Getting Up to Speed

It's not that I haven't had anything to blog about lately, I think I've just been feeling a little drained.
Brad and I went to Medicine Hat for the Remembrance Day long weekend. It was partly to get away for a few days, and party to celebrate our 3 year anniversary. We put in two days of shopping that were actually quite relaxed and still very productive and generally enjoyed being away from the house and work and all that. Our first night was at the Imperial Motel which looks really shady from the outside, but is actually very reasonable inside. We ate at East Side Mario's (Yum!!) and just relaxed that night. The next day was breakfast at Perkins (I could kiss the person who came up with Gingerbread pancakes!) and checked into the Medicine Hat Lodge with our king sized bed (finally, I can starfish in bed without jabbing Brad in the ribs!) For supper that night we went to the M Grill, the restaurant in the Lodge. It was, I have to say, the best meal I've had in years. Fantastic food! I had stuffed fillet, which is remarkable in itself since I'm not a huge steak person. I do enjoy steak every now and again, but it's not number one on my favorite foods list (did I just out myself as an outsider to the province? I have the feeling I'm about to be ostracized). It was incredible though. The wine, the food, the dessert, and, of course, the company were divine. We went and played some slots, which I lost horribly at for the most part...the casino in the Hat doesn't seem to want to give me money, and then we called it a night.
After our drive home on Monday, I proceeded to do nothing. And that's what I did on Tuesday too. I booked Tuesday off to make it an extra long weekend and was really glad. The cold I had felt was coming on throughout the weekend (since the election finished actually) finally blew up and I felt totally beat. Tuesday night I was very sick (I'll spare you the details), and Wednesday morning I went into work for a grand total of 1.5 hours to record my news and go home to avoid the spread of disease. Thursday I left early as well and Friday I finally put in a full day. I do give the skeleton news staff credit though for keeping the boat afloat.
Now another weekend is almost done and I'm at a loss for what to say or do. It's been fairly relaxing and I'm feeling much better now.
I guess the other news is that I've got a trip booked to Smithers in the new year. Just me this time; it's a little too pricey for both of us to go back, so I'll be spending a night in PG catching up with Bill and Jessica and the other Prince Georgians, then a week in Smithers with my parents and Frank and Christi, and then one more night in PG for more catching up* and then back to Swift. I'm really looking forward to it actually. It'll be nice to see my family again and I'm really excited to see the PG group (a HUGE thank you to Bill and Jess and LP for putting me up both nights).
That's about where I stand...sorry it's not terribly pithy or witty this time...though I'm giving myself a lot of credit in thinking I'm normally either of those things! Maybe it's more appropriate to say "goofy and nonsensical"?

*catching up translates to sitting around drinking lots.