family descendents

Right at this EXACT moment my parents are wandering through Heathrow. Well, hopefully they are wandering between Terminals at Heathrow (and hopefully on one of those bus=tram-metro thingies and not just aimlessly between the tarmacs....OH I kid, I kid cuz I love) en route to embark on the third and final journey over from the 'Peg, which is fact the FOURTH leg of the journey as a whole if you count the 4 hour car trip from Fort Frances, thankfully accomplished on Saturday.

OOOHHHH what will the weeks ahead bring?? GOOD TIMES, for sure. I can't WAIT for them to see al the places I know and love (which lie mainly OUTside of the NL I have to say, although did come across my NEW FAVE RESTAURANT EVER the other day. Thank you MAX!)

Since I wrote, although busy, there have been such good times. Good BH90210 times, good GP times, good GBF times all around, good JJ times (VISIT!! COME VISIT!!) and I am SUPER ULTRA FAB AND A HALF PUMPED to see them all on Friday!! HAMMER HAMMER HAMMER!!

And, le PIECE DE LA RESISTANCE: ME, ROBBIE, AMSTERDAM ARENA, AND THE WORLD MELTING AWAY.....ahhhhh.

GOTTA DASH meeting awaits, but will promise to bring wide and varied updates of the LEV (Lesko's European Vacation) as events unfold!

i want my MTV

First off, SWEET ONION CHUTNEY ON BUTTERED TOAST, where has the week gone? Sheesh....I have no clue. I do remember baking like a rotisserie chicken in a short-lived heat wave last weekend and the rest is just a blur of work and work and work and work. And work. Oh and, just to spice it up a bit, deadlines!

And it's not as if I have a lot of time now, either, as I'm taking a little rent of space today to run off to, an, erm, eye appointment....yeah...eye appointment....(it's not a lie, it's not, really).

But I just had to make mention of the fact that they have replaced Dutch MTV, channel 25 for those interested, with the GERMAN version! Oddly enough, I MISS the Dutch version!! I was finally beginning to understand what they were saying on Naked News.

Anyway hope to be more blogmatic in the coming days, if I can stand to look at my computer screen any more at the end of the day.

PostBlog: Parents arrive in 4 days, THROW YER HANDS UP, it's the Lesko European Vacation!

wake-up call

This morning, at a not-normally-fit-for-hooligans-except-those-who-never-made-it-to-bed hour, I was awoken to the sound of a significant conflict on the street below. Sadly, after closer inspection, it was not Robbie and Clive in a stipped-down/oiled-up version of the Hugh/Colin/Bridget Jones Man Fight duking it out to see who gets to take me on a yachting vay-cay through the Greek Islands. I don't know what the hoo-ha was about but after catching a glimpse of who was involved, "greasy" is not necessarily a bad adjective.
In more disconcerting news, my wake-up call also came in the form of stabbing and unrelenting pain in the Lower Right Quadrant. Standing is difficult. I'm willing it to go away...
...where IS the closest Emergency Room?
In OTHER NEWS, PUCK dinner, me, BH90210, and lots of wine...one week!
Provided I'm not in the hospital from this minor can't-stand-up-nor-hardly-move-in-any-way throbbing pain...

Post-Blog: Reporting in fron work, 2 hours later, potential hernia/burst appendix/severe muscle strain seems to be abating, if not gone all together...

PS HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY BLOG!

WOW...a WHOLE year of Blogging. As of June 3rd my Blog was one year old. They grow up so fast...where does the time go?? Funny, one year later I am preparing to go to Brazil again, preparing to spend the summer traveling again, preparing to work as hard as possible for FIP at Congress again, and am still no closer to a definite future.

But that's the exciting part about it all, n'est pas?

If you were to tell me one year ago the friends I'd have now, who would be most important, what I would have seen and done, I would have scarecely believed you. So, what will my sentiments be this time next year? It is exhilarating to wonder!

working holiday

In fear that my post will not post from home, I will keep this brief, but suffice it to say in an attempt to catch up from the holiday-that-was-and-may-never-be-again (yes, still wallowing in a pool of what-was and what-could-be and wondering-how) have toiled away from dawn til dusk editing and perfecting my greatest FIP creation to date. I love, but oh my, love is hard work.

BUT, the latest and greatest and ALL AROUND SUPER ULTRA FAB plans have taken place!! The Parental Units will arrive in TWO WEEKS!! And yes, we have already planned the trip to Paris, that was a given, but, just barely hours ago, we have confirmed A TRIP TO PORTO!

And, not just any trip to Porto, but a trip to Porto to WHACK PEOPLE WITH HAMMERS!! The ilustrious date of June 23rd is fast approaching and the Lesko Clan will head south to celebrate the Festival of Sao Joao where people take to the streets to do a little hammer-whakin' . My father will be blissful: Portugal and Hardware, it's like a subsection of his own personal heaven.

Hmm I am pushing my luck with this posting length...let's see if it works or if I have to tune in next time for a work Blog (what is UP with this??? Nao sei...)