So, last time I blogged, it was the beginning of August and I was glad to be rid of school finally. Now the days have gone passed in a blur because I've been attempting somewhat of a summer to make up for the fact that I'd been couped up inside a classroom or an office for the first three months of it. Here's a brief summary of what I've been up to not so much for those of you who read this and care, but moreso for myself, so that when the next couple months pass by, and I think to myself: "What the hell did I do in August?," I'll know.
Places I've been:
CAMPING
I went camping shortly after my last post, with my roomie, his sister's family and their friends. I don't really remember the name of the place where we went camping, Black Lake, maybe, but anyway, I do know it was good to get out of the city and get some serious outdoors-time in the middle of nowhere. Of course I was eaten alive by mosquitoes, but the hiking, swimming and campfires were well worth it.
I was pretty chilly by the looks of this pic. Anyway, that's us on the lake near our campsite.
WORK?!
I finished my contract with the government on the 17th and I was glad to be rid of it, to be quite honest. They had me doing the most tedious "work," I seriously considered gouging my eyes out as a means to get out of it. Then I remembered that the amount of money they were paying me was keeping me alive and out of debt, so I went to every shift, even though I felt a tiny piece of my soul leave me every day I went in. BUT ANYWAY.
LYNX GAMES
Mike and I went to a couple Ottawa Lynx games. After one of them, we stayed around for an attempt to break the record of most amount of people in one place to do The Twist for the longest amount of time. We didn't succeed, but it was fun twisting anyway.
I received good news shortly after that that Bachodude was coming to Ottawa to bring his sister to some job interviewy thing, and so when they were here, we took them to see another Lynx game in exchange for a ride back home to Niagara the following day.
SANDUSKY, OH
After being home for not even a couple days, Mike's fam and I took off to Ohio, for a couple days of fun, sun and... FREAKING AWESOME ROLLER COASTERS... Now, I HAVE been to Cedar Point before, several times so to be able to stay in the park for like, 4 days was pretty awesome, especially for a roller coaster enthusiast such as myself. First night we were there, Mike and I hit the park for a couple hours in the evening. We had Subway for dinner, which, for some reason, didn't taste as good in the States as it usually does here in Canada. Weird. Anyway, our hotel had a pool so, we went swimming that evening which, despite the bugs in the pool, was quite enjoyable.
The next day we hit the park... and meant business. First ride of the day for me was the Top Thrill Dragster. Though Mike did wait in line with me to go on, he didn't actually get on the ride. Alone in my cart, one of the ride operator's asked if I'd rather sit in the front row as there was an empty spot up there. Lucky day... or WHAT? WHO CARES? Front row of the Dragster was freakin AMAZING. The rest of the day we went about trying to hit as many rides as possible. Though Mike didn't go on the Dragster, I did manage to get him on Millenium Force, which is probably the best roller coaster EVER. We even got Mike's mum on a couple roller coasters, and she got us to go on one of those white water get soaked rides. Anyway, the whole day was a lot of fun and the park wasn't TOO busy. The next day was spent mostly at the water park, which was fun, b ut for some reason I couldn't really get into it that much. I think it's because when I'm at Cedar Point, my priorities rest on the track of a roller coaster, and not on the water slides. Who knows... after the park, we drove around Sandusky for a bit, found a movie theater, which we decided not to go to, and went to Best Buy to FINALLY get Animaniacs on DVD...
The last day we were there, we decided to hit the park once again, to do over the rides we really enjoyed and to basically get the most out of the park before we went back home. It was Good times, all around.
NIAGARA/BUFFALO
Being home is always fun. I caught up on a lot of season 4 Scrubs with Pam because I haven't seen most of that season, and she has them all on her PC. We made a mandatory trip to Buffalo to Casa di Pizza as it's our fave restaurant. Then we watched more and more Scrubs... Can't wait for that season to come out on DVD.
Anyway, when I was home we were lucky enough to get in touch with Rena, who offered us a ride back to Ottawa the following day and whom had many stories to tell about her own summer.
BACK TO OTTAWA
Tammy came up to Ottawa with us, and we did some of the touristy things that I'm rarely able to do in Ottawa on account of the fact that I'm always working. We hit up the museum of Civilisations, saw a special exhibit there and went to the Imax. We went to the movies and out for dinner. She tried Shawarma. Went to the War museum, saw the Parliament kitties, went to Lush, the market and Sparks St. for a couple days jam-packed with lot's o stuff to do. We also made Sangria one night with our delicious Niagara wine.
MOVIES
Over the past month, I've seen the following:
BeerFest with Mike, The Illusionist with Tammy, Little Miss Sunshine with Mike in St. Cts, where they no longer give refills on the larges... bastards...and... probably some more that I don't remember.... but whatever. I'm sick of typing now, and that pretty much sums up August... that and annoying softball games. But ladeeda... Welcome to September...
