way to coma!

the weather man says it's happening

we're gonna be
snowed in!
snowed in!
snowed in!
-Snowed In/Cruisin', Joel Plaskett Emergency

I'm meant to be in the air now, but I'm not. I could be fooled though. Looking out out the window, I can't see anything but white, and the snowflakes are blowing in a fairly horizontal fashion. Jeez, Mother Nature, it's Easter! C'mon, it's not supposed to be a blizzard at Easter! Isn't March supposed to be "In like a Lion and out like a Lamb" or something? What's supposed to happen in the middle? The Lion eats the Lamb? Who knows, but no planes are coming in today and our little town is living up to its nickname of "Cancelgar".

It shouldn't be too big of a deal actually. Courtney is at the hospital until tomorrow anyhow and the first shift of my emergency rotation doesn't start until Tuesday night at 11pm. My problem is that when plans change like this I have a hard time adapting. You end up having to go the airport every couple of hours to see if you can get on the next flight, and then come home and unpack some of your stuff to keep yourself occupied until the next chance to get out. It's hard for me to deal with, and it just ends up being wasted time.

On a more positive note, we had a very nice visit with our family friends the McDougalls this weekend. Hayley is on the road to recovery. I have to say she sure is more fun to hang out with when she's conscious and lucid. Despite both sets of parents wishing that maybe there were some actual (grand)kids this weekend, we really enjoyed maintaining the reputation of our generation and decorating cookies, sleeping on the floor, playing pranks and generally acting like kids ourselves. I pretty much dominated during the candy hunt this morning.

shout out out out

I don't mind chopping wood
and I don't care if the money's no good
-The Band, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

I should mention that I added a link to Trevor's website recently. Trevor (my housemate) is competing at a pretty high level in sailing. He's in Spain or somewhere at the worlds right now. If you want to give him money, please do so, especially if you happen to be a large multinational corporation. The more financial support he receives, the more he will be gone, and the more he is gone, the more I can drive his car around without him knowing. Anyhow, even if you don't want to give him money, you should check out the video on his site. The boat he races is called a 49er and it's pretty intense.

I'm going home for Easter tomorrow morning. My mom asked if I would be interested in coming home and after expressing some interest, I received my itinerary promptly. I haven't been home for easter since highschool probably, so I'm looking forward to it. We are meant to be going out to the lake to saw up some trees and turn them into firewood which should be satisfying. When your life is purely academic, it's nice to occasionally have the opportunity to see the concrete consequences of your labour. We just finished our spring ultimate season on sunday and I managed to injure my shoulder in an unsuccessful defensive dive attempt, so I'm hoping my arm will stay on as I'm swinging the axe this weekend. Also, my parent's new house is pretty done as far as I understand, so the time spent in Castlegar will be multimedia packed.

Courtney got her grandfather's car for the summer, so it looks like we will be quite mobile. Right now it looks like we will spend some time at the lake in June with maybe a kayak trip in there somewhere. I talked to my rural practice preceptor on monday and she seems really cool. She kept telling me to "prepare to have a good time", so I told her I would. She thought my motorcycle/ferry plan was a good one, so she must be cool.

Have a nice weekend.