Good Weekend

I haven't been back to Toronto since before exams, which was two months ago. So I drove, drove, drove for 4 hours, battling traffic and construction, and got back around 9:30pm on Friday night. It was my mom's birthday, so my sister and I went out to lunch with her on Sunday. It was also Annual Inspection for 110, and going back there to see all my friends, and the cadets growing up impossibly fast, is also a gratifying experience. Lots of alumni returned this year, and it was really nice to see some of my former cadets turn up in junior officer uniforms. I got to present an award and do some promotions, so it's almost like I never left. This was the 11th 110 Annual I've attended (missed the one in 2000), and it's hard not to reminiscence and think about being kids not so long ago, and all the responsibilities we shoulder now. Ever onward.

birthday & marks

We celebrated his 25th birthday on Wednesday with dinner at Hikari. Yummy raw fish!

We also got our first year marks yesterday. I was hoping for two A's, but alas, it was not to be. Just one for Constitutional. However, I was shocked that I somehow managed a B+ in Criminal, which means that I must have begged, borrowed or stolen an A on that final exam. You just never know with these things. Oh well, good enough, I guess. Totally beat my boyfriend though. ;)

Going to Toronto this weekend for 110 Annual, and my mom's birthday.

Chip

After me asking - well, more like begging - for a week, we went to the SPCA after work yesterday. That's where we met Chip. How cute is he! He's a one year old stray who's never been trained, so he's a little ADHD. But fun. So for all his whining and reluctance, guess who liked the dog better? (We haven't adopted him, btw, but thinking about it)

Are we ready for a dog? Probably not. I know it's a big responsibility. And when dishes and laundry can be points of contention, taking care of another living being is not such a good idea. But there is an appeal to having some thing together, joint custody if you will. Want to feel grown up - that we have responsibilities. That we can establish some permanence to the relationship.

Don't get me wrong. Despite all my complaining here, things are going well between us. Surprisingly so, considering I haven't lived with anyone else in a while, and never a significant other. I don't want to make him feel like he is auditioning for some role of future whatever with me, but I also want to know that the possibility is there, and real. I want to feel that we are ready for the responsibility, even if it's not practical or realistic right now.