a tourist in my home town

I have come to believe that there are very few other than tourists who make use of the pinnacle of 21st-century business ventures - the cyber cafe - and my presence in one this evening in the alternative Osborne Village of Winnipeg proves further that I have come to be a stranger in a strange land. Necessity breeds compromise, if not innovation, and thanks to no internet at my more than hospitable hostess' abode, here I am.

Ahhh it is good to blog on a real keyboard and not be limited to the paragraphs of the BlackBerry that so often curses me with the phrase "field is full" . What my real purpose was however was to log onto the work email, but alas I am denied access which is causing considerable-hair-losing concern. I'm grumbling under my breath like Marge Simpson...

We are already at Wednesday but it has been a very long week. Not to mention quite the expenditure considering gift giving and (RUSH) passport renewing and and supply stocking-up and the eating of the dinners and the drinking of the drinks. But all is well, I think...it is very hard to really think about being here as the visit is so short. This was the longest I was away but the shortest I have ever spent here. It's numbing; you see people and pick up exactly where you left off and yet I will launch into a story and half way through and remember I haven't actually spoken to this person in months, and they have no idea who "A" is or "B" is or when I was here, there, or anywhere.

Tomorrow will be a great day. I am getting a manicure with the Bride to Be, then lunch with DC, my dean in Pharmacy school, and then my hostess and I have decided to provide the venue for yet another evening of "the drinking of the drinks", which will be punctuated with guava martinis thanks to a promo at the Liquor Mart. Guava reminds me of Cairo which reminds me of the "grab" juice that they used to serve at breakfast at the hotel and I try to tell people how much we laughed about that and they look at me like I have two heads; and there we have it, now the situation is reversed, people at "home" have no idea what I'm talking about!

In two days one of my most important friends will be married. She is the first close person to me that will make the leap to lawful couplehood. I want for her all the best of everything, but I also want the best of her stay as is. Some people seem to lose themselves in the so called "sanctity" of marriage, and not that I am in the least doubting her ability to be both separate and together at once, but I soon foresee other life choices shuffling the priority list. Which is of course the whole point, from what I hear ; ) I went today and found her what I hope is a very special gift to remind her of all of OUR good times and how important they were/are. She was the very first person to know about my very first trip to Europe, by coincidence, before we were even friends. And there it began.

Off for sushi tonight - LEKKER! I haven't had good sushi, well, since Paris now that I think of it which is just bizarre in concept from start to finish. Supahh hahhht sushi bar called Wasabi is right across the street and calling my name, so I must go.

Have no idea when I will be on a real computer again, and not to mention the next days are the busiest. Thoughts are turned to the Exec meeting and the party they are hosting tomorrow night, at which BH90210 is supposed to be present. Haven't heard much in a couple days...my friends amongst friends think I am crazy to be concerned about anything being less than positive about that whole situation, yet, I worry. I worry because I feel more than a vested interested on my part evolving. DANGER! ARMS FLAIL!

Alright now that I have completely posted beyond an acceptable limit (I was in WITHDRAWAL!) it is time for SUSHI! Spider roll and prairie fire here I come! OH not to mention the UBER trendy martinis on the menu...