Recovering from the Weekend

I took Thursday to today off from work, and I'm mighty glad I did! I've been running around like mad all weekend with family stuff and I'm finally (*FINALLY*) back in my quiet apartment with my attention-starved kitties draped over me.

Let's see... Thursday I got my car certified and went shopping with my sister. While that sentence may make the day seem relatively stress free, let me elaborate.

I got my car certified in Brampton, a 40 minute drive from my apartment. Then I came back here, ate something quick, and my sister arrived. We shopped from 2:30 to 9:30 and we would have kept going but the malls closed. I bought a tree ornament. My sister bought a dress, two pairs of shoes, and a few other Christmas-y things. It was exhausting.

Friday morning. Got up early to go to the gym. Got my hair cut. Went to Caynes (an appliance store) to buy a present for my dad and ended up with that plus a bunch of stuff for me :D. Rush home, frantically throw stuff into a bag (forgetting stuff in the process, of course) and made sure the kitties had lots of food before heading back to Brampton. Once there, I got changed and we went to a party for my dad's birthday. Got home really late (early?) and went to bed.

Saturday. We bought a Christmas tree. Also sounds like a quick trip, but my sister is meticulous and wanted the perfect tree. So we shopped. It was freezing cold, but she had to examine every tree. I admit, we got a good one. Then we decorated, which always always always ends in a fight with my family. This year was no different. So I hid to avoid the brunt of it (after decorating the tree) and was accused of being a grinch and being unhelpful and if I didn't want to decorate I should just go back to Toronto and be by myself. This is AFTER I decorated the whole tree with Mom. *sigh*

Sunday. Snowstorm day. We drove to Roy Thompson Hall to see the Toronto Symphony Orchestra perform Handel's Messiah. We do this every year, but this year was a challenge. We left at noon, got to the hall at 2:00, concert started at 3pm. I'm not even going into how we had to dig out and juggle 6 cars in our driveway (while wearing a short dress and tights) but we got it done. The concert was gorgeous as always (and I mentally planned out the end of the novel I'm working on) and then we had dinner.

Let me tell you. Sunday, Toronto was like a ghost town. The streets were empty. I've never ever seen the city that quiet. It was weird.

Now it's Monday and I've escaped and am home. So today is like my vacation from my vacation before I got to work tomorrow :D

I've got lots of pictures of Dad's birthday and tree decorating, but I'm far too tired to try and find them right now. Like most pictures I take, I'll put them up later. I'm such a lazy blogger.

Hope everyone else had an exciting weekend too! I can't believe it's this close to Christmas already!!