No Easter Bunny? No Problem

Well, I just had a pretty good Easter weekend, despite the Easter Bunny not being able to find my house. I was actually in Oshawa visiting Donna, so I can understand Mr. Bunny not getting the memo. However, somehow, someway, the Easter Bunny did manage to find Donna in Oshawa. Amazing that, huh?

I left Thursday night after practise. I guess I haven't mentioned this, but the Kingston Panthers have started practising again for the upcoming '08 season, and we have a new head coach: Grant Bradley. Really nice guy, very competitive, likes his fitness. Needless to say there has been a lot of running and core training at practise, and I am actually not complaining too much. My regular workouts have managed to keep me above the bottom of the fitness scale.

Anyway, it was nice to get down to Oshawa that night, so we could spend the whole day together on Friday and Saturday, before coming back on Sunday. On Friday, we decided to go out to the One of a Kind craft-fair. It's easily the biggest craft fair I have ever been to. Over 450 vendors selling everything you can imagine. It was almost like a giant department store. Seriously. Homemade gadgets, art, jewelery, food stuffs, clothes, accessories, you name it. All overpriced, but hey, what do you expect for one-of-a-kind things. We bought a giant spoon (one of those spoons you put on the stove to hold a spoon or spatula so the counter doesn't get messy. We also got some mashed potato seasoning - and at $10.00 for a 3 oz. container, it was such a deal. It actually does taste really good, and we thought we should leave with something. It took forever to get through it all (3.5 hours) but we managed.

On Saturday we started our day with a trip to the gym. I convinced Donna to do some weights, which might have been a mistake, because Donna was exhausted the rest of the day, but we had enough energy to go out and find me a new-used jacket. The rugby team is going to the Colour Awards Night here at Queen's celebrating varsity athletics. The team decided that they all wanted to match so everyone was supposed to acquire a Tweed sport coat. I managed to find something that will do at one of the local thrift shops. $10.00 for a jacket that actually fits me very well (Donna was surprised, thinking that there was no way another short fat guy would want to get rid of a jacket). Even the sleeves are the correct length.

Saturday night we went out for Chinese food to one of the local hole-in-the-walls that one of Donna's friends new about in Toronto (actually Scarborough). The food was delicious, but we would have never found the restaurant without directions. All Chinese menus, so it was a good thing she could order for us. Not sure what we would do next time if we went back, but I'm sure we could manage. After stuffing our faces, we went back to Oshawa... I needed to get a good night's sleep to prepare myself for dinners on Sunday.

I had 2 dinners planned for Easter Sunday. Pretty amazing since my family Easter Dinner was happening 5000km away. We headed into to Toronto to have dinner at Donna's cousins' house. It was delicious and early, which allowed me to recover before heading back to Kingston for dinner number 2. I had to head back early to get back in time for an early morning rugby practise. After dropping Donna off at her place in Oshawa, I carried on back to Kingston. I stopped in Shannonville, where I had courteously invited to the Follwell farm for Easter Dinner there. It was delicious. And a little chaotic. In addition to 4 of the Follwell family members, and myself, Pete and Morgan were also there (a little rugby reunion) as well as 4 dogs and a couple of cats. There was a little of noise, but it was a ton of fun.

Just trying to recover today. Thanks to the Queen's guys for the jersey. It fits nicely thanks to Tim's assumption that I am fatter than I think I am. Done all my chores, and now I think it's time to make some dinner.