Something For Everyone....

Bah. What's a little water between countries?

Now, it's a bit weird that people around here make a point of driving across the border into North Dakota to sleep in a hotel room, swim around in a pool, stew in a hot tub, and shop in stores we can't find in Winnipeg. Grand Forks is tiny, and not particularily urban; but it's not here, and there's something really fun about that for all of us.

Treats.

Time with auntie Kathy, who always exhuberently provides hair and nail treatments to anyone patient enough to be interested.

Ice cream from Cold Stone.

Lego from Target.

Real life retail oppurtunities for the girls; usually reserved for on-line longings.

For Brian? The Food Channel.

And me?

*deep sigh*

Gut wrenching. Real life. Suck you in and refuse to let you go..... Even as you find yourself wandering through a mall for the sake of your offspring.... Your brain remains where you'd left it: In a book.

Wasted.

by Marya Hornbacher.

I became.... And AM utterly transfixed. Moved. Astounded.

Wanting More.

But there's nothing quite as sweet about getting away as getting home again.

Through the Red River sloshing over Interstate #29, back into a snowstorm pounding Manitoba at the start of spring break.

hmmmmmmm...

Well. It is nearer Chapters; where I can get more of Marya Hornbacher. A little tonne of snow can't stop some amazing reading.