Slept well last night and woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed for my second day of training. I met up with my friend from St. Catharines around 7:30 and we went downstairs for breakfast. It was still drizzly out this morning, but at least not as bad as last night (let’s just say we didn’t end up looking like drowned rats!) I was totally shocked when I went to my seat, and saw this amazing piece of cake sitting there!
I guess I got on everyone’s nerves, bringing up the cake (or lack thereof) incident on the train. Seriously, that was so thoughtful of her and I’m very appreciative! I decided to bring it back to the room after class, which I’m really glad I did. Upon my first bite, I instantly crumpled into a blonde heap on the floor – it was that good!
It was another great day of training. I am getting so much out of this course and am finding it very enjoyable. I’m not even minding the video recorded interviews we have to do at the end of each day!
At lunch, my friend and I walked across the busy street and into the food court at the mall. The Department of National Defence Headquarters is just down the road, so there are tons o’ military folks scampering about. It really makes me miss the Army, which I don’t think I’ve stopped doing since being medically released in 2006. Bummer. Anyway, after having some noms, we went into a couple shops. I was a little disheartened to see this number:
I know it’s true, but very hard for us die-hard Leaf fans to see! (sniff, whimper).
Another bummer is the fact that I was too pooped to join some of the folks after class who went out to dinner. I walked down to the local Metro to buy some dinner and the ingredients to make fudge for everyone tomorrow. It was a little tricky to make, considering I had to make it on the stove-top in a brownie pan. Still, I hope it’s at least somewhat edible:
I was able to make an improvised container to transport it to the poor suckers I’m going to give it to tomorrow. Actually, I tried a little piece and it’s not too bad. Of course, I also used to enjoy eating Army rations….
Today’s symptoms: I crashed a little bit harder today, and a little earlier. Not too bad on the pain front though – just a fairly bad headache in the morning. Life is good!
Lizzy McFly 