Here we are at Hooters (starting on the left): Paul, Chris, Nicole, Lindsay, Me and Naomi 

Mini Reunion

So yeah...I was complaining that I haven't done much of anything, and that I had nothing to write about. So three weeks ago I did something cool and I forgot all about it until I was looking through my photos.

I met up with 4 other teachers from the city in Japan where I had been teaching, as well as one of the Japanese staff of my old school who is currently into Toronto on a working holiday visa.

It was great to meet up with everyone, hear what they've been doing since returning to Canada, and being able to easily order anything we wanted! And we all live relatively nearby, so hope to see them all again soon!

So yeah, we went to Hooters, partly for the outdoor deck, partly to the amusement for those who haven't ever been...this was my second go, and I still dont find the orange short shorts flattering or appealing. ...lol

But the Barrie location does indeed have a nice outdoor patio and scenery...and I do in fact mean the actual scenery.

I bit tired today after being awoken after 2 1/2 hrs of sleep. My sister called to ask if I could watch over Ty, he's sick again. Poor guy gets sick so often...its either just a fever/flu or his urinary track infection is back, my sister is taking him to the doctors later this afternoon to find out.

We were having a great nap together, until Del called to check in...I woke up but Ty continued sleeping, so that's good.

Alright, I hear crying, I'm off.

Your Name

RYAN

Where's the time go?

Where does the time go?

Everything passes so quickly...Scotland was 3 years ago, have been finished Uni for 2 years and Ty will be 2 in less than a month, to name a few things...

I've now been back 3 months. Can't really say I've done too much in that time either. Still looking for a job, though I am taking the marketing and management course right now. But I'm going crazy sitting at home just about everyday.

Most days I spend reading and doing my coursework, if it's nice I'm outside by the pool.

My evenings consist of gambling with my mom. Ha! We bet on everything. We have a Canadian Idol bet going on (in which I'm currently $0.50 out). Mostly we gamble at cards. We play several rounds of Kanasta a night. Currently I'm up $2 in that.

As well once the sun goes down and it gets a little cooler we play badminton. Actually this we just started 3 nights ago. The first night I did horrible! I lost 8 of 12 games!!! The second night though I won all 9 games! And tonight I won 5 of 6! This of course we play for money as well! The winner gets a quarter per game.

This morning, as we do every Saturday morning, my sister, Ty and I go to Tudhope Park in Orillia to go for a walk on the Trans Canada Trail. It's so nice there! Three quarters of the path runs alongside the lake. Ty loves it there as he also gets to play in the water. Today though we didn't have Ty, so we took a short cut. But shhh...that's a secret!

This evening I decided that I wanted to go on a hike. So I took my mom to the Kashe Barrens Trail behind the Muskoka Information Center. My god!!! I've never seen so many mosquitos in all my life! And I've lived in Muskoka coming up on 20 years now! We had thought enough ahead to put on bugspray, not that it really did any good though! I am absolutely covered in bites now!! So itchy!!! Well after about 20 minutes we got to a point where you had to cross a small bridge over a swamp, but the bridge was half under water...so at that point we turned around. Next time we'll try the trail in Gravenhurst, maybe there won't be that many bugs there.

So this is pretty much how I've been spending the three months since my return to Muskoka. It's nice in the summer time, but my god I hope I'm not still living here this time next year. Someone shot me if I am!!!