Keira-anne.com

Surprisingly enough, with a title like that, this post isn’t about me. I woke up today with a migraine. I am thankful that it is only my second major one this year - we’re down quite a few from the last two spring seasons. However, when one strikes, all I want to do is shut the curtains and put a cold, damp cloth over my pulsing eyes. That was the plan until someone knocked on the door this morning at 8:45 a.m. Someone forgot to mention that final restortions were slated to be done this week in the apartment, and it’s today of all days, of course.

So much for my day in silence and in darkness in bed. Not only were the crew rather intrusive in a day I’d rather they not be there, everything save for the couch and the computer were covered in plastic sheeting. It was noisy and busy and jam-packed with tools, equipment and five crew members. So instead of staying in all day, I did manage to take the boys outside for a while to get them some fresh air and construction-free playtime. The photo below spells out exactly what this place looked like for seven hours today…more pics are on Flickr.

But let’s look at the upside to this, shall we? Moving the couch away from the wall allowed me to clean up a certain undiscovered, crusty mess left behind when two particular puppies were sick a few weeks ago. Lovely indeed.

There is, however, some light at the end of the tunnel. After a short-lived search for Season 2 of Rescue Me on DVD, I managed to locate it at the Rogers Video at Broadway and Arbutus. It’s funny how it took me almost five days to think outside the box and consider the possibility of a video store outside of the downtown core. That just goes to show you, in exemplary terms, how narrow-minded downtown living can be.

Speaking of Rescue Me, I won’t lie…when I passed the firehall at Haro and Thurlow this evening and saw a firetruck parked outside with the firefighters’ boots lined up along side of it, I got a little excited - giddy even. And for those of you that know me, I’m very normally not about men in uniform or men with accents.

P.S. I’ll be on the Island in a week…I can hear the chorus of heaven now.