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Twice in 24 hours

I have gone on opening night to every Star Trek film, expect the “Motion Picture”.

So when my daughter announced she was going to drive 4.5 hours south (she lives in Timmins) to see the new movie in a Cineplex theater (better sound etc than in local ma & pa theater) I suggested I drive the 4.5 hours north and meet up with her.  We hatched a plan.

She needed to change out her snow tires for all seasons, and the all seasons were in my basement, so it wasn’t just about the movie.  I would then drop her snows off at her dad’s so they’d be in the “north” come this fall.  (He lives 3 hours north of me).

BUT my local theater was running a “sneak peek” Thursday night, so I went.  So I saw it twice within 24 hours, 8 pm on Thursday and 7:20 pm on Friday! Nah…I’m no Trekkie!

I didn’t tell her right away, and when I told her I’d already seen it, she hit me!  We had a good laugh.  She was just jealous.

But what a fun day we had!  We got the tires done, found a little cove to just sit and catch up.

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She jumped off the dock into the lake…ok it was barely 8 inches and FREEZING apparently

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And I took this wonderful shot of her!

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As we’re both pretty broke, we drove home after the movie.  I got in about 3:15 am, she was around 3:30.

I woke up at 7:30 am for some reason, and wanted to look at the photos, I knew I had some good ones.  Crazy!  I think I’ll be napping today.

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A week away…it is possible?

Apparently!

I changed the password on my work email so it wouldn’t come into my Blackberry.  I still need it to be a Blackberry and a phone as I have kids and a terminally ill father, so going completely dark is not an option.

I snuck down to a friends’ cottage under the bluffs at Cape Croker First Nation.  My second husband (there have only been 2) was a First Nations man and I spent our 6 years together on the Nation, so it was a ‘coming home’ of sorts.

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The sunsets were amazing, only over shadowed by the sunrises, and I saw more than a few of those as well.  The cottage is off the grid, so I was solar powered, with a composting toilet for the night and outhouse for daylight hours.

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The shallows of Georgian Bay were warm on the toes, and I got up to my knees on more than one occasion.  The nature of Georgian Bay is that one moment you’re up to your knees, the next you’re in over your head.  It was too cold to actually swim in the depths yet.

 

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I had sunshine from the Saturday I arrived until the clouds descended the following Friday morning.  Friday night I succumbed and put a fire in the woodstove and toasted my toes.

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I read 3 books, painted 4 paintings, played with silk screening, napped: more than once.  Walked, took over 1000 photographs.

It was just what I needed.  I barely spoke to another human being.

By Saturday I felt ready to return to humanity and wanted to seek people out.  A little more like me.

And that’s just what you want in a vacation!

Ok what I really also wanted was:

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But I’ll take what I can!

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Yeah…no Wednesday

I was on vacation last week, and we came into town on Monday and used the internet at Tim Hortons, and I set up the photo  and posting, but we never went back into town, and I had no internet, so a few days late….

Had a wonderful recharge, will try and link my Facebook photo album.

 

 

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Retreat to fight again!

A friend as leant me their cottage for a week. I’m in hiding, not far away, but away.

I did this last year. Took one week and hid. Recovered, rebounded, rejuvenated, re-whatevered.

This year the weather looks to be brilliant!

Truly off the grid in a solar powered cottage.

The cell service is really spotty unless you’re at the lake edge. Which means I only have to respond if I want to.

So I have taken tons of photos already. Art is planned for the day.

Peace and reflection be on the agenda.

and beer

Sent from my BlackBerry.

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Seated properly

I went and saw Iron Man 3 last night.  Great fun.  It is what you expect it to be, a lot of fun, a lot of bad science – so much fire proof clothing!  Wow!  But one needs to manage ones expectations.

I went alone, which is not unusual, and while it use to bother me, it doesn’t anymore.  I want to see a movie, I see a movie.  Sometimes I have company, sometimes I don’t.  I’ve managed to get to a point where I don’t sit at home alone because I don’t want to sit in a theater alone.  If I’m alone, I may as well do what I want to do!

But I noticed something last night….I could ‘shift’ in the seat.  Move around.

Last summer, I need to sit on the edge of the movie seat and slide backwards in order to fit.  It was tight, not comfortable and a constant reminder of my size.  Last night I found I was shifting within the confines of the movie seat.  I could put my foot up on the seat in front of me to change position.

How cool!

I still have a long way to go, but noticing the comforts of life increasing as I become healthy, keeps me motivated.

So I give you: Iron Man…also sitting comfortably in a chair!

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