The wonders of sunscreen

Since returning from Scotland, it feels that summer has hit full force. It feels like that fanastic summer I spent in Halifax after I graduated where my responsibilities were few, the fun was ongoing, and the weather was always perfect.

I've been kept busy by the coming and goings of friends expected and surprising. Ruchi, Francis (my roomate from 3rd year), and Andrew and Stacey all came into the city last week, causing an outbreak of much welcome socializing. Ruchi was only here for a few hours on her way to India for a month. I miss her very much, but it was good to see her, even for only a little while. Lindsay and I, I think, also gave Francis a very good argument for moving to T.O. after he completes his "Return to Canada tour 2003."

And now I have just returned from Lindsay's weekend long birthday celebration at her "cottage" (more like estate) near Caledon. Lindsay and her friends are so awesome and I wore myself silly playing insane amount of tennis and swimming. I also feel very fortunate to have avoided any sunburns this weekend, which is probably the first time in years where I spent significant time in the sun without getting burnt.

In web news, Matt has decided to join the evil legions of the blogosphere with an excellent first post. I think that a blog about the adventures of a Canadian in Scotland could make for some excellent reading, (maybe in the style of Bill Bryson ;) even beyond the reaches of this little corner of the web. Maybe somebody like the SWAP program would be interested in it. Just a thought.

Coming up this week is July 8th, notable for being my little sister's birthday (Happy 21st Hilary) and for the day of the New Pornographers concert, which I've been looking forward to for months. A continuation of this slightly intense summer extravaganza seems to be in the cards.