the brain and i seem to be embarked on a non-starter today, i slept in until past 11 and woke up well rested but also well aware i rested wrong. yeah, one of those days where my back, though not actually hurting anywhere, feels stiff and vaguely unhappy. it'll pass.

it's always the first day of vacation for me where i just sorta sit and bask in the shock that i don't have to go to work for a very long time. and as of 1:15 yesterday i'm also done with government street, enjoying my last 11 minutes hugely by hot-wiring the sound system to play sasha's xpander off my md player purdy darn loud. always leave with a smile on your face. :)

i ventured out the door this afternoon to go to the bank, maybe to point the digital at things along the way. i made it all of six blocks before turning back, i knew it was warm outside today, but not that warm. though dressed in a light shirt and comfy beach pants with lots of ventilation, i felt way too warm way too soon. although environment canada says it's 20 downtown right now, a quick check of the girlrepair cave's advanced meteorological monitoring system declares an outside temperature of 27.4 in the shade. and that's just about perfect.

no idea who these people are, but they walked into the frame after i'd set the shot so word to your mutha. or something.

anyway, dressed in shorts and all 'round lighter i set out the door again about half an hour later. that was the trick as within minutes clouds formed over everything, the wind came up, a summer's day exhaled. it did stay pleasingly warm though, so i continued on, though i never did make it to the bank, just out for a happy walk on disused streets still radiating the heat of the day.

 

there's just something so darth vader sinister about the death star orbiting so close to our friendly shores.

and so this post, like this day, has managed to be about absolutely nothing. and that's absolutely what i wanted this first day of my vacation to be about. mission accomplished.