Blogging isn't taking off the way it should
This not working could be quite hard on the pocket book - especially if it's going to rain all the time. Today I signed up for community centre activities to keep myself and the putud occupied through the winter (which is already here apparently). Oh well, we can just use the old Vespa fund.
On Tuesday we were at a slight loss as to what to do, so we decided to go to the Art Gallery. We had gotten a free pass from grandma. So off we went on the bus. Ellis made faces at the man sitting next to me and kept asking "get off mommy?" Not yet, I said. "We're going downtown" I said at the start of the trip. Once we were over the bridge Ellis said "we're downtown mummy" but it sounded more like - actually, I'm not sure what, but eventually I figured it out. I was going to coat check the stroller, but the security guard mentioned that they actually like parents to keep the kids corralled. Too late - Ellis had already got a whiff of freedom. He careened around the first floor of the gallery and would have touched everything, but fortunately, everything was too high up. There were a few handpainted things on the wall that he did like touching though. It was a cartoon and anime exhibit and they had lots of tvs showing things like Dumbo and Toy Story . On the second floor they had video games through the ages and an old pac man console that was free - I could have stayed there all day (and Ellis seemed to like it too) but it looked like other people were itching to have a go. The rest of the exhibit was giant screens showing clips of Anime. Ellis likes pushing open the big doors to enter the exhibit. It was kinda cool actually. Third floor had some "disturbing" art by a couple of performance artists. If it doesn't give Ellis nightmares, it might give me some. Top floor was woman artists influenced or from a similar period as Emily Carr. At least I think it was - Ellis pretty much careened around that floor too.
We then hit lunch hour rush hour at the food fair where Ellis and I observed the strange office workers - man that seems like a long time ago. I don't know if I ever actually was one. Everyone looked very professional and I used to look slightly slovenly I think. Quick detour to old workplace and then to the library where I told the librarian about some puzzle pieces that got under the shelf. We hadn't put them there, but I think the librarian thought we had - that's what you get for doing a good deed. Ellis then had mini breakdown (it was well past nap time) and that just confirmed said librarian's opinion of us. I manhandled Ellis into stroller and decided to walk home. This just confirmed how truly out of shape I am. We got home just in time for me to want to pass out and Ellis to wake up.
That was a pretty good though - hope we have more of those than ones like today.
posted by Renee @ 2:42 PM
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