I'll send a postcard

It's 10p.m. and just got back from some kick-ass sailing with my parents. We set off at around 5pm and watched the sunset. It was exquisite and peaceful, there aren't many boats out there anymore. There was also a strange phenomenon occurring, which was a huge flock of thousands and thousands of seagulls gathered in the middle of the river. For fifteen minutes we navigated around them and watched great numbers of them flying above and around us as the sun was setting. Anyway, then began the night sailing, which is another wondrous activity. It was so quiet and dark, and I sat on the top of the boat under a blanket and watched the stars for awhile. Then I went in the cabin and had a snooze. Man, that was like therapy!... I am so glad my parents have the boat. It's an Alberg 30, a big old dependable sailboat. They are planning to take off and travel on it for a long time once they retire. I don't blame them. We joked about taking off this evening and heading out to the Maritimes, and sending postcards to our workplaces: "I won't be in the office today, sorry!"

Speaking of work, I spent the day in Windows 2003 Outlook training. The instructor took it upon himself to coach us through "finding a healthy balance" in our lives. There was so much rah-rah-rahing that I started to wonder if he was really a motivational speaker. I really think that my life would be more balanced if I were doing more sailing and less Outlook stuff. Ah well...

Thanksgiving is coming up and I'm looking forward to it. Lots of activities and stuff happening, including Julie's return.

I'm exhausted and blabbing on about nothing now, so that's it for now. Oh - Alex, les bottes proviennent d'une companie hollandaise qui s'appelle Mag. Tu peux les retrouver sur le site web www.gravitypope.com, le magasin à Edmonton où je les ai acheté... Speaking of those pink boots, I think my obsession with pink is escalating to worrisome levels; yesterday I tried on a beautiful light pink wool coat. Well, I buckled and bought it of course. I sure hope people are ok with seeing me in pink so often, cause there's no end in sight!... And one last thing about shoes: Chris held his end of the bargain and took me shoe shopping this week - I got a pair of black Puma sneakers. Ahh, the smell of new shoes. Ahh, the smell of victory!

And I can still feel the boat rocking me to sleep... zzzzzzzzzzzzz