my favourite things

we had couple of days off last week for the Labour Day holiday. actually, officially you only get one day (thursday, may 1) off but the authorities arrange it so you have a few days off in a row so we had thursday and friday off but had to make up for the friday class on sunday. since it's against my principles to work on sundays i didn't do the make up class.

anyway, i had a lovely time visiting some friends in the countryside from thursday till saturday. it was heavenly: getting up (relatively) late, having a slow coffee and breakfast (homemade cinnamon bun on friday morning and maple syrup-y scone on saturday morning (not scones as in devonshire tea scones, i think they are what americans call scones, or rather 'scones' rhyming with cones, which is more like a big flat thing)). i spent time doing some of my favourite things: reading, playing with children and watching a movie. i did also do one of my not-so-favourite things ie. playing a game - and surprisingly i actually enjoyed it! it's a game called 'ticket to ride' where you have to build train routes across north america. 

THANKS so much to christa, todd, owen, beth, anna, sarah, nevin, matthew and kara for a wonderfully relaxing time.

here are some photos from the weekend:

2008 may holiday

today i'm at home with bad lower back pain. it's feeling better now than it did when i first woke up. either the panadol is kicking in or the tiger balm patch is working. if it's the latter, then it's worth it smelling like an old chinese lady.