reconstruction site

listening to the weakerthans, and i am very happy to be home with a cup of coffee and the computer. jake and his friend robbie are playing lego in the hallway and sam is at ian's birthday party in bayer's lake. jason is in the kitchen, drawing comics on his computer. it is a slow day. sam has a piano recital at 4:15 so i'll have to get dressed eventually, but for now i am content to sit here in my sweats with toast crumbs all over me.

jim and tammie came over yesterday to help us patch a hole in our floor. it is amazing. the floor doesn't sag, the boards don't creak - the sub floor is now firm and safe and reassuringly floor-like. next time, jim and son will lay the flooring and then we will refinish the floor. happiness is a supportive floor.

we registered jake for more diving lessons yesterday. he came out of the pool looking like an otter. he is so beautiful sometimes it makes my heart hurt. meanwhile, my little sammo was hanging out at the vending machine looking waifish, hoping someone would buy him a treat. no dice, since i had just spent $40 at woozles on birthday presents for ted and ian. after lunch, sam went to the putting edge for ted's party. robbie came over and he and jake disappeared into computer game land.

the menfolk were still working on the floor (god bless 'em) while i was getting ready to go see joel plaskett at the rebecca cohn. dil drove me over to claire's where we had a little cocktail and talked about how awesome it is that we are going to see the

ROLLING STONES

on labour day weekend. the walk to the cohn took forever, and i regretted wearing my boots, 'cause my feet were hurting after a few blocks. doh. the show was great - lots o' love being passed around, and it was a treat to be able to hear the music and the lyrics clearly. i was home at a respectable hour (1:30) after a misguided detour to gingers, a few sad walkbys of the press gang and a visit to the mythic pizza corner for magical mystery poutine.

my back is sore because sam slept with us last night. ugh. i need a bigger bed. and a massage.