The plane seats are booked. The hotels have been reserved. The cars are eagerly awaiting me. I'm all set to go. Hurry up clock.

I actually picked a great day to do all my bookings, we are having a yucky day, blowing snow, lots of snow coming down and no sunshine. On the bright side it is only -9, but frankly I could live with -30 and sunshine longer than this kind of weather.

I'm really looking forward to this trip. I have a lot of great meetings lined up and an equal amount of down time. I was preparing to head to Vancouver for meetings and then two things changed. One I found out I needed to go to St. John's and two, the meeting moved to Whistler. With my Newfoundland trip going all the way to Friday I would return to the North on Saturday and then need to leave on Tuesday to make my Whistler meetings. What's a girl to do? Stay down south of course. The three extra days of hotel and per diem are still lower than the cost of flying up and down again. Sigh. Yep, it's a hard life somedays.

Last night as we were at the Storehouse listening to the North of 60 Idol competition the word storm was mentioned. Everyones eyes light up and you could feel the anticipation...almost if not worse than school kids we discussed the likelihood of having a day off. It's a bit sad and funny to see a bunch of 'grown ups' trying to figure out if they will have the next day off and can they stay up a bit later and have another drink if indeed they will get to sleep in.

The show was part of Toonik Tyme...which I will be in Iqaluit for...first time I've managed that. Last year I was in PEI for my surprise visit and the year before I was in for part of it, but didn't know it was going on. That would be the downfall of working across the street from where you are staying...the eyes never veer far off the beaten path and you can miss a lot. I've mapped out a number of things that I want to attend and with any luck the weather will cooperate and I will get to do just that. Stay tuned.

I don't even want to look at the Southern temps until Sunday when I start thinking about packing. And believe me I am hoping that someone will have temps that will be suitable for sandals.

A good friend left town this week. Their six month contract came to an end and they shipped out. It's funny how quickly people can move into and then out of your life. I enjoyed all the time we spent together and will definitely miss this person, who am I going to go for lunch with now?

Anyone else coming up on a short term contract that would like to be my friend?