Lizzy McFly

I’m still recovering from an amazing three days.  Mike and I both took Friday off and cashed in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum flight simulator gift certificate Mike got me for my birthday.  I wasn’t feeling well enough to fly that day plus the weather was iffy (and the $25 landing fee there), so we drove.  We arrived about thirty minutes before our sim time, so we decided to try out the virtual reality Lancaster exhibit.  I have been wanting to try virtual reality for many years, so I was all for it.  The simulation was sitting in the Lancaster Bomber as it flew a WW2 mission over to Berlin.  They used the audio from the original crew.  It was absolutely amazing.  It was hard to see what they actually experienced.  I would certainly recommend heading to the museum while the VR exhibit is still available.  Next, we headed across the museum to the flight sim room, passing the Lancaster on the way:

At least we had a nice view while we waited:

We had a lesson on the sim and then we climbed into the F18 cockpits.  It was such a blast.  We first were able to just get the hang of things while flying around.  Then some enemy planes appeared, which were quite entertaining to chase and shoot down.  We were flying well enough to play in hard mode, which involved some pretty intense dog fighting.  Mike and I both got shot down by the enemies a couple times.  Then he shot me down and then I shot him and our instructor down.  Tee hee.  It was such a blast.  We then got to tour around the museum and then the gift shop.  Awesome morning.

On the way home, we stopped at Big Al’s pet store, so Mike could buy a few more dwarf crayfish for his fish tank.  The day ended with some TV and xBox.

Saturday we met up with my friend Ken and over to the casino.  Mike and I stood in line for tickets to Legends In Concert while Ken did some gambling.  Then we had lunch at the buffet, and next to the show.  It was very good:

They had people doing the songs of Sting, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash and Bob Marley.  All were very good:

When we got home, we created this little number.  It’s the bottom of a Lindor chocolate bunny, filled with Baileys and we dipped some chocolate and caramel chip cookies in it.  Yum.  Tres yum.

Sunday, we met up with Jan at the Pen Centre.  We had a coffee at Timmies and wandered around for a bit.  My energy was limited due to the previous two days of excitement.  Afterwards, we just snuggled with the kitties and watched some movies.

Now I’m just sitting here with my furry Sphynx Pinky.  She looks like she’s moldy:

It’s been a pretty rough few days.  I have been really weak and fatigued since Monday.  I have almost no energy and am having a hard time just making it through the day.  I have the day off tomorrow and have a few things to do and I’m just hoping to make it through everything.

Today’s symptoms: today has been the worst of the last three.  I had to lay down part way through the day, because I was having a hard time just holding my body upright.  I have a bad headache as well.