A post began some time ago, and now finally culminating in this...

At the start of May my lovely cousin Amanda came to visit. We had a lot of things going on while she was here, such as hot yoga (something I will not put myself through again unless I feel an overwhelming urge to cause myself to faint), Alison's bachelorette, hiking up Mount Doug, and a trip to Seattle. The bachelorette was held on Saltspring, an absolutely gorgeous Gulf Island.

Above is the view from the veranda of our cabin at Cusheon Lake Resort... *sigh* I don't think I'm supposed to divulge exactly what went on during the weekend, but we had fun playing some games, and spent much of Saturday at Ganges Harbour at the market, which was interesting and entertaining.

Not long after that adventure, Kaitlyn, Amanda and I went forth to Seattle, in search of clothing and Relient K. We succeeded, and also found the unexpected treasure of the EMP/SFM, which was really interesting, and helped our trio fulfill our collective life-long dream of becoming rockstars!! Also, the architecture of the museum was really unique. Observe from one vantage point:

We spent Tuesday night at the City Hostel. Our room was #309, that had a somewhat creepy mural on it. I think we were all nightmare-free, however. It was sad to say good-bye to Amanda on the Thursday, but we did manage to fit a lot in and make it a very worthwhile trip.

Alison's much anticipated wedding was last weekend, and all-in-all things went as planned and everyone enjoyed themselves :D One of my favourite pics of the day:


We've had some good weather over the last while, so we (me and random other persons) have had some great nights of slo-pitch, an afternoon of skimboarding, some fun volleyball and soccer juggling times, and a sweet hike.

Other random highlight: A couple of weeks ago Dave took me out for a ride on his sport bike again; we had a nice long ride through some empty, winding trails. It was absolutely stellar!

Favourite quote of the day: "U like ... unicorn." (Joanne, while listing off her flight number, and mishearing me say, "Like uniform".) :D

Strangest thing I've seen lately: One of the girls at the out-of-school care has a pet bunny, Dusty, that she loves dearly and speaks of often. The other day she brought in pictures of it... taken during the procedure to neuter it. The gas-masked bunny was my favourite.

(Actual date of completion = June 6th, 2010)