Death by mold

Today I was a cleaning machine, a machine with lots of breaks and intermittent rounds of Spider Solitaire but still a machine. Anyways, I just cleaned out the fridge and opened a Tupperware and there was a thick layer of mold over what was salsa I think. I could just be imagining it but ever since then I have had a tickly throat so I have been coughing and I think I may die from some insane mold induced reaction.
If you don't hear from me for a while it may be because I'm dead. Or, it just may be because I'm heading East for a few days. I guess we'll see.

On holiday

Today is my first official day of holidays. I'm off till March 2 and heading to Ontario next week for a few days to visit my dear friend Tracey and hubby Andy. I am looking forward to a few days of relaxation before I head out and hope to accomplish some much needed cleaning, organizing, etc. around the house. Of course, given my track record I may accomplish NOTHING but hopefully intentions count. So far though all I have done is put on the dishwasher, but it's something. I have watched 10 Years Younger, Without A Trace, All My Children, General Hospital, and other assorted daytime television shows. I've played an hour or so of Spider Solitaire and Temple Guardian. It's nice to have a day off. I had to work over 3 hours of overtime last night to get everything done, or as close to done as possible. I felt like a bag of crap but also relieved I accomplished as much as I did. I was starving when I got home so treated myself to sausages and fries - ok, no veggies BUT the sausages were chicken/apple sausages so that's a bit of fruit, if unrecognizable, and of course ketchup which is made from tomatoes. Yes, it's a stretch but I am on holiday so I can get away with that. Tonight is episode # 2 of Dollhouse so I'm excited about that. Tomorrow I will go to the Zoo and Sunday is dinner at Linda's then 2 more days of homebody bliss and I will be packing for the big trip out East. Yay!

Dollhouse

The premier of Dollhouse was yesterday. It was great, mysterious, interesting, fun. I really like the mix of characters but I think the tech guy is a total prick. Hopefully he gets more interesting. Echo's handler seems nice. And what's up with the cop? I can't wait for next week!

Peek

This is the Arctic fox. I LOVE this picture. I walked around the Zoo today and got some really good pictures. Afterward I went to the bakery and got a crap load of stuff because I was hungry. I ate 2 squishy buns in the car on the way home. They are delicious! I couldn't resist. I also had a raspberry turnover about half an hour ago. You already know about my feelings about those.

Bellydancing Drills

Sweet Jesus! I just exorcised for 2 hours - straight. Me, who only exercises twice a week, bellydancing on Tuesdays and Yoga at work on Fridays. Then a bit of manual labour on Saturdays at the Zoo. I am BRUTALLY out of shape. But, I actually survived 2 hours of bellydancing drills today. 2! First there were stretches, etc. to warm up then a song of chest drops, a song of chest lifts, a couple songs of combinations of chest drops and chest lifts. Then it gets kind of blurry, but eventually we were standing up again and up on the balls of our feet doing hip shimmies. At that point I had to stop a couple times because my shins were seizing up. There were also squats, the egyptian shimmy, chest slides, figure eights w/ the ummy (sp?), and then we did our own combo, figure eights w/ chest drops, undulation and ummy. Then some more stretches and yoga poses. My right shin is kind of twitching still and I am afraid I may not be able to get out of bed in the morning. I had a super hot shower, recommended by the teacher, so hopefully that will help. It was crazy but I actually feel great, if slightly wobbly. I would DEFINITELY do it again. But, maybe not next week...

Oh, yeah

And, then I wiped out on a patch of ice in the parking lot. On top of being EMBARRASSING I was worried I would blow out my knee again or ruin my T-shirt.

So You Think You Can Dance Canadian tour kicks off

So I went to the SYTYCD show yesterday in Van. I was soooo excited, the last few hours, and minutes of work seemed to take forever as I counted down. I went with a group of people but only knew my co-worker so it was a little awkward but I did learn alot about toilet training and what their children like to do or say. We almost missed the opening though because we were running late after eating dinner, NOOOOO! But, we made it just in time for the first dance number and it was great. I spent half the show fiddling with my camera and trying to focus it but did get some decent pictures. They had quite a few of my favourite numbers though some were not included. The group numbers were great and they also had all of them do their solos, just like the T.V. show. Twitch from last season of the US show was there. He was getting mobbed a bit so the tech people pulled him into the off limits area. I kind of freaked out and screamed like a crazy person. I couldn't get a picture though I tried. I just got 4 blurry dark images with a few blinky lights. Lame. Anyways, the dancers were great. There were a few cheesy bits here and there and brutally long awkward pauses after each routine - I think it was to give the audience time to cheer and stuff but honestly 20 seconds is probably the maximum time needed and it seemed to go on for a few minutes. Admittedly, I didn't time it, so I may be exaggerating. I wish there were more routines but the dancers would likely pass out from exhaustion so I understand. I did get a T-shirt, of course, I almost didn't but wanted to complete my So You Think You Can Dance obsession. $40 later, but worth it. If only Francis made it to the Top 10, too bad! You should all go if you can. It's great and I can't wait till Season 2! I want to go again!