T-Dot Trip

The traffic on the 401 was pretty horrendous today. You’d think by the time you got to Oshawa things would have cleared up a little, but you would be mistaken. We’d been on the road for an hour and fifteen minutes of stop-and-go, bumper-to-bumper fun by the time the bus pulled past the Oshawa exit. But since I was working on my thesis I didn’t mind so much – anything that gave me a little time to sit and think was just fine.

The reason I was on the bus was that I was paying Miss Colleen a visit in Toronto. Monday after work I trucked out on the Greyhound. It was a very soggy trip, because the rain gods hate me and punished me with a torrential downpour the instant I stuck my head out to go to the bus station. Anyway, the weather was better in Toronto and very good indeed on Tuesday. Good weather was important because we were outside all day at Canada’s Wonderland, punishing our adrenal glands on the roller coasters and other such suicidal attractions. The Behemoth, the Bat, the Vortex twice, the Stand Up, the Wild Beast, the Sledgehammer… and a final spin on the teacup ride at the end of the day. We also stopped to watch an acrobat show set up on a platform in the middle of a pond. The acrobats used trampolines to leap up and alight on a wall before tumbling gracefully back down. At the same time, divers were clambering up the other tower and plunging into the water. The music was just right for the act, definitely better than the questionably choreographed ice show we had seen before the acrobats.

The amusement park trip and ensuing barbeque had the corollary benefit of letting me meet a bunch of Colleen’s friends and/or roommates who I hadn’t met before. They are a wacky and wonderful bunch! It was kind of a nice change of pace to hang out with people who don’t have the 9-to-5 thing going like most of my friends do now. Additionally, they are totally devoted to singing in public, which makes the world a much better place.

The next two weeks of my life are looking very good indeed. I get to see Boopsie and Mom, and I have a to-do list of pleasantly mind-numbing little chores, as well as some free time (finally!). My biggest worry, essentially, is that I’ll get so zoned out with walks in the park and trips to buy vegetables in the Market and generalized relaxation that I’ll forget to go to work.