Just home and then off again; this weekend we're going camping with friends just outside of Whistler. I can feel autumn approaching, so getting out there and doing summery things like camping is starting to feel slightly more urgent.
In the past week we got over our jetlag, I was attacked by a generic virus that gave me a fever and weird rash and I was also stung by a wasp, and we discovered that we've lost both the cable to connect our camera to the computer to download our photos and Tom's new kite. If we stayed with you during the last part of our travels, perhaps we left these things at your place?
My cell phone also joined the ranks of broken and useless electronics around the world, and I've been trying to decide whether to replace it with a supercool smartphone or another basic phone like the one I had. Part of me wants a shiny new toy, but when I try to imagine myself using it I can't come up with any situations in which I'd really need it. Logging into Facebook during playgroup? Browsing the web from the park while Beatrice is playing? Not really safe or necessary. Maybe it's for the best anyway. I can't imagine that I really need to add a BlackBerry addiction to my current internet compulsion.
But: oooh, they're so shiny and I could internet from anywhere with a wifi!