I’m a kid at heart. I also learned that I’m still kid-sized. I needed some summer clothes, things like t-shirts, tanks, etc., so I went looking for clothes which isn’t always easy because most of the clothes are too trendy for my taste, then I’m lucky if I can even find something that fits. After a little frustration, Bahar and I looked in the kids section at Sears, and BAM! I’m a kids large, the X-large are actualy too big. The clothes are dirt cheap, no PST and I used a gift card. I sorta feel guilty for taking advantage of it.

On Saturday my dad left on his motorcycle for a 6 week 16,000 km ride through North America along the infamous route 66. Starting from Toronto, Ontario, he follows route 66 southwest through the US to reach the west coast within 2 weeks. Then north along the coast to Vancouver and the Island, and finally back to Ontario through the US again.

He’s set up a webpage that he’ll be updating with pictures and commentary whenever he finds a wifi hotspot, currently he’s updated through day 3 (as of this posting, he’s on day 5). His webpage is here.

If it isn’t cool enough that he’s updating a webpage as he goes, he’s also using his APRS radio to broadcast his position, live! You can see where he is in real time on Google Maps here. In addition to that map, you can also view this page, which shows the weather radar for his region, in addition to other cool maps.

Over the last little while, I’ve picked up an old hobby - image editing. I used to do this all the time in high school and first year university. Of course, my time became extremely precious and I had to drop a lot of hobbies. Now that I’ve got all the time in the world, I thought I’d give it another go.

I’ve also become quite interested in photography after receiving my wedding photos and exploring Flickr websites. In addition, my husband, the astrophysicist, has piqued my interest in astrophotography. Hopefully we’ll have pictures to share with you soon.

Check out my first set of pictures!

This past weekend, we celebrated Sal’s 34th birthday at his parents’. It was a nice family get together. Sal is a hard man to shop for, so as per Mo’s advice, I decided to get him updog. Yes, we are still amused by that one!

Check out the pics.