Goooooooood Morning!

Hello everyone!

This week has been pretty relaxed.  On Wednesday night I went to the Knitter's Guild ice cream social.  There was ice cream and yarn-o (basically bingo) and Nanette helped me fix my scarf -- I've managed to mess it up several times now and I'm not so good at tearing out only the last few rows and being able to pick up my work again!  If only I could just NEVER drop stitches, life would be a lot easier.

Last night I went to Iman's parents' acupuncture school to watch a hippie documentary with no narration, no dialogue, no speaking of any kind.  It was very pretty but an hour and a half of silence isn't really up my alley.  As we're walking out, Iman leans over and says "the cinematography was beautiful, the soundtrack was amazing, but the dialogue was missing something..."

I've also started with the planning of Tiemus' birthweek!  He's so going to hate me for all the excitement I have planned but he can't escape me :D

Tonight we are going to some thing at a skateboard shop with prizes and raffle tickets and beer.  I don't really understand, but one of the prizes is  fanny pack so I think I am going to cross my fingers and hope for that one.  It is currently pouring rain!  It sounds like the apocalypse outside.

And speaking of the apocalypse, did you hear about the shooting in that Colorado theatre during the release of The Dark Knight Rises?  The gun violence in Canada and the US is getting way out of hand.  There is actually an article in the Metro about how a woman who narrowly avoided the Eaton Centre shooting and wrote about it was killed in that movie theatre.  It makes me heartsick to think of the number of innocent people that have died in recent months at the hands of shooters who themselves are under the age of 25 or 30.  The most recent arrest in the Scarborough, Danzig Street shooting was a 19 year old boy. It sounds like something out of a film.  Anyhow, please know that Tiemus and I are taking all reasonable precautions and that I am happy July 4th is behind us because the fireworks make me jumpy and terrified.

Also, I now have the ability to call your phone with my skype!  I am pretty excited about this prospect because it means I can now call all of you without having to schedule times and have skype training sessions. I'm gonna go lay down and listen to the rain for a while.

Love you all!

Amanda (PS, 2 weeks until my birthday!)