you are, but I haven't seen a trace of this cereal in years, and was convinced they no longer made it. Well, they do*, and they're hiding the only boxes of it in this small little area. This may have been the highlight of my weekend. (* There's also a chance that this cereal has been on the shelf for years in this tiny grocery store and no one ever bought it.)

We ate amazing BBQed food all weekend - breakfast sausages, burgers, hot dogs, a frozen pizza. I'm sad to go back to regular food.

On Saturday we drove east to parts I've never been before. Very boring parts, I must say. It was very windy and cold, so photos were rushed and very few. 

We visited yet another grocery store then went back to the resort.

The pool is indoor. We went at dinner time Saturday so it was deserted. It was the warmest pool I've ever been in. It felt so nice.

It rained all evening so we just hung out with the patio door open, listening to the rain. A little while before we went to bed we heard some sort of animal screeching somewhere outside. We couldn't see anything, and we couldn't figure out what the sound was, but it sounded like animal murder. There were no bodies found in the morning when it was light out.

Sunday we headed home, and I went back to work. And that was the end of my relaxing weekend.

Your Halloween Plans

What are everyone's plan for the Halloween Saturday? And even Sunday?

I am having a small (just us) birthday party for a friend who's birthday is in November. It was the exact middle between both our birthdays, and we were going to have a joint celebration until B. threw me a birthday party at the cottage.

So we are having a little get-together in a sweet room I booked at the hotel I work at. I got some treats in the fridge and awesome napkins, and some booze. All the makings for a great party.

Just as long as no one is doing as that pumpkin is come early morning.

Best Game & Video

As I write this, it is simply 46 minutes since July 19th has ended. It was a pretty great day, and for no big, exciting reason. Just a couple of small, good reasons. July 20th has been pretty decent as well.

• At work I moved a family from a drive-up (kind of old), into the main hotel (renovated in the past couple of months). First he said he wouldn't forget it. When he came back to drop off the keys from his former room, he handed me a $20 bill. I can count the amount of times I've gotten tips working at the front desk: $2 for bringing up a corkscrew to a room, $10 to split with a co-worker one morning when checking someone out, $5 for bringing a bucket of ice outside to someone, and $20 for switching someone's room. Since the money is much needed, I'm quite happy about it.



• Mozza sticks. They need no explanation.



• Big Brother is ready and waiting for me on the DVR!



• Saturday night I watched Degrassi Takes Manhattan. I love Degrassi: The Next Generation, as I mentioned in yesterday's Getting To Know You. Of course I loved the movie, as unrealistic (and creepy - eg part about Declan and his sister Fiona) it was. I DVRed the new season of Degrassi, and just got home to see that there were 3 new episodes tonight for me to watch : )


And see if this doesn't make you smile:




• And last, but maybe my favorite: The Best Game in the World.

It is called Bloons Tower Defense 4. Basically, you buy random monkeys, and cannons and other means of shooting to pop 'Bloons' Before they get to the end of the track. It starts off simple but soon you've got all kinds of 'bloons' coming out, and each color is worse than the next. Red is normal. Every other color has at least one more 'bloon' inside, some 20, and they speed out. Each time you bust one, you get more money to upgrade and buy more weapons.

I spent all night at work playing it (honestly, from at least 7 until midnight, with some job interruptions) and I still want to play again now that I'm home. Don't play it unless you have the time to get addicted.

But if you do, let me know what you think : )