Well my summer of slackness has pretty much come to an end!! Well my 2.5 yrs of slackness is to an end,lol. My RN program commenced yestersay, and pretty much they said to put ur life on hold for the next few yrs and concentrate on school. yuck!!

hard to fathom the month I was back in Saskatoon( july) went by so fast, and the past week in BC just zipped on by! Unfortunately both of us were sick! Didn't do much in Victoria. Didnt feel like walking around. So the most activity we did was a whale tour. 3 hrs on the water, and saw ONE hump back whale! Saw many loons, sea lions, but only 1 whale! Wife figures it was on remote control! Far to oconvenient on how al of a sudden 1 whale popped up around 10 whale tour boats!! I highly recommend wild cat adventures if you do go whale seeing in Vic. The boat is a catamaran style, so the ride was smooth, seats comfy, and nice tour guides. Plus they gave student discounts($50 versus $79) Even though only saw 1 whale, I enjoyed being out on the water. Of course if ur in Vic, one has to go down by the fisherman's wharf and try Barbs Fish n' chips! We did treat ourselves to a Japanese restaurant, but was disappointed! Been to a few Japanese rest in Tampa, and they put on a much better show. Food was ok, but the cook was boring,lol. if ya have never been to a japanese style steak house, part of the cool factor is that they cook the food right in front of you. And in Tampa, they put on a show!! Some funny (yet lame) jokes, very cool culinary skills. Amazing how they twirl their knives and other cooking tools. But no such cool show in Vic!!

Spent 3 nights in Vic, then off for a night in Vancouver! Didn't do much again, as we were still ill. So didnt really take advantage of our "romance pkg" at the Hilton. We did visit the science world exhibit. Was pretty neat, but far too many kids,lol

Made our way to Kamloops for the wedding. Was nice to catch up with family and al went fairly well!! The wedding took place outside, and of course it had to rain,lol Not a lot, but enough to get wet,lol made it memorable. Most sat and got wet, but some of the wusses got up to take cover. I toughed out the few minutes of wetness. Was warm out, so wasn't that bad!

Was an early night for us, as we were up at 0400, on the road at 0430 for our 4 hr drive to van airport! Hoping to go standby to catch a direct flight from Van to DC!! Should have paid the $200 fee to change tickets, as we just missed out going stand by!! That flight would have got us home by 8 pm!! instead we flew from van to San Francisco, then to DC. Got to IAD at midnight!! And of course our bags were 1 of the last off. Lucky me had classes that afternoon!!

So that pretty much wraps up my summer. After class tomorrow, drive up to Baltimore, then fly to Providence RI to spend the long weekend with the inlaws in Middletown RI (by Newport)

Hope everyone is doing well. If this post doesnt make sense, I blame it on lack of sleep and coffee. cheers

Thanks for your update flames! haha Just title this "What I did on my Summer vacation...". It was very informative and very cute.

Anyway, best of luck on the start of your RN program! You're right, it's a very intensive program, and I'm sure you'll do your best.

Carla

Yes Flames best of luck.. 3 months from now even the schooling with be old hat.. you'll settle in just fine I reckon

I have been going to school, bit by bit since I moved down here, but nothing as hectic as this,lol

The summer sure did seem to blow by

You're no longer a sloth!

Glad to hear you guys made it back safe and hope you both are feeling better. Is your wife home for good now? No more crazy time apart for her job?

Glad you had a good summer. The big question is, how many gallons of Timmies did you have whilst up north?

Welcome back Scott! The great commonwealth of Virginia missed you, lol. And now that you are back, Derek and I can head to Montreal in 2 days. Have to have at least one Canadian here at all times, don't you know.

Well actually i'm off to RI tomorrow afternoon after class!! So I guess wil have to track down another canuck to hold down the VA fort!

i actually didnt have that many Timmys while in BC! Feeling like crap, nothing tasted that good!! I did manage to have 3 on my final day there though,lol But my taste buds still didnt really enjoy them.

What about me? I'm not in NOVA but I'm still in VA!

You'll work! Hold down the fort while Flames is in RI and we are in Montreal eating poutine. We'll expect a full report when we get back!

Will do boss!

hmmmmm Poutine...

sry

Summer flew by. We are neck deep in harvest now!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for your summer vacation story. We really didn't do much ourselves other than get married in Vegas on 7-7-7 with the rest of the crazies....in the heat.

If you are reading this you should be studying ?!?!? something?!!?!??!??!

ya im studying now!!! I find it soo hard to concentrate,lol Just going over how to insert a rectal thermometer. Hope they ask for volunteers tomorrow in lab!!

are you planning on volunteering???? lol

Sounds like you had a good time, flames! Sucks that you were sick and you couldn't enjoy the Timmy's

Good luck on your RN program, sounds rather hectic!

LOL!

Why not,lol!! Volunteer for that, and I figure I'm golden and wil be left alone for the rest of the program! lol

Flames, sounds like you need a rest after the summer you've had

golden?!?!?!!!???

golden = untouchable, top notch, cant do any wrong, etc

awww you haven't heard "golden" before?

HA! Let us know how it goes...

alright....got it!!! guess I don't get out much....lol

let us know how it goes!!

Or as Rachel Ray (I can't believe I'm quoting Rachel Ray).....

"good to go"..

Blech...

BLECH IS RIGHT! God I can't stand Rachel Ray.

Me either. She drives me batty - there are tons of recipe books at work with her and I just want to hide them behind the Rubbermaid containers.

RR irritates the crap out of me too. And my brother gave me one of her cookbooks for Christmas last year so I actually have something of hers in my house. Would get rid of it, but D hates throwing things out.

So Flames, how did that rectal thermometer work out for you?

Counting down the hours (12 1/2!) till we head off to Montreal, woot. Only bad part, no VJ access for a week!

no need for a volunteer!!! I wore clean underwear as well!! lol They have life like dolls!! lol

Have a safe trip to Quebec!!