Today was a good day. I took some vacation time because my mother would be in town with a friend (they had a few hours to kill before their flight in the evening). They arrived around 11:00, so I introduced my mother to her grand-cats and then took them on a little shopping trip around Bloor/Yorkville. We visited Swarovski, HMV, Indigo, Whole Foods, Pottery Barn, Williams Sonoma, Tiffany’s, and several shoe stores. Finally, after a quick stop for some Green & Black’s (I inherited my love of chocolate from my mother) and some more shoes shops, we came home and relaxed. The cats entertained our guests for a few minutes until Nellie arrived home to say hi. We just put them in a cab to the airport; it was nice to see my mother and show her around my neighbourhood a bit, and to meet her friend. Now, to get Dad up here…

Not long after she arrived home, Nellie received an email that we got pretty excited about: we’d gotten tickets to The Daily Show! They’re in March, and the taping is on a Monday afternoon…which is perfect, since we can have 3 or 4 days in New York for just one vacation day.

Right now Nellie’s getting ready to go for dinner with CBGB, some of their extended family and a bunch of Buddhist monks. Seriously. I’m gonna stay home and have some introvert-recharging time. Sweet.

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Oh, and I forgot: it was 12 degrees here today. Felt like spring.