Boom, badoom, boom, he got that super bass.

Here I am, more than half-way through my last week of a super-relaxed Christmas vacation. I needed this.

I feel like I have been a bit of a hermit since New Year's. Yesterday, which was a SUPER COLD day, I managed to get myself to a relaxing noon-time yoga session. It was good. I need to stretch more. More yoga this year.

Besides being the coldest day in recent memory, it was also Jason's birthday. We went to see The Adventures of Tintin, which we both agreed was good, not great. After that, we ventured out in the cold, across the city, to Roncevalles Ave to try out a little restaurant for dinner. It's called The Ace, and it's in a tiny old diner.

When we got there, the place was filled, but we waited with a couple of beers and it seemed like we got a table rather quickly. We had bread and olives to start, and then I got steak frites (memories of Paris) and Jason got delicious fried chicken. We traded a bit o' steak for a bit o' fried chicken. When we go again, and I'm sure we will, I'm getting the chicken. For dessert, we got incredible chocolate perogies. There was cocoa in the dough, and they were filled with warm melty chocolate. SO GOOD. I wish I had some now.

Anyway, it was a really good dinner, and it felt like an exotic trip since we had to go across the city. I like Toronto for that. The subway can take you somewhere new very easily. I've lived here for forever, and there's always something new to discover.

Today I eventually managed to get myself to the gym and go for a pretty good run. This evening I've just been lounging around reading a new library book. Oh yeah, I went to the library too. A day of excitement, it was. I also made scrambled eggs. Anyway, the book I'm reading is Then Came You by Jennifer Weiner. I follow her on Twitter because she live-tweets The Bachelor and is absolutely hilarious. Her books make good light reads. I'm enjoying this one so far.

Tomorrow I'm going to see the musical Mary Poppins with my work family (i.e. a couple of my good friends with whom I work). Everyone I know who's seen it loves it, and I'm looking forward to it. We're going to go out for dinner afterwards and that'll be fun times. One thing I miss about work is seeing my friends every day.

On Friday, I'm meeting up with my friend Flora for lunch and some much needed catch-up. That day I should probably also mark some *choke* quizzes, and start thinking about the inevitable, but I might go to Ikea, so maybe I'll buy shiny new things that will distract me. Let's hope.

Oh, also I forgot that today was exciting for the fact that I obtained many tickets to many things in the new year. Jason, his pal (now my pal too... but originally his) Karen, and I are going to see The Joel Plaskett Emergency in May, not once, but twice. We're going to be those people who on the second night, when Joel says "who was here last night too?" shout "woo!"

In addition, I got tickets for me and my dad to see MacHomer at the Stratford Festival in May. I saw it several years ago in Toronto; it's a one-man play that's 90% original Macbeth done in the voices of The Simpsons. It's fucking amazing. I've declared it daddy-daughter day (Simpsons reference).

I also got tickets to see Kathleen Edwards in February. I love her. She sings about things I can relate to, like your daddy shooting your no-good boyfriend 'cuz he got you pregnant. Ha-ha. I kid. That's my standard Kathleen line.

So much excitement. So much. Hello 2012.