Busy Day. Didn't even eat lunch. Meetings, meetings, more meetings, then preparing stuff for another meeting tomorrow. I can honestly say today was a stressful day. I was mentally burnt before I left. I needed one of two things, a beer or a workout and I got neither. Tonight was a planned dinner, my daughter Alyssa turned 19 years old. That's a big age in Ontario, it means she can go to clubs and bars and legally drink. According to the government, she's officially not a kid anymore.
It wasn't easy finding a restaurant, it's an understatement to say that Alyssa is picky. She felt like Pasta and wanted to go to Marciano's. No problem. Until we got there and it was closed down. We then drove to downtown Burlington and drove around, and around, and around, eventually ending up at a tucked away Italian restaurant. We sat down and after a few minutes Alyssa didn't like what was on the menu, so we left before ordering and drove around some more.
We stopped at a couple of other restaurants, this time before going in, Alice and Alyssa checked out the menu's. None passed the test. We eventually ended up at Canyon Creek and when Alyssa got there she changed her mind from craving Pasta to having Steak instead. I wanted steak and ended up having the pasta instead. Typical.
It was a nice dinner and Reid was his usual disturbing self. Lots of farting and sitting close to me and putting his arm around me and playing with the salt and pepper shakers and taking my iPhone and doing anything else he could do to annoy me and make his mom laugh.
With all the driving around to find a restaurant and then taking our time to eat and talk, I ran out of time to get to the pool and train. Not that it matters, Alyssa's birthday was much more important and fun. By the end of the night, even without training or having a beer, the enjoyable family dinner took the edge off a stressful day.
We also found out today that Alyssa is getting some sort of school award on October 17th and that we need to attend. The invitation was really well printed, with foil and everything. How can you tell I'm a printer? Her getting an award is kinda cool. She's doing really well at school and definitely on a roll.
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3 comments:
I really enjoy your blogs and I am always anxious to read them. A while ago I used to read Globe & Mail in the morning while drinking my coffee, now I am reading your daily blog and I can tell you that it is more interesting and entertaining than Globe & Mail, at least for me.
Keep up the good work as usual!
Thanks Doru, I'm humbled. Or is the Globe and Mail that bad:-). When that day comes, I really looking forward to meeting you.
Globe & Mail is OK, but you're better :-). I am going to quote Johan because he put it so well: "Since I've started reading your blog I found it very inspirational. Whatever the post there is always a lesson I can learn from it and most of the times it reflects to my own life.". I could not agree more with it.
I'm really looking forward to meeting you, too, Bryan.
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