Isn't It a Shame?

Wow, that was a heck of busy week for me.

The biggest part of the adventure was taking part in Simon's probing study. It meant being at Sunnybrook 8am and 8pm every day during the week...and for those that don't know, Sunnybrook is quite a ways away from downtown - ended up being approx a 30-45 minute endeavour EACH WAY...so easily 2-3 hours a day of commuting for the Simon study. Luckily, I discovered some nice bike trails that took me more or less right to where I needed to go, and this made it MUCH more bearable. Thursday, Friday i had to take the subway/bus because of rain, and it was much less fun. Redeeming factor: i ran into one of muriel's friends on the bus of friday.

Other "highlights" included ottawa handing buffalo the series...and most importantly, my carrots are SPROUTING! Yeehaw! The parsley doesn't seem to be doing as well.

I was out today for a few hours doing some more exploring on my bike up in the don valley. Found a really nice section of very technical trail that was a ton of fun - I ever spent 30 minutes practicing going over a 10 foot long teeter-totter with my bike. The first few times I got freaked out right away - this thing is NARROW, probably only 6 inches across, and STEEP...so I'd get up a little, then slam on my brakes and bail out....after a few times I got a bit bolder, but still wasn't getting up far enough to cause it to "totter" over, which left my stuck and led to me falling from about two feet in the air up this ramp...FINALLY I got enough speed(and courage) up to make it all the way over, although I did wipe out pretty hard when it hit the ground and I lost my balance. At the end of the day though, totally well worth it!!

Anyways, hopefully this week will be back to normal a little more...I picked up The Da Vinci Code from one of the used book stores on Yonge, and am hoping to get though it this week.

That's all : )