On Sunday I woke up with a bad case of vertigo, and after feeding Saffron I go back to bed. When I woke up again an hour and a half later, it seemed to have done the trick. I had a couple of vegetable springrolls I got at The Italian Market for brunch. They weren't as good as I hoped they'd be. My advice: add more carrots. The soy sauce that came along wasn't exactly to my taste either, so I made my own by mixing Frank's Hot Sauce with regular tomato ketchup. After that I went for a walk, and headed for The Hydrostone Market. (Half of the stores are closed, because it's Sunday.) Just walking up the street towards Robie got me wheezing and coughing. I lowered my pace slightly, and it took a before the reason sunk in: my asthma was acting up due to the muggy weather conditions. Yay! I went in Quantum Frontier, a comic book store, and found a volume of Terry Moore's Echo I hadn't read yet. I then trek down to the Halifax Shopping Mall. I had intended to pick up a couple of V-neck tees, but the ones Gap currently carries is expensive: Old Navy lets me have two for that price. And while the fabric used for the Gap tees are almost see through, the Old Navy ones are solid. Anyhoo, by the time I decided to walk back I was cooled down enough and I had read the comic while sipping a diet root beer. At the mall. At the first set of traffic lights I popped my neck, while waiting for the WALK sign to light up. The cars were allowed to go first. Suddenly, I saw a gray sedan drive by and a pink haired girl with her head stuck out the window let out a cross between a cat call and a howl. I looked around to see who that was aimed at... Only to realize that at that moment I was the only pedestrian. I was puzzled shortly, and then I was amused.
My friend Kelly picked me up for a late dinner at Maxwell's Plum. Kelly got the $2 deal on Mussels, and the Spud Covers, while I ordered the Maxwell Club House (no cheese, no bacon). We caught up and enjoyed our food. Oh, their double Rum Runner was delicious as well. It was good to see my friend healthy and happy. We went over to her apartment afterward, where I got to meet her guests (visiting from Ottawa, ON) and her two kitty sleepovers. (They're from her friend who was on a trip.) Oh, and I mustn't forget boyfriend Jon. We briefly talked photography.
It was late by the time Kelly dropped me off in Halifax. I initially thought Krista hadn't returned from Lunenburg and was partying her ass off somewhere, but when I got in the apartment I saw she got back long enough to drop off her stuff and check her E-mail. Saffron just looked at me from the bed - like I was supposed to bring Krista home. I was so tired I decided not to wait up, and went sweepy bye bye.
The next day was my last one in Halifax (for a while) and after I pretty much repacked my bag, we drove out to Old Navy and WalMart, and we finally get Foxglove out! One thing we didn't do was check the weather forecast, but it was beautiful and sunny, so we went. The baby Cape Islander was rocking as it was windy out on the Atlantic. We steered for McNab's. Before we knew it it was time to head to Krista's mom's house for dinner. Her friend Jim Swansburg, who is currently working on Haven (can you spell Stephen King?), joined us. Krista's mom cooked up some deliciously tender chicken legs. (Thank you!) After dinner we looked at some pictures of Krista when she was younger. Heh.
Too soon it was time for us to go back to Halifax, pick up my baggage and head for Stanfield Int'l. At least we're on time, and there's no fog this time either... I'll be back soon!
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