Jodi's new pad

NaNoWriMo update: 47,686 words written, 2,314 left to go. I'm hopingHOPING to finish today (!) so I don't have to work tomorrow. Thanks to Chris Conway for his help with today's Blathercartoon. :-)

Went to Newmarket last night to check out Jodi's new house. It took me an hour by train, which is about the same time it takes me to go to Allison's by local transit. LOVE Jodi's new place, and am especially jealous of her office. And holy cow, I was drooling over their storage space. It seemed like every room we went into, including her home office and that of her husband's, had a closet in it.

We had a leisurely dinner at the Keg, hung out for a bit at Jodi's place, then she dropped me off at the bus station since there no trains back to Toronto after rush hour. Took me an hour and ten minutes to get home, which is not much more than it usually takes when I come home from Allison's.

Allison, Jodi and I still aren't quite sure how Urban Tapestry practices will work out from now on. Normally Jodi picks me up at Finch subway station, then picks up Allison, then we drive to a restaurant for dinner, then (if we have a gig coming up) back to Allison's for a practice, then Jodi drives me back to the subway station. Yes, Jodi has always done ALL the driving in the nearly ten years that Urban Tapestry has been together, since neither Allison nor I drive. THANK YOU, JODI!

Now that Jodi lives in Newmarket, it would be more of a hassle for her to drive to Richmond Hill every week, and it's a hassle for Allison to get to Newmarket during the school year. So we'll probably plan our get-togethers on a week-by-week basis, exchange tapes/MP3s to practise with, and get together whenever we can. We were able to do this when I lived in Orangeville, so we can do this again.

Geez. Typing the above made me realize: next year, Urban Tapestry will have been together for TEN YEARS. That's a long time for a band. We should really do something to celebrate, y'know? Like maybe putting out a new CD. :-)

To you Americans: Happy Turkey weekend!

Links/News:

One year ago, I helped my friend Helen go wedding dress shopping.

Three years ago, we went to a housefilk at Sally Headford's place.

Four years ago, I went bead-shopping with Allison, and Inkspot was highlighted in PC Novice Magazine's "Best of the Web" issue.