Boom!

So I'm sitting at the computer yesterday morning. Sonwun clomps down the stairs and wanders into the kitchen. The following conversation ensues:

Him: Dad, can I see something blow up?

Me: I don't think so.

Him: Why?

Me: Why do you want to see something blow up.

Him: Because maybe it will be cool. Maybe I would want to see it again blow up. I'm a boy and I think stuff is cool.

No point really, just a slice of my life. Every now and again, he'll come up with stuff that just makes me shake my head. This was one of those things.

Anyhoo, yesterday was kind of a slow, quiet one. Got in a run on the treadmill. Well, a good brisk walk anyway. It had been more than a week and I figured running would probably hurt. But I made it more than two miles and read four or five chapters of James Patterson's Big Bad Wolf while doing it. All good.

As I mentioned yesterday, last night kicked off Thompson's WinterFest. No, we did not go out in the -30 weather to warm up by the bonfire, suck back a few hot chocolates or see the fireworks.

Turns out, though, that Sonwun and I got a front-row seat for the fireworks while sitting on the couch. The living room window faces the direction of the rec centre, so we stayed warm and still got to ooh and ahh to our hearts' content. Sonwun really enjoyed the show.

So I guess he got what he requested earlier in the day. He got to see something blow up again and again. He is a boy, after all, and thinks that stuff is cool.

Monday

Well, it's Monday.

Neomom starts evening shifts this week, my least favourite.

Starting the week on a bit of a down cycle. Not sure why. Maybe it has something to do with the weather, the Wolf Moon, who knows?

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that yesterday I wanted to take Sonwun bowling here in Thompson. So I looked up the alley in the phone book, the one that, according to it's Yellow Pages ad, is "Open Seven Days a Week." Sunday is apparently the eighth day of the week up here. They weren't open.

Finding shit to do up here, on days when Neomom's off and on days when Neomom isn't swamped with homework, is not easy. And even when it seems like plans are coming together . . .

Take tonight for example. Thompsonites (Thompsonians?) are kicking off WinterFest 2010. It starts tonight with the big kick-off - fireworks, a bonfire, hot chocolate and so forth.

Problem 1: Neomom's working.

Problem 2: It's still going to be -30C (-22F) before wind-chill and I am not taking the kids over to the rec centre to stand around outside in THAT, hot chocolate or not.

Anyhoo, maybe there is some other stuff later on in the month. WinterFest apparently goes on throughout the month. It even includes a "Kids Concert Series" at the Letkemann Theatre, wherever the hell that is. The series apparently runs on Saturdays and includes acts such as Heather Bishop, Bubblemann, Dave and Louie Ventriloquism and Buff Handel.

Never heard of any of them. But, if the planets align at some point this month, we may just check one out.

Apparently there are other events associated with the month-long festival, but locating a complete schedule is difficult. I just spent half an hour trying on the net, but have had no luck. There was some reference to dog-sled races but, again, no schedule, time or place.

So, for today, we're probably house-bound yet again.

Hope your Monday's looking better.