Girl of Summer

Tomorrow is officially the first day of spring. This has been a long, long, cold winter. Needless to say, I have been looking so forward to spring and then on to summer and cottage season. I absolutely cannot wait to try living in Winnipeg in the summer, because, to be honest, so far I am not all that impressed with the Winter Winnipeg (in fairness, I think it was simply this winter).

You know, in some ways I am envious of those in T.O. (yes, I did just write that). People I know from Toronto generally do not ever end up leaving Toronto, and thus they are always surrounded by people and family that they have known and loved forever. Now, I know some people would point out that this is not necessarily a good thing (the not leaving part, anyway), but my thought process is this: I like the idea of having roots in a community, having a strong sense of belonging, and being able to be close (as in down-the-street close) to friends and family. And when you stay in one place, this develops. And when I have children, I want to be surrounded by them. I want all of us together at the family cottage, at the Easter dinners, at the baseball games (Ellis' womb just shrivelled up a little bit more after reading that).

As per my comment last night, I went directly to SB and bought my first mug. However, it is not a “city” one. It’s a Canada one. Apparently Winnipeg does not have a big enough market to have their own Starbucks mug. Hmmm. I’m going to leave that one alone for when I am feeling more charitable towards Winnipeg. In any event, my collection has started. I started a list here to keep track – so far, very easy.

And – also in the news of my life -- I went online today and purchased a game of Wizard, which I am tres excited about. I do not remember how to play the game at all, but I have vague recollections of absolutely loving it (for those who are not familiar with the game -- it's a card game that, if I recall, you try and guess the number of tricks you have in your hand. It would also be unfair if I didn't give credit where credit was due -- this game was introduced to me by the Kyle / Johnson clan who are very, very big wizard players). Anyhow, for me, it’s a game that is associated with fun and summer, so I ordered it. I really have this picture in my mind right now of being at the cottage with a glass of wine in my hand, playing wizard. A thought such as that could certainly never lead me astray.

Started a new book last night -- In Cold Blood, Truman Capote. Thank-you, Doug Richardson. I am only ten pages in, and already I am impressed.

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If you were hoping for some deep thoughts in this blog -- please forget about it. I seriously contemplated discussing Tori Spelling's cleavage here today.