Home For The Holidays

Hello everybody. What a busy trip home! I leave for the North again in 5 days, and my vacation flew past. What did I do......lets see.....

1. Visited friends. I saw many of my co workers and friends from the ER. They are working hard (as usual), in very rough conditions. Although I miss the job and my friends, I felt some relief to not feel the stress of their situation.

2. Went out for dinner....many, many times. Had some great food and shared meals with many special friends. One of my favorite outings was to Linguini's with Jenn, Denise, Angie, Brenda, Christine, and Angelique. Many interesting conversations and topics, lots of good wine and a great meal. I also loved my time with Carole and Francine and Nancy.

3. Shopping day with Genevieve. Luckily she found a babysitter and the 2 of us hit the malls hard. To top it all off was a long session of catch up at a restaurant. Even better was going to visit Gen at home and spending time with Alexandra. She has grown so much in my 2 months away, and is really gorgeous. Plus, gen made my meal of choice that night......fajitas!!

4. Movie day with Erin.....Atonement. I had bought the book to read up north, but saw the movie before I could read it. After the movie, we did some shopping and then had fondue dinner, yum, and hung out with her fab family.

5. Visiting the family. I went to Ontario and hung out with the folks for a couple of days. I got to catch up with them and see some pictures of their trip to Japan. My dad is getting super good with his computer and digital camera. As usual Mom spoiled me by helping me prepare to leave for up north, and filled my belly with great home cooking. We had a family reunion with both my brothers and their families, and my Grandma and Uncle. I got the chance to have a small family Christmas, including a nice turkey!

6. Snuggled with Ginger. I missed her sooooo much. She is as sweet and as much of a trouble maker as ever.

7. I spent a ton of time with Jenn. There is always so much to talk about, yet never enough time. As usual, we drank, ate and played games, in between the gossip that is!! Her family made me feel at home as usual, and I scored another Turkey dinner shared with Jenn's family.

I did a lot of other stuff, but I think I will stop there. Thanks to all my friends and family who made it a great trip home. See you all in 2 months!