I had a busy week getting used to a new semester. Five days in, and I think that yet again I'm blessed with great classes, although I do miss my old ones.
On Thursday, I had a little bit of time to kill, so I started reading Robyn Doolittle's book on Mayor Rob Ford at a bookstore. As you all know, it's a rather sordid dark affair riddled with addiction, crime, and corruption, and sorts nastiness. Doolittle is one of the Toronto Star reporters who saw the infamous tape and was integral in breaking many of the scandals associated with our mayor, and she recently published this book. I had no interest in reading it, but then I picked it up in the bookstore, started to read it, and it was quite the page-turner, so I bought it and finished it in three days. There's not a whole lot there that I didn't know before, but reading it all together in one place makes me realize how it's crazy that this awful man with no ethics or integrity is mayor. I used to feel sorry for him because he obviously has addictions and demons, but his stubbornness and unwillingness to do the right thing (i.e. step down), negates him from any sympathy in my books.
Anyway, I also watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics at my friend Mathew's house on Friday night. He made a Russian goulash. It was tasty, and watching the opening ceremonies was fun.
On Saturday I had a good sleep in, then sat on my couch and watched a good three hours of Olympics. After which I got myself and my home ready for my dear Becca T's arrival! We had a super fun evening: we caught up on music, funny things on YouTube, ordered Swiss Chalet, and watched the Katy Perry movie.
I had an excellent Sunday. I went for brunch at a friend's house so I could see her house and her new baby. Then I came home and went for a nice outdoor winter run in the snow. Becca T and I met up with some friends for sushi for dinner. What a nice day.
Oh, also on our walk home from sushi, I came across a February Metropass (monthly TTC pass, cost = $133.75) on the ground. We ran up to the girl ahead of us on the street to see if it was hers, but it wasn't. There was no one else around. I feel bad when people lose things. Anyway, Becca will be able to use it tomorrow to get around town, and then I'm going to give to a colleague at school to give to a student in financial need.
That was my week/weekend. As always, the weekends go so quickly!
1 comment:
Man, if I lost something like that I would only hope that it ends up in the hands of someone as awesome as you. Good for you!!
Yeah, Rob Ford. Part of me feels bad, but he puts himself in the spotlight so that feeling doesn't last long.
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