I grabbed the 3:45pm train out of London on Thursday and had one of the best but busiest weekends I've had in a long time. A short recap follows:
Thursday: First snowfall of the year, made the train ride kinda nice. Did some counterpoint as the train whipped through the snow covered wilderness. Got home around 8pm for a delicious filling home cooked roast beef dinner, followed by more counterpoint till 4am.
Friday: Went into Oshawa for lunch, despite the horrible weather. Was going to drive into Toronto but decided to take the train in order to avoid the destruction derby the 400 series highway had become. Met Denis at his apartment and went for Indian food. 2 jugs of Sangria and a round of tequila shots followed with Laura at the Green Room (the art student hang out in Toronto). Watched classic episodes of ST:TNG and fell asleep around 4am.
Saturday: Got up early and headed back to Oshawa on the Go Train. Met up with Aunt and Uncle and gave them my housekeys. Took the car from Oshawa to meet my parents at my cousins place in Whitby. Saw my cousin's new baby, Megan, and found out that I'm going to be known as "Uncle Matt". Left and headed back to my house in Port Hope. Aunt and Uncle had done a great job and the surprise party for my folks was in full swing. Lots of goodies, food and wine available. Parents arrived to their family and friends for the Surprise 50th B-Day Party. Needless to say they were surprised. Good times were had. The party wrapped up around 9pm and I headed into Bowmanville to meet Ian, Joe and Laura for cards and food at the Village Inn (sort of in honour of Ian's Birthday). Everybody seemed to be in good spirits and it was nice to be temporarily transported back to the way it was in the year 2000.
Sunday: Headed back to London, parents bought groceries and I've been doing homework since. Took a short break to enjoy the Fox Sunday lineup but missed Family Guy due to a phone call. However, Azereus will solve that problem tomorrow.
2 comments:
a couple things came to mind:
one) i have no idea how cold it has to be for it to snow anymore. the rainy cold here seemed to be the coldest it could feel, and that was like 5 celcius (today is was about 27)
two) the green room may be an art student place, but i know it as the hole that would serve us when we were 14 and used to sit at futures for hours. they would even put the drinks in little soft drink cups to go. it is also where we used to skip mornings and go have breakfast, until thomas found glass in his food. don´t eat there, no matter how hungry you are. try the red room, same management but way nicer and same prices.
does the snow make it feel like christmas?
The snow is gone already. Though the cold has stuck around for good. So I suppose in a way the cold makes it feel like Christmas.
I was advised not to eat food at the Green Room either, but for sitting around and chatting it's a good place.
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