Tuesday, July 06, 2004 :: 8:15:00 AM

Song of Choice: Miss You - The Rolling Stones (have I used that one already? meh..

WOOOOO

Tuesday morning, 8am, and I'm feelin'.. well, like Alice just got sucked back through the rabbit hole with the aid of a 747 jet turbine. It all began Thursday.

I came to work on Thursday the 1st to closed office doors, rows and rows of tankers that haven't moved, not a car in the parking lot, and a security guy asleep in his booth. It was a holiday, but I didn't let that stop me because I came to work anyway! 'Why on earth would you come to work on a holiday??' well firstly, I didn't have anything better to do. Secondly, I want the money (and if they're fair, they should give me double time and a half for working on the stat holiday)... so my 10.5 hrs is really closer to 26.5 hrs... But I really came in to work so that I could take Monday the 5th off.

Friday came around and I got to work, rushed through everything I had to do and was outta here early afternoon. I went home to pack for my weekend. Did I mention that I spent it in Port Elgin? I dont think so....

I spent it in Port Elgin.

I left Mississauga at about 3:30 on Friday and headed northward. I arrived sometime between 6:30 and 7:00 just in time to miss dinner, which was alright because I never actually told Beth that I was coming for dinner. They were still nice enough to pull things back out again and make me a plate to re-heat. It was nice to be up there again. The last time I was there was back in March. I like going up and getting away from the city. And I'd compare this visit to my last, however, it was a very different trip. I liked it in the winter, and I liked it (the town) again in the summer, but for completely different reasons. I'm just not sure exactly what those reasons are. It was less of a culture shock for me this time, I guess. Me being the city boy that I am and always have been, it was very nice to see the different way of life. And it is very different. People actually WALK places! weiiiiiiird *insert Twilight Zone theme*.

Anyway, the plan for the night was to just chillllll and at some point in time head out to try to find Erin. She was camping in a provincial park nearby and I was to spend the night there. We found her campsite, but no Erin. Oh well, I left a note saying I was there and alive, and Beth and I headed out to the beach. We weren't dressed for it by any means, but it was nice to just sit on the (what we thought was, but turned out not to be) dry sand and wait for the sun to set. We couldn't wait that long, though, because we had to be in South Hampton at dusk for fireworks. It was a great show.. It exceeded my expectations, really. I thought 'small town, free show, this is going to be like those fireworks when I was a kid.. One goes off, then wait for the next....' that wasn't the case at all, it was a nice little show they had going with an impressively quick pace. Again, being on the beach sitting on my blanket in what actually was dry sand this time, we kicked off our shoes, cuddled, and watched the fireworks. I crammed 7 people into my mom's lil Pontiac.. Beth's brother and sister, and their friends... and drove 'em all home. I then took Beth home and I headed over to find Erin. I slept then woke up to the sounds of birds.. *shakes fist* stupid morning birds...

Saturday came and went.. Andrew (Erin's brother) and I went for a bike ride.. My knees ached immediately afterwards, but I was quite surprised to feel that they never once *hurt* me. yay them! I went back to the campsite where Erin's family was ready to head to the beach. Ahhh, more beach.. I couldn't get enough of it. Between laying on the beach, the weather, bonding with Erin's sister Lindsay over a tiny stick and rock shrine I was building in the sand, Erin's dog frantically digging holes in the sand thinking there was a squirrel under there somewhere.... it was sooooooooooooo relaxing.

Erin and I went to dinner at her place that night. Steaks (yummy). And when Erin left, Beth and I decided to head out to the beach again. The sun was down, but that didn't matter. I brought a sheet to lay on, and a blanket to keep us warm. It wasn't cold by any means, but the blanket just made things more comfy. We layed under the stars, watched different fireworks go off in the distance and just took in the perfectness (whether or not that's even a word, I dont care..)

Sunday rolled on through. God it was muggy.. (I love those Ikea commercials.. "Ikea, it makes you not hate the muggy heat so much.") I had already had a cold shower to cool off, but that didn't last long. Beth and I walked down to the beach where we went for a dip. it was freeeeeeeeeeeeeezing... Weather charts say the water was somewhere in the neighbourhood of 58 degrees. OUCH! That cooled us down and we made our way home. Dinner came and went. Roast Pork (yummy again). And we headed to Owen Sound for a movie. This is were it gets funny - go get yourself a bowl of popcorn so you can finish reading..

We had a choice of either Spiderman 2, Dodgeball, The Terminal, and F911. We were stuck between Spiderman 2 and Dodgeball. I suggested both, and she agreed. So firstly we went to see Spiderman. She had really wanted to see it (as did I) so we got tickets and found seats. About a half hour in Beth leaned over and said something to me. About an hour in Beth realized that she hadn't seen the first one. All I could do was laugh. After the movie we decided that a second movie wasn't really what we wanted to do, so we grabbed some frozen yogurt and headed back to her house where we watched Duplex. I fell asleep in the couch... the end of the movie I woke up and we said our goodnights and we both went to bed.

I headed back into town on Monday and that was my weekend! It was so nice to get away for a few days... however exhausting it was. lol

So anyway, I'm sorry. no profound insights in this entry (as if there ever are in any of my writings). Just a report on my weekend away.... I've gotta get back to work, it's now almost 9:30!

Until next time.......
*fade to black*

:: Eldorado ::