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Yikes! Almost a month since my last entry. I suppose one reason is that I flew home to Edmonton (March 14 to 22). A really nice visit despite the fact that my Grandmother Shires had died the previous month. The flights were horribly long but uneventful. It was nice to visit with my brother back home as we hadn't done it in almost four years. Arguably one of the highlights of my trip was learning about the quirky Canadian made television show called Trailer Park Boys. A very funny, silly plot with great characters. My dad and I were eating McDonalds and watching tv just a few hours after I had arrived. He turned the channel to Showcase. Seems to be the Canadian equivalent of America's HBO. Anyway I saw these characters yelling profanity while living in a trailer park and thought to myself what kind of reality show is this? Turns out the show has been on for three years and has developed a cult following. So I quickly bought the first two seasons on DVD with the third season coming out soon and the fourth season debuting in a week. Don't know how the episodes got on DVD so quickly. Perhaps because fewer than ten shows are made each year. I also bought online a baseball cap and shirt since the company doesn't ship to the U.S. I'm tempted to have a Trailer Park Boys party here to shock (maybe) my American friends.

So I've been back at work for a few weeks and life is back to its hectic pace. I just worked six straight days and work three next week due to Easter. I need to begin working again after my layoff although I did some major cardio workouts in Edmonton. I will not enroll in another spinning class!! The FLA Conference in Daytona Beach was okay and the trip up with Darcy worked out well. But god was I discombobulated after leaving work that Friday.

I'm ready to head over to Darcy's and practice drumming a bit. Her bellydance party is tomorrow. She is very good and doesn't realize it! Weather has been refreshingly cool and breezy lately. I spent last Sunday with Dante (my friend and colleague from Toronto) car shopping and he bought a 1998 Chevy Prizm. A great little car that is essentially a rebadged Corolla. So I've now helped two people buy their first ever car here - ironic. Speaking of cars - I switched my car insurance from Geico ($635/six months) to AIG ($457/six months). I'm paying much less for the same coverage. Granted AIG could be like Geico in offering cheap rates and then jacking them up after six months.

Last bit of news is that Craig and Malini will visit me in mid July! Will be nice to have visitors here. In fact this will my first time having relatives visit. It's understandable since Broward County is on the extreme edge of the continent. Better go now....
posted by Michael at 7:59 PM