  Another whirlwind weekend! Thursday: Got into Toronto and then got picked up by my Aunt Jeannine at Yorkdale. We drove back to her place, packed the Honda Civic and got to the Farm at a decent hour and had wine and beer until about 1am with my Mom and Dad.
I think it was Canada Day. We drank in its honour :p Friday: Went to my grandparents' place and started taking out stuff from the attic. Man, 80 years of pack-ratting has created a garbage situation. So much stuff - some good but mostly bad. Note: homemade jam from 1972 is NOT good. Although, radios from the 20s are cool. Just a taste of what we did on Friday. Saturday: Dump day. The township of Bonfield where I live has a one day a month clean up policy where you can bring anything and as much as you want to the landfill site free of charge. There rationale is better to get it dumped properly then for them to refuse to come to the landfill and just dump stuff in the backroads and forrest.
So, we collected my parents' cards, my cousins' cards, my grandparents' cards and their neighbours' cards and went to the landfil. 7 loads later we emptied what we had taken out of the attic. Saturday night we went down to Lac Talon and saw my cousin Morgan's new cottage by the lake. Gorgeous 2 storey place that will most likely be the retirement spot later on. Such a good contrast to see something brand new from scratch compared to the stuff I am doing at the farmhouse.
Sunday: Church and then back to Farmhouse for a lunch and then plant some lilacs and cedars before packing up the Honda and heading back to Toronto. The traffic was TERRIBLE. It slowed and stopped at Bracebridge on the 400. Bracebridge is about 240km away from Toronto. And it was pretty much stop and go from there to the 401. We left at 2:30 and arrived at 9:00 - 6.5hr drive that usually takes less than 4hrs. Monday: Because of the insane traffic I slept over at my Aunt and Uncles and made my way to KW today via Greyhound.
Came back and finished my last chapter and now I'm working on the conclusion of my thesis. I had lunch with Tom and now I am going to see Fahrenheit 911 tonight with him. So much to do - I haven't been to my apartment in such a long time - I hope nothing has gone bad. Oh well, I'll find out tonight. 
