LABOR DAY

I slept in after Sunday’s festivities. Then after pottering around for a while went down to starbucks (and actually bought something, I could only mooch for so long) and used their internet with Annabel. The few days without internet have really made me appreciate it, and at the same time realize how dependent I am on it! It was a rough couple of days.

The lack of internet forced us outdoors. Lucy, Annabel, Annie and I all went down to the St. Lawrence Canals for a picnic. We stopped by the Atwater markets and bought some bakery goods, some cheesy combustibles and a tray of mixed berries. We set up Lucy’s British Airways blanket as our picnic blanket and basked in the sun, people watched and feasted. There was an enjoyable amount of roller bladders, tandem and regular bikers. There was also a mass dog baptism! Much hilarity ensued watching wieners getting their pooches baptized!

We wandered back home at about 5, as there was a parade on. But this turned out to be a protesting, angry parade, so we felt that maybe we wouldn’t quite fit in and decided against going. Lucy and I had bought some corn the other day, so decided to make the most of it and cook a corny dinner. Annabel joined in to make mystery Moroccan Monday Meal. We ended up cooking couscous, corn, tomatoes, onion, garlic, spices and bread and dips. Not bad mystery Moroccan Monday! We then watched some gossip girl, but I went to bed at 10 being so tired and desiring to be fresh for a good day of school.