On my way home yesterday I pulled up to a stop light, and when I looked to the left lane, there was a Ford GT-40 sitting there waiting to make the turn. Wow. What a gorgeous car.

Shiny, sporty, long, wide, and short. Couldn’t have been much taller than the bike I was riding. Some passerby yelled out nice car.

When the light went green the car left the line, but as soon as the road went straight, the driver goosed the throttle, and that car shot across the Johnson St bridge. The sound it made was something else too. A deep grumble that just emanated power, but I could tell that what I heard was nothing compared to what that car was capable of.

And just like that the car was gone.

Ahh, a week at the lake. I actually didn’t get a week up at Cowichan, but I did get 3 glorious days of relaxation. I headed up after work last Wednesday, and met up with Sox, Sprout, JJ, Kaptain K, and e.

Eating, sleeping (ha, yeah right), swimming, relaxing, reading, and photography. That is a good sounding vacation.

Right after arriving, I started to get a little concerned. Yoshi was a spaz. Running amok, bugging everyone, swimming, bugging Digger. I thought we were in for a hard time. By the second day Yoshi had worked off enough steam that he was more relaxed. The third day (Satruday), Yoshi was very subdued and spent most of the day sleeping.

Pics are here.

Let’s rewind a little. After arriving I noticed a dead bat hanging from a power line. When I was unpacked I took a few pics. Cool. Looked like it got stuck and couldn’t untangle itself. Poor guy.

Friday Sox and I headed into town, and checked out the museum.. Small, with barely enough room for our stroller. After learning about the history of Lake Cowichan we headed to Copper Moon for some coffee. We were the only customers and we struck up a conversation with the owner. Very interesting guy. Moved from one of the Gulf Islands because the local governance is tending to strangle businesses a little.

Saturday morning I was up early so I headed outside with camera in hand to capture some of the rising sun (finally making a showing after several cloudy days). While enjoying the chilly air I heard, and located 3 mink, or river otters.They were playing, frolicing, and making some interesting chirping noises on one of the neighbours docks. One of them was diving down to grab some tasty treats. I could hear him crunching down on some food which I later learned was crayfish.

Once veryone was up, Sox and I then decided to head home early. The original plan was to come home Sunday, but we were having a few issues sleeping. Sprout played a part in that, but so did the beds.

Three days for me and Yoshi, 5 for Sox and Sprout. Cabinning on a lake. Fun summertime activities. Thanks for having us along jj and KaptainK. It was a blast.

Sox and I got new pillows recently. We have each had the same pillow for years now and recently we decided it was time for new ones. I chose to move to a down pillow. I have been using a poly-fill pillow for as long as I can remember, but when I was really young I had a feather pillow. Maybe it was time for a change.

Sox did the purchasing, and got us medium support down pillows.

The first night I slept on it I was surprised by how flat it got. My head flet like it was right on the bead, and that the pillow wasn’t doing anything at all. The first morning I felt more tired than when I went to bed. Not a good start.

I gave it a couple more tries, but each night I used my new pillow I did not sleep as soundly and felt horrible in the morning.

I switched back. In one night, having less hours of total sleep, I felt well rested and back to normal. sigh. So much for a nice clean new pillow. I guess I will have to go shopping for a new pillow myself. Trouble is, how can you tell if a pillow will work for you unless you actually sleep on it a few times? How much do you use a new pillow before reverting to the old one again? What is the acceptable life span for a pillow anyway?

Sleep is such a valuable and necessary thing, that it is hard to mess with what works for me. Sleep is always a sticky topic for me. Many nights I have a hard time getting to sleep. It can take me upwards of 1.5 hours to get to sleep. When I have something that works, I tend to stick with it, and not mess with it. Unfortunately you have to, once in a while, investigate what may work better. Is trial and error the true path in life?

So, do I give the new pillow another chance? Right now I don’t feel like it. My old pillow allows me to sleep pretty well. Do I shop for a new pillow, but not a feather pillow? No easy answers on this one. If only I had an unlimited budget.

Oh to have a lazy day. Nothing like laying around on a hot muggy day. Aphro has this activity down to a T. 🙂

I, on the other hand, have had a pretty busy, yet fulfilling day. Got up at a normal time (7), packed the dog and Sprout into the car, and took Yoshi for a walk. After the walk, I brought Sox a chai latte to enjoy in bed (she got up when we got home though). Sox has brought me coffe in bed twice in the past week, and this was partial repayment.

Then, while Sox got out for her first run in a very long time, I did some housework, played with Sprout, fed Sprout, got Sprout to nap, then got to relax a bit and read some news.

A little blogging, a little lunch, now I am ready for a nap. Instead the fam is about to go out for a walk to one of our favorite parks (Saxe Point Park). Tonight I plan to sleep like a log.