So, the weekend was a blast. Thursday night we headed to the Whiskey for the Felix da Housecat show. Joe, Doug, Jon, Pat, Allie, Melissa and myself took control of one of the upper balconies and danced expressively (read: flailingly) with our arms to keep the crowds wanting to get into the balcony at bay. It was a lot of fun hanging out with the gang, however Felix's set was disappointing. He was all over the place and played one too many top 40 songs for my liking. Not sure if he was hung over that night or didn't get any vibe off the crowd, but there was no rhythm or mood being set. We stayed until after 3am hoping for something to happen, but regrettably it didn't.
Friday afternoon was the Synergy group ride. It was a decent day, 6C and sunny, so we started out with gusto. Natasha, Jon, John, Graeme, Chris and I headed out west to Lochend Road and then headed north to the 776 and back around into town on Symons Valley Road. It was quite cool and windy by the time we got back into town. 3 hours, 90km.
Friday night was Jeff's fondue and prayer party. The entire gang was there, so it was very cool catching up with everyone and having a lot of laughs. It was a lot of fun finally meeting Sara as well, however I wish we had had a chance to talk more. A crowded party definitely isn't the best place to get to know someone better, especially someone who was already overwhelmed with new, weird people and names. Jeff always throws the best parties, however most of my censored camera shots came from within the prayer room. Please email me for copies!
Saturday morning I got up for a group run. It was a good turnout despite the weather - 8 total. We did the loop around to the Bow River Weir and came back - 12 or 13km? I curled in the afternoon with QEFCG - we lost our first genuine loss which sort of sucked, but it did come down to the final three rocks. Good game. I think we've still maintained our second place position which should move us up to the Queen League for the next round starting next week...
Saturday night was Jon's fabulous Condo Shaker. A lot of the bike team and familiar faces from the present and past were there, so it was yet another great chance to catch up with people and meet some new ones.
Joe and I spent the majority of Sunday on the couch. I was feeling shitty all day, but didn't feel the flu-like thing coming on until the evening. I know my body pretty well, and knew that if I woke up Monday morning feeling the same or slightly better, things would improve quickly; however, if things felt worse, I was due for a full-blown bout of yuckiness. I can very happily say that I felt the same. Even though I didn't feel well enough to go to work (plus it's ridiculous to go to work and Typhoid Mary everyone and everything), I managed to get some things done in the afternoon and go into the office late in the afternoon to get some emailing and other work done. Monday night I went to Peak Power for our first intro session and got my thigh measurements done by Chris for analysis later in the season. The punishment is about to begin....
We had a quick CBTL meeting last night which ended just before 10pm. I came home in short order and headed to bed early. Tonight I'm taking the night off -- it's back to normal running routine and Peak Power again tomorrow night.
My mom and dad might be coming to Alberta this weekend, so I might be spending a large part of the weekend in Red Deer - not sure yet, though. They're supposed to be calling in the next 24 hours with more details. That's about it for now. Pics from Jeff's party are below. I don't know why I forgot my camera for the rest of the events over the weekend. There's always next time....
Host on his high horse
Jeanette & Rhylee
Time out on the smoking deck
Sean, Nancy, and Debbie
Jayson, Sheena, Tara, Ryan
Sean Jon
Best buddies
Best buddies?
Prayer room pileup
Pray some more, guys...
Hung up or what?
Marushka, Rachel, Sara...the phantom blog readers!
Bong inspectors
3 comments:
Great post! And since I alone feel totally fine, I think I am an asymptomatic carrier of avian flu. Next time rethink those air kisses.
great pics!
Sorry to hear that you were ill. Sean & I didn't get sick, either.
You deserved it, Nancy. Too bad the avian flu plant didn't get to you!
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