FOOD...Yummy!

Been spending a lot of tiem on the road again so those great deep thoughts have been hitting me. The foremost on my mind is ..FOOD. Do you ever notice that when you are given long stretches of time with not much to do but drive that eventually you end up thinking about food (unless you have a problem with food and then I have to say you probably should stop reading this).

Crazy thing is you could be thinking about the meeting you are having tomorrow, the different points you want to make and...what are we going to be eating? I mean if we just are having drinks, I want to make sure I eat before hand and then where do I want to eat? A nice restaurant , the local Java Hut (whose food at time can be chancy, always remember to check the date on that food) or do I make a meal (nah too much work what are you thinking!). Anyway then I have to say I get caught up in gourmet land picturing steak, chocolate patries, ice cream (yummy moose tracks ice cream) and mashed potatoes etc.

By this time I am ready to eat my steering wheel because in the car all I have is gum! Stupid gum! Lucky for me Highway 1 does have multiple places to stop but then the argument about where do I go begins again (yes I argue with myself alot, its a problem). I guess I will just have to face it, that I need to pack my car with a fridge so this food ADD problem stays at a low simmer. Hopefully the fact that I argue rather than go with my impulses means that I have some self control...whatever!

What a weekend!

Wow what a weekend! Once again the team DWW makes a name for itself on the water and in ... the beer gardens! Who knew what a casual stroll past some fellow dragon boaters (Sarge, Marty, Mik and Lisa) could result in?

It all started with one little quarter and a need to initiate the last few of our team. The initiation was to drop that coin in a cup. Easy you think? Not if it is shoved in between your cheeks and I am not talking about those rosy ones on your face. Picture grown men (and women) trying to walk backwards with a coin between their legs to drop it into a cup.

A little backwards shuffle and lots a luck helped Antonio (oh sorry his girlfriend Daria helped too), Gary, Eugene (talk about slippery pants, good thing Sarge was there to help him) and Special K attain their goal. And who do you think was holding the cup, yup, yours truly was the cup holder. A funny position until Dario decided to compete without his shorts on, the nightmares of that hairy butt will haunt me forever...you deserved to keep that coin buddy!!! Not too many were willing to try after that.

Yet the night was not over, not only was Dario seen showing off his butt, later on he was almost stripped nude. Poor Dario! Greg lamb did not seem as eager to join our party after that.

Extra Highlights of the night once the party was over:

• Ed B. looking for the people he was driving home from the party around the porta potties, we were sitting quite near he just couldn't see us. Focus Ed focus!
• Lisa asking people at the partyto take her home, wearing another person's medal, even though Ed B. and I were waiting to do just that.
• Drunk Dario telling us to take care of drunk Lisa. Hmmmm interesting!
• Lisa getting mad that Edmund and Liezel had left her at the party (at her request I might add). Funny thing was they told her they would be back to pick her up later.
• Having the Lisa (drunkest person in the car) phone my cousins to make sure they let me stay over because she was worried that I might drive home. Honestly what a friend..lol!
• Going to MacDonaldsand watching Lisa eat two cheeseburgers, three french fries and water all in one sitting (ok Ed and I helped with the first set of fries but not the last two). Did you know that pepper in ketchup tastes really good!
• Watching Ed walk back and forth three times to the Mac Donalds front counter to get all the different orders for us. You're the best ED!
• Meeting people (at MacDonalds) who shared the tent with us (Booze Cruise). They had the best junk food in their tent (which I thought was ours and almost ate) only to have them say at Mac Donlads that we could have eaten their food, as they had been given three cakes that da. Sheesh now they tell us!
• Watching Lisa and Liezel molest Gabriel (one of the people from the Booze Cruise group) to find his medal (which was under his shirt) and then taking a picture of the event. Its quite a good shot and both women look like they were really enjoying themselves (sure you were pretending Lizard).
• Hearing Lisa yell "77" when she realized that Gabriel was not as old as she thought he was (sorry Gabe!). We were getting his email (siggy77@gmail.com) to send him the picture but the silence after her reading his email address was deafening until Edmund, Lizard, Ed and I bust a gut laughing at the horror on her face. Inside voice Lisa, inside voice!
• Edmund and I doing couger poses for Lisa as she digested the info that Gabriel could be considered Couger bait for her. We love you Lisa!
• Driving home with Lisa in Ed's car and her phoning random people we know. Sorry Wes, we tried to stop her but couldn't stop laughing. Be happy she didn't ask you the real question she wanted to ask (to get that question you will need to have security clearance so don't bother asking for it!). And to all our other friends, be happy she felt bad about phoning you or you would have experienced a very interesting call at 12am.

So once again we made an impression on the town, just being ourselves and getting caught up in the moment. Good thing the Vancouver Alcan Festival only comes once a year, I don't think Vancouver would survive if we were able to do it twice a year!

Slobbering in my thoughts

Keeping life in perspective is always a little problem of mine. It seems that when I get really busy all I can think about is me and what is best for me, there's a lot of whining (and let me tell you its not too attractive) along with the feeling of woe is me. People kindly ask you "How's your new job?" and all you want to do is stick your tongue out at them (yup very mature). You can blame it on not enough sun, not enough time or just not enough money but what it really comes down to is that you are probably not seeing the positive in what you have.

I have felt this way many times before but I have to say that God has a great way of giving that super dose of reality to make you appreciate the good things you do have like a job, good health an amazing family and life in general.

Coming form a day of dealing with an alcohol poisened teenager along with a seizure victim and unhappy people whose biggest complaint is the temperature of the pool makes you really look at your life. Put that together with one super sunny day (away from work) spent washing your car, hanging with your cousins, getting slobbered on by their super cute dog and eating mushroom gravy on some super juicy porkchops makes me feel that life is great.

So what's my point: make sure to look at every opportunity in your day to realize that in the midst of all the bad we really have many super things that are fantastic and wonderful in which our cranky, selfish selves should be thankful for.