let's just say, hypothetically...: bbq's, eggs and sewer drains..and a little bit of yelling

it was a big couple days - even though i know all days are really the same - same bigness, length in time, etc....but this seemed big. yesterday it was few lawns before noon to get them outta the way - including ani's so she could have a nice yard on her birthday. happy birthday ani!
it was a nice relaxing day after the lawns...shauna and i went over on the bike to meinhardt to get a sandwich and relax outside watching the great south granville unwashed. there's some characters over there to be sure. while we were there we/i ran into my pal barb bernath and had a nice chat with her while she chowed down on her own sandwich. i haven't seen her for a while so that was great...she's working at an art gallery across the street from sandwich central so after we finished our snacks we went over and had a look at some of the work there....then it was off to joels' for a pre-shoot bbq. we stopped at whole foods and grabbed a few sausages and goods to take to chez joel.
i have to admit i was a little scared of going to joel's for a bbq as i don;t really like work related events but i kept and open mind over it...and it really was a fun...had a few cinzanos, buffalo and chicken sausages and in the end some good pie so....good times. it was nice to take the bike out for a decent run - i like riding across the lion's gate....i think shauna liked the ride as well...
after the bbq we headed downtown to get a movie and head home but then ended-up meeting-up with corie and ang and going for snacks at one of them crazy japanese joints where they yell over and over again and then yell some more...but the fun began just as we were getting to the restaurant. as we got off the bike, shauna headed in to see about getting a table and as she was doing that i was taking the key out of the bike and losing control of it and watching it fly through the air and down a storm drain right in front of me. it was like slow motion. there it went, bouncing on the ground, out of arm's reach, and down into the sewer. so great.
what happened next was and is a long story but in the end it amounted to crowds gathering to watch the guy lying down on the pavement trying to fish out his key from the storn drain. ang had brought a flashlight from her place, mishi and the garbs came into help as well....more lights, coat hangers, sticks, etc...but in the end that key was gone...and let me say right here and now...thanks to all who helped out - mishi, garbs, ang, shauna and corie...i got a little grumpy in the end (i was really holding it together quite well...) but i snapped a little, mainly in the direction of mishi, and feel badly about that now. as quick as it was i'm sorry about that. so i'm saying sorry here and now. and to corie and ang and shauna, i'm sorry for being a less than stellar guest at dinner in the yelling japanese joint....i just needed a little time to get it all together...
ok. well...in the end we drove home with a drill bit, brought by corie, the the ignition of my bike - long story but it works to start the bike when the key gets lost or falls down a drain...
this morning was brunch at aurora on main street with the kids...it was good to eat wih everyone...good, yes....but i found it rather subdued in flavor...good breakfast donuts though....i had some sort of duck bacon poached egg thingy...then it ws off to easy wash to get the sap and bird shit off of my car and then back to whole foods for some groceries...tonight it's bbq at the house with shauna and ang...then off to bed to dream of work tomorrow. nice.

more as it develops.

g. xoxo

various pics from the last two days...in no real order...

stewart gets down at joel's.