It’s too nice to work today…

Wednesday 15 April 2009 - Filed under Life

and yet here I am, at my desk.  Working on financials and prepping Student Loan breakdowns.  Yuck.

Insteaddddddd, maybe I’ll write a little about my weekend.  I got four whole days off¹ and I tried to enjoy every minute of it.

Friday morning Andy and I drove up to Parksville to relax a little and spend some time alone. <3  It was so lovely, we stayed at a quaint little hotel with a truly stunning view.  The beach went on forever and the tide was out so there were these lovely little pools every where like gems sparkling in the sand.

After we checked in we walked over to this fun little adventure park and had some lunch.  Nom nom! We played miniature golf twice and Andy beat me in both games >< However! I did manage to get a hole in one on the last hole which is the hardest and I won a free game! Tee hee! We also got ten dollars in tokens for their awesome silly arcade and had oodles of fun playing silly things to win tickets.  Collectively we totalled 103 tickets and I got to buy some silly things like a pink recorded, some plastic hollow dice and a Chinese finger toy trap! It was so much fun to just relax and enjoy each others company.

For dinner, we ate at the Hotel restaurant Heron’s and it was so romantic.  We shared a decanter of red wine and had a lovely meal. ²  We were sat in a corner of glass windows over looking the ocean as the tide came in and the stars came out. ³

The next morning was bright and sunny…  a nice quick breakfast and then we packed up to head home.  On the way, we detoured to stop in Coombs which is this awesome little market Village.  I picked up a few awesome items; a red lady bug yoyo, a lovely little wooden owl, some garden trolls and a nice sturdy back scratcherfor my mum.  There was so much to look at, we just walked around and i took pictures of neat things.⁴  After we left Coombs we made one more detour to check out Ladysmith and have lunch at this quaint rickety diner. ⁵

Shortly after we finally arrived home! And that… in a nutshell, written sporadically over the course of my work day, was my trip to Parksville.

On a final note… how is it already Wednesday!?

1. rarely happens so it’s uber exciting [↩]
2. a little on the pricey side but worth it!! [↩]
3. swoon moment [↩]
4. i threw up some of my favs on my flickr account [↩]
5. I had a cheeseburger and it was yummy [↩]

2009-04-15  »  Christine