This past Monday Sofi stood in the cold at the Prairie Dog for 45 mins. to get her hands on a couple of free passes to Monster-in-Law, but when we went to the show on Wednesday we got there too late I guess, because they were all sold out. It wasn't all bad, because I ran into Nick's parents and his brother and got to say hello for a while, and it gave me the opportunity to get Sofi to watch Episode I in preparation for this month's release of the final installment of the trilogy. She had never seen any of them so I figured I'd start her off in story-order instead of release-order because I didn't get the original trilogy on DVD for Christmas like I planned :(
We went to Mom and Dad's for supper on Friday night which was fun. We stayed afterwards for pretty much the rest of the night.
Saturday morning we got up early and walked a few blocks to Fiona's b/f Evan's place, where we met up with her and Azure-Dee and hit the town garage sale hunting.
Sofi, Azure-Dee, and Fiona checking out bargains
We had a good time haggling over junk. I picked up a clock radio (I'll finally be able to get a clear signal to listen to Radio One at night!) and a book for less than $5 and that was fine with me. We went for lunch afterwards at The Tap, which was good food and great conversation. Fiona is moving to Calgary in a couple months because Evan is going to medical school at the U of C so it was nice to spend some quality time with her before she leaves.
That afternoon I finally went to the doctor to finally find out what the hell was growing inside the left side of my face, and it turns out it's some kind of cyst. He prescribed some meds so I'm hopeful it will be a thing of the past soon, because at this point it's just pissing me off. Sofi and I spent the rest of the afternoon going to pretty much every single mattress place in the city, and I think we've nailed it down to three places: Sears, Father's Furniture, and The Bay (only because they are having a 50% off sale and we have a huge gift-certificate, so that brings their prices down to regular levels). It was exhausting and I hope we pick up something soon - it will be nice to cross that off the to-do list and make sleeping that much more comfortable :)
We relaxed that evening watching Will Ferrell's performance on SNL, which was entertaining although not amazing.
On Sunday I went grocery shopping and we busied ourselves at home trying to fill out the last of the immigration paperwork. That night we went to Brad's house - Sofi, to attend some kind of houseware party hosted by Steff, and me, to get Brad the hell away from there. We went to the Galaxy and saw Kicking & Screaming, which was a funny show for a 'G' rated flick! We relaxed with a beer in Brad's garage before Sofi and I headed home for the night.
A few housekeeping items:
- The deadline for the Big Game Draw application is May 31, so if you'd like to come hunting with me and Nick, let me know, because we've got two spots open on our sheet.
- Cabin party invites will be out soon - it is scheduled for July 21st to 24th, so take work off now!
- Sofi and I are going to the Cathedral Village Arts Festival and Mosaic - anybody want to join us?
- I am taking work off on Wednesday morning to head to the Leg for the Queen's visit - again, anybody want to join us?