TGIT

It is so nice to have a short week. I'm looking forward to having tomorrow off and 3 days of sleeping in... My big plan for the weekend is to hit up stores for 1/2 price Easter candy - yay MiniEggs!! And since Lent is over (Saturday, 7:46 PM EDT) I can get back to my regularly scheduled snacking... Oh how I've missed you my deliciousness.

Barb - 1, Canal - 0

Yeah that's right. I totally owned the Canal - basically that means I didn't fall down. Not even once. There were a few close calls but I managed to stay upright...

Headed up to Ottawa this weekend for those quintessentially Canadian activities of skating on the Rideau Canal and eating a BeaverTail. And let me say, neither disappointed.

Started out the afternoon wandering around a few shops in Ottawa where I finally found a small wall calendar for my office.

I really don't think we could have had a better day for skating. It was clear and not too cold. Some parts of the ice had divots and holes, but it wasn't terrible... (some people kept saying it wasn't very good, but they had been spoiled by excellent ice in previous outings - I really couldn't tell)

Really, what I wanted most (and had been promised) was one of those fabled BeaverTails that I have heard so much about. I was determined that even if it was poor skating conditions, I was still getting that delightfully sugary snack (yes Heather, I was going to ignore your rule and have one anyways but we skated so I got it legitimately).









All in all - a fabulous weekend. This sign pretty much says it all...

mmm... grilled cheese

Maybe the fact that its a short week this week helps, but all-in-all, today was one of those days when most things went right.

I woke up feeling well rested (its amazing what a full 7hrs of sleep will do for you) and it was a beautiful, sunny, crisp-but-not-too-cold winter day; no wind and not a cloud in the sky. I got to take a field trip this afternoon - ok, it was just to the campus bookstore and the book I needed to look at was shrink wrapped with another book - but it was nice to get out for a bit...

I also spent a lot of today thinking about bacon (Pete - you would be proud). It started this morning when I was waiting in line to pay for coffee on break and the guy in front of me was buying eggs, hashbrowns (tater tots) and bacon. Oh that bacon smelled so good. I thought about making brinner - but I didn't have any bacon or eggs at home, so I went with the next best thing: grilled cheese sandwich (and soup).

And I made probably the best grilled cheese sandwich I have ever had. Top 3 for sure. Seriously, I wish I had taken pictures so I could share just how good it was. It was so, so delicious.

But its a bit of a sad day at the same time since I have now reached the pinnicle of my grilled cheese skillz - it is all downhill from here.