New and exciting experiences!

Last night I did several things I haven't done in a while, if ever:

• Left the office before 6 (Gia and Steph both teased me mercilessly)


• Tried on a bikini at Simons (nice, but I decided my life would not be materially altered if I thought about it for a bit)


• Took a belly-dancing class at the Y


• Went to pick up my car from Kelly & Jean's and discovered the battery was dead so helped shove it out of the driveway and onto the street and had to call CAA and get a boost so wound up driving around parts of the city I've never seen before for half an hour to charge up the battery

Belly-dancing was fun, although I am completely uncoordinated; I was OK with the individual movements but as soon as it came to putting them together I was lost. The great advantage to it as far as I can see is that a little flab is a positive asset. You can shimmy better that way.

Damn, though, if I keep it up my abs are going to be things of beauty.

It's Friday! I'm going to go see if there are any bagels left.

further signs of spring

In case I hadn't mentioned: it's been warm here for the past 2 days. Into double digits. (That's a good thing in celsius.)

Last night I smelled barbeque smoke.

And today there are tables set up outside on Prince-Arthur. The terrasses are coming! Wheee!

Now then, my horoscope

courtesy of P:

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21)
Everything with respect to your career, your life direction and your work in your community gets a marvelous boost now. You are totally focused in your profession and will try very hard to move ahead in any direction that benefits you. Unusual opportunities (especially those connected with medicine, law, publishing and travel) come your way now. Some of you will change your work to something more personally meaningful for you primarily because you now have the opportunity to do so. You definitely feel more confident about yourself and in fact, this could be one of the few times that you feel you have a genuine kick at the proverbial can. Take careful aim.

This could be good.