The pups are taking good care of Colin. While I was stranded in Victoria last night, desperately trying to get home, I got a text from Colin saying he was in the hospital. He had cut his arm at the motorcycle show while helping the Dual Sport BC guys take down their booth, and it ended up being quite a serious cut, coming close to the main artery but instead slicing the vein. Lucky, I guess. Anyway, he had to get the vein stitched up and then staples to close the wound. Now it’s all bandaged up and he’s recuperating on the couch. He won’t be able to use that hand for a few days at least.

Big weekend in Victoria! I arrived on Friday late afternoon, got a ride into town with Jorgen, and then went to Michelle and Chris’s place. We had a nice dinner there with mom, and after that I went to Jorg and Jenny’s place for a glass of wine. They convinced me to go with them to a party at a friend’s house, which I did, and it was lots of fun. I ended up crashing on the couch at Jorg and Jenny’s place. Saturday we had Michelle’s baby shower and then mom treated us to a wonderful dinner at Il Terrazzo. What a great restaurant! Sunday we had a nice breakfast and then lazed around much of the day, taking turns snuggling with little Kaius and providing him with bum-drying spa treatments to help his diaper rash. He really loved having the hair dryer blowing warm air on his bottom! I was supposed to leave on Sunday afternoon, but there was a windstorm in progress, so the ferries canceled all their sailings. I tried to book a Helijet flight, but it was canceled at the last minute. I was a bit desperate to get home to ensure that I’d make it to work on time, but no luck. It’s now Monday morning and I’m on the first ferry to Vancouver. What a crazy storm!

Happy birthday Toby! Today I went over to Julie and Jess’s place to help out with the birthday party preparations. My role consisted mainly of making this crazy volcano cake! I was pretty skeptical about it in the beginning, but it turned out pretty well in the end. I beat a hasty retreat once the droves of people started arriving. I’m not really one for little kid parties with mobs of children and parents that I don’t know. But it sounds like Toby had a fantastic time! Here’s to aging gracefully, Tobes!

We woke up this morning to a lot of snow! The dogs love it though. We took them for a big romp outside, and they were happy as could be. It was up to Polly’s neck, and she sure looked cute jumping through the snow like a bunny.

Fun in the snow!! Today we went with Jess and Braeden up to Hemlock Mountain for an afternoon/evening of snowboarding! Conditions were quite good with lots of powder, decent snow and mild temperatures. A good day!