Now that everything but the waiting is over on our Canadian citizenship test, I can get back to my regularly scheduled life, including blogging. Mind you, it took a call to our MP to get it done, but I don't really want to go into the horribly inefficient, if not incompetent, process it was. Results, of a sort, will take anywhere from one to three months, so it looks like we'll be here at least into January, if not March, just what we've been trying to avoid.
Kai's cyst turned out to be benign, thank the Goddess. Of course, he is now in the second phase of stitching on it, seeing as the wound opened up the afternoon after we got the stitches out the first time. This time, they're leaving them in longer.
Samhain was an even quieter-than-usual affair this year, largely due to the aforementioned stitches. We have to keep him fairly calm until they come out (again), so we couldn't afford repeated knocks at the door, which would have been too exciting for him, crate or no. So we hid in the back part of the house and did only a quiet little ritual.
On a related note, this is the first year we've celebrated New Year's Day on November 1st. We decided to do it for a variety of reasons, but it was definitely odd being the only ones around us doing it. Not to mention that there was no snow on the ground and no fairy lights around. Unless of course you count the orange ones at the neighbor's house. :)
I had a surprisingly wonderful time at Hammercon IV last weekend! I had never gamed in public before, and I was majorly stressed about it, but it turned out to be great, even with a couple of GM problems. Check out the Hammer Games website for news on Hammercon V in 2013, as well as to find games and fellow gamers in the GTA.
And finally, I CAN NOT BELIEVE OBAMA WON! I'm VERY happy about it, mind you, but I would have bet money it wouldn't happen.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Magical Night
More on our trip:
We meant to leave on Sept. 25th, but got delayed and didn't end up leaving until the next day. That day was all spent traveling over ground that we'd seen before, so not too many pics, although it did feel as if we were traveling into fall!
I also got some interesting blurred shots out the car window. This one is my favorite--to me it looks like a watercolor painting.
The next day we stopped and got pics of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The second night was what we consider the first night of our adventure. We spent an incredible night in Quebec City, from late afternoon to late morning the next day. It was beautiful, and fun, and wonderful. Between the sight-seeing, picture taking, shopping and an absolutely fabulous dinner, I could not have asked for a better night.
We meant to leave on Sept. 25th, but got delayed and didn't end up leaving until the next day. That day was all spent traveling over ground that we'd seen before, so not too many pics, although it did feel as if we were traveling into fall!
I also got some interesting blurred shots out the car window. This one is my favorite--to me it looks like a watercolor painting.
The next day we stopped and got pics of the St. Lawrence Seaway.
The second night was what we consider the first night of our adventure. We spent an incredible night in Quebec City, from late afternoon to late morning the next day. It was beautiful, and fun, and wonderful. Between the sight-seeing, picture taking, shopping and an absolutely fabulous dinner, I could not have asked for a better night.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Kai and Vacation
For those of you waiting to hear, Kai went in for his biopsy yesterday. The lump had neither grown nor shrunk since it was first discovered, so doing it was a no-brainer. He was super-groggy last night, but is recovering today. In fact at this point, he's almost completely back to normal. (We'll find out the results of the biopsy next week.)
As to vacation, we had an amazing ten-day road trip out through Atlantic Canada and back through northern New England. We didn't make it to Newfoundland and Labrador 'cause we ran out of time, but it was great regardless. (We already have plans to fly to St. John's next summer to make up for missing it.) The weather was atrocious--nothing like getting caught in an ocean gale on land--but SO many things made up for that. On the way, I surprised myself by falling in love with Quebec, a place I thought I would hate. I found out Prince Edward Island really is small. I discovered that at least this year, the fall colors in Ontario were deeper and richer than the ones in Vermont. And that the woods in Maine really ARE creepy.
Also, as far as I can tell, there are absolutely NO moose anywhere in that part of the world, despite the road signs warning about them, which were legion in three of the four provinces we visited and all three states through which we passed. We saw not a single one, and believe me we were driving down some pretty small back roads. Maybe it's a case of being careful what you wish for, but to-date, the only moose we have seen in the wild have been in Alberta.
Now that I can sit up for longer periods of time, I'll discuss our trip in more detail over the next few days, and provide lots and lots more pictures. I haven't done either 'til now due to becoming very, very sick on the last day of said vacation, and not really feeling better until now.
I'll also update with Kai news as soon as we hear ourselves.
As to vacation, we had an amazing ten-day road trip out through Atlantic Canada and back through northern New England. We didn't make it to Newfoundland and Labrador 'cause we ran out of time, but it was great regardless. (We already have plans to fly to St. John's next summer to make up for missing it.) The weather was atrocious--nothing like getting caught in an ocean gale on land--but SO many things made up for that. On the way, I surprised myself by falling in love with Quebec, a place I thought I would hate. I found out Prince Edward Island really is small. I discovered that at least this year, the fall colors in Ontario were deeper and richer than the ones in Vermont. And that the woods in Maine really ARE creepy.
Also, as far as I can tell, there are absolutely NO moose anywhere in that part of the world, despite the road signs warning about them, which were legion in three of the four provinces we visited and all three states through which we passed. We saw not a single one, and believe me we were driving down some pretty small back roads. Maybe it's a case of being careful what you wish for, but to-date, the only moose we have seen in the wild have been in Alberta.
Now that I can sit up for longer periods of time, I'll discuss our trip in more detail over the next few days, and provide lots and lots more pictures. I haven't done either 'til now due to becoming very, very sick on the last day of said vacation, and not really feeling better until now.
I'll also update with Kai news as soon as we hear ourselves.
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