Things I Did On My Long Weekend, in No Particular Order
- attended a Canada Day event at the Gallery in Queen’s Park as part of board of the Arts Council of New Westminster
- watched some horses running around a track
- did not bet on said horses
- but did enjoy a dinner paid for with the winnings of someone who did bet on said horses1
- enjoyed some free jazz
- BBQ’d some steaks
- reviewed textbooks for the course I’m going to teach in September
- watched a terrible movie on Netflix
- tried to watch a better movie on Netflix, but fell asleep during said movie
- wore this awesome compression sock2 to keep the swelling of my ankle down:
- cleaned the frogs’ tank:
- played with my kitties
- read my book club book ((So far I’m *really* enjoying it, but I absolutely *hate* the protagonist’s name.)) in a park
- read my book club book at the New West Pier Park:
- saw a giant plume of smoke from the fire at Burns Bog:
- booked a ticket for a trip on a float plane from Salt Spring Island3
- I realized that given that the odds of gambling are ever in the house’s favour (and not the gambler’s), the “joy” of betting, imho, is in giving you a horse to cheer for (since one is more likely to experience the sadness of losing their money rather than the joy of winning it). So I just cheer for the horse of whoever I’m hanging out with. All the fun of cheering, no risk of losing any of my money! #Cheap [↩]
- My options were this, solid black, or leopard print. I think I made the right choice. [↩]
- Taking a ride on a float plane just so happens to be #35 on my list of 101 things to do! [↩]
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