Plevna

Wow, time flies. So sometime in the middle of July, Stephen and I ventured to his friend J.J.'s girlfriend's cottage. It was located in Plevna, ON which was about a four hours drive from Toronto. After figuring out how to get there, we left Stephen's early on a Saturday morning. We stopped at the famous Big Apple on the way there, to get an apple pie to bring to the cottage. Using Stephen's handy Iphone, we navigated our way to in the middle of nowhere land, only to discover that we no longer had service and had to idea where we were actually going. In addition, Stephen realized he forgot to pack swimming trunks ... which during cottage weekend away, is one of the most important articles of clothing one needs. He was not happy. Hilarity ensued as we tried to figure out what to do. We ended up driving back for about a half hour to where we did have service, amazingly finding a place that sold some swimming attire in a convenience store, writing down where we had to go and how to get there, and proceeding on our way. We ended up getting there right as everyone was just waking up, so it turned out perfectly.

So many pies. Sadly, the apple one was apparently not as tasty as we thought.

The Island

The last two and a half weeks or so have been awful. And not awful. And awful. And not awful. Needless to say, I need things to be good or not be at all. Hopefully the former. But at this point I'm ok with either one. I feel overwhelmed with life in general, which is a good thing I think because I feel ready to make changes for the better. I need to start doing things in many aspects of my life, and while I feel like I am moving forward, it's definetely at a snail's pace. I don't feel creative at all, and that's obviously also partly because I don't do anything creative. Even though I feel like my emotions and moods are currently riding a rollercoaster with no clear path or direction, I'm quite excited for things to come. I just have get things going, whatever they may be.

Moving on, I haven't taken any pictures in weeks either. I think these were taken at the end of May, when Kelly and I ventured to the island for the first time this year. It's quite odd how I don't have any pictures up here of my best friend yet, which is unfortunate. I think it's also due to the fact that when we hang out it's mostly during the week or during times I don't have my car and thus do not bring my camera along. That is also something that needs to change. I need to stick to my resolution to take more pictures ... and that means during the week as well. Anywho, we had a great time perusing the island, going on some rides, and just enjoying the beautiful weather and scenery. The island is one of my favourite places, I find the ferry rider and the whole thing quite peaceful.

May Two-Four

Gotta catch up on posting stuff. And be more motivated to do if more often. It seems like that's the case with most things unfortunately.

Anywho, May 24 weekend began with Stephen coming over to my house and me making dinner. I made a mushroom asparagus risotto with a balsamic reduced chicken with spinach, which turned out quite well. It was a nice evening. The next morning I made a super yummy marscapone stuffed french toast with a blueberry jam that started off our morning right.

On Saturday we went to see a rendition of The Little Prince. It's one of my favourite books. For not any particular reason really. The play turned out to be a children's play ... literally, the first four rows were comprised only of three to six year olds. It was quite amusing. After Stephen and I seperated for the evening, I met up with Kim to go shopping for her Euro trip. We went to Wall-mart and got most of her basics. On Sunday, Kim and I came over to Stephen's house in the morning and I made the yummy french toast again. Then we headed to the beaches since it was such a nice day. We attempted to rollerblade, which was a lot of fun. Definetely got the hang of it again. Then we had a nice little picnic on the rocks by the lake complete with numerous cheeses, grapes, and rose. Perfect way to spend a sunny day outside :)

After coming back to Stephen's, we chilled before figuring out where to head out for the night. Originally we were supposed to go out on College, and then on Queen. Once we got to the area though, we wandered around for a bit and ended up at this club called Atelier. Even though we had to pay cover after being told we didn't, which was annoying, I had a blast. The place played a really good mix of music, and even though it was just the three of us, I had one of the best nights out in a while. :)

We had Monday off since it was a long weekend. Ended up going to the Distillery to walk around. They had a craft fair, which I think happens every weekend in the summer if I'm not mistaken. It was interesting to see all of the different things for sale. I bought a silver ring that I quite like. Nastasha texted me on our way there and I invited her to join us. We ended up going for dinner and having quite a few drinks on a patio. It was great to catch up and talk. Unknowingly, I became quite drunk. It was a great end to an even greater weekend.