I Told Ya'll

That's right the Britster is preggers. And you all thought she was just refusing to lay off the Cheetos. That K-Fag has it made. 4 kids and under 26, what a catch.

Back to me. We are home from our great trip. The little kid was well taken care of and barely noticed we had left her. The first night we stayed at our great friends the Sinden's and their amazing spectacular new digs in the heart of the city. I am very proud of them, they have done so great and are wonderful parents and very fun people. Jo took me shopping to a great street and in less than an hour I had managed to do some serious damage. Purse: check, shoes: check, outfit: check, more outfits: check.

The next day my bestest friend Jana arrived with her future hubby Uncle Bill. We checked in the hotel and then headed down to Yaletown to shop. I actually had some residual guilt from the morning so I didn't make any purchases. I must say that my BFFFFFF Dean is a trooper. He didn't bat an eye when I was unpacking my goods and looking for some enthusiastic compliments. He often tells me to 'treat myself' and I think he sincerely means it. We had a really great dinner with more friends that night at Blue Water. I had some super halibut and lobster bisque. With the race the next morning I managed to quash any major wine binges but still slept terrible that night in our heavenly Westin bed. I bet I got 2 hours that night.

One Sudan morning, race time. It was raining hard so I went with the pants instead of shorts. Mistake that I won't go into but lesson learned. We met up with Jo in the hotel lobby and our friend Jana and Bill actually got up to cheer us on. There were over 20,000 people doing the madness too so it was a very fun atmosphere despite the rain. Dean took off within the first 2 miles and we decided not to try to keep up with him and his man-ness. About half way through Jo had to make a potty stop and we met up with Dean and finished together at 2:01. Not disgraceful but I really wanted to at least equal my time from 2001 which I think was 1:55.

After a shower I begged the group to eat at Earls. I really wanted Hunan Chicken and then pissed Dean off when I changed my order to a burger at the last second. My friends were very nice to indulge me. It was a great burger though. I was very sore and on the verge of losing a much cherished toenail. So we shopped and walked around for a few hours then headed back for a nap.

We had a dinner at Cru with 10 of us. It was really nice and I didn't actually drink as much wine as I had intended but I was really happy with the place. We went to bed at a decent hour and I had yet another crap sleep. I think I need to be medicated every night. Too bad that leads to addiction.

Arrived home Monday afternoon to a happy kid and probably a happier Grandma. Then we got our rat-dog Olive back. She seems leaner than before and was very happy to see us. Now that we are home she has settled right in and seems like she never left.

We are catching up on some tivo'ed shows tonight so I will be back later with some important updates.
R