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Spring is Near

The first day of spring is tomorrow. That’s also my daughters birthday (she’s turning five)! I’ll be sharing her birth story on social media, as is tradition with both of my kids. Such a special season!

We’ll be removing some COVID restrictions this week. It’ll be interesting to see what happens when people shed their masks and start to ‘get back to normal’ in terms of public habits and social behaviours.

Lots to look forward to with the warmer weather. Will probably be getting my motorcycle out this week. I sold Suzi Suzuki last fall and bought a 2022 Triumph Street Twin (Bonneville). It’s a bigger bike and I’m excited to have my first warm weather ride with it. Lots of moto-social stuff on the go, too.

Excited to eventually get up to the cottage and open things up. We’ll be hosting only repeat guests and are fully booked (again). We’ve been very lucky on the ‘good guests’ front. So much so, that I’ve decided to stop accepting rental inquiries indefinitely. It took a while to get into this groove but now that I’m here, there’s no going back.

If you’re reading this and you were able to contribute to my Dry Feb fundraiser: THANK YOU! We raised over $2,000.00 for the Canadian Cancer Society. It was a long month with some unexpected twists and turns making total sobriety impossible for me, so YES, I had two cheat days. Oh well! We still did a good things and I’m very proud of what we’ve accomplished.

It’s a new month and we’re getting back to whatever post-COVID normal life will be and that is something worth celebrating all on it’s own.

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March Already? Sunny Day Ahead!

Tomorrow’s expected high is the hottest Ottawa's seen in a while at plus 12! Woohoo!

Proudly completed DryFeb with over $1,400 raised for the Canadian Cancer Society. Being sober the entire month wasn’t too bad! The whole ‘having a sinus infection the entire time’ thing sucked. I felt like I had hangovers that I certainly didn’t earn… even though I gave up the hooch.

Obviously back on the wagon and, otherwise, life is pretty great. The sun is shining and we’re getting longer days, warmer days… the ice is melting, the snowbanks are disappearing and spring is en route.

Time to think about motorcycles, spring break, cottages and spending more time outdoors.

Oh yeah, and the end of this goddamned pandemic.

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