The "Long" Weekend

Well, it feels like it should have been a long weekend, since I crammed so much doings into it..Not Ashley is feeling a bit tired as it winds down this Sunday night.

Friday night I attended the impromptu high school reunion. About 9 girls showed up, and it was nice to see most of them. One I hadn't seen since leaving high school, let's say more than a few years ago, and it was especially nice to see her. Of the others, two I've kept in touch with on a regular basis over the years, and the rest I've seen around town on occasion. It was good to share some laughs over old memories, and as usual, I am reminded of something I supposedly did and/or master-minded, that I genuinely can't remember--must be selective memory and/or old age!

Per the norm for these things, there is always one in the crowd that feels she's better-- prettier, younger looking, more in shape, can ride 600 miles on her bike in one day, looks like her son's wife not mother, doesn't colour her hair because it's so dark, is faster than a speeding bullet, and can leap small buildings in a single bound, etc, etc,-- than the rest of us, and spends the whole evening telling us all about it. Yes this is the same one that asked if WE were bringing our hubbies to the party. I remember her being like this a bit in school, but no where near like this. One of my friends kept looking over at me, trying to catch my eye to make me laugh as she went on and on--I wouldn't look at her b'c I was having a tough time not laughing. We all politely listened, but then "perfect girl" made the mistake of leaving early. About 10 minutes after she goes, one of the others pipes up and says, was it just me or is she really "I I I me me me" now? Too funny.

Got home around 1:30, and woke up the next morning before 7:00 to catch the Go Train to the CNE. Spent about 10 hours there, walking, shopping, eating, more shopping and more eating. Besides the food and the shopping:

• they had a Levi's booth set up, where you'd go into this glass enclosures, and this machine -ultra sound, or xray, or digital imaging of some kind, would circle around you, and print out the style and size of Levi's jeans that best suit your body. Got a print out, so I'll have to actually try them on to see how well it worked.
• After watching the Guess Your Age or Weight guy, and Libbey going first, I finally mustered up my courage to go and see what he'd guess for my age. It was worth the $2.00 I spent, since he pegged me at 6 years younger than I am, and he was worried because he thought he'd guessed too high. Right before I revealed my age, he was showing the crowd his written guess and saying he should go lower. Made my day! I did cheat a bit, because I told him my name was Jennifer..was going to use Ashley, but Steph said that was pushing it just a bit too far. I'd noticed that they ask your name, which may provide a little bit of a clue, ie. not too many Jennifer's in my age bracket

After walking around there for 10 hours, on only 4 hours sleep the night before, I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

Today, I spent the day with mom, going to church at 9:00 a.m. with her--another early morning-- off to Casino for brunch--more food (A Chocolate fountain no less), and then home to wait for a few of my cousins, with new baby in tow, to attend the Feast. Too cold for baby to go in procession or hang around school yard, so after a quick walk up there, we all went home for pizza and home made capicolla with coffee and delicious but of so fattening mini cream puffs. (Even more food)

Noticing any common themes here?