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Billiards and Blizzard
The Indigo Yonge-Eglinton was so grateful to us who slogged over the holiday period that the managers organized an appreciation get-together at Spacco Billiards & Bar last night. It started at 8.30pm and my decision was to arrive fashionably late. It was branded as "Come-When-You-Can", so I suppose 'late' doesn't apply here.
It was the most enjoyable Indigo-related function I've attended so far, not to say I've been to many (including this, 3 fingers are sufficient). There were pool tables and people playing when I arrived, with plenty of food to go about and we each got to claim an alcoholic beverage from the bar. I joined the amateur lot with Des and Camelia to randomly aim for balls in the eight-ball game. Des got drunk, Camelia went off on a thank-you speech everytime she got one in the pocket. Co-workers came and left; some played cards, drank, ate and chatted, while some were on point with their game over at the professional tables. It was nice seeing everyone out of the store, wearing casual, comfortable clothes and footwear. I had to drag myself out of the buzzing place because rest was needed for an early Thursday morning for field work. I should have stayed on longer till the party fizzled even if it meant losing sleep.
Today started and ended early. We arrived at a different stream, a permanent, fast-flowing one located around the previous week's stream. The water level was shockingly a meter higher than usual, making it unsafe to get our water samples. As soon as I stepped into the stream to get some surface samples, I felt a piercing cold sensation: a leaking left boot! When we were at the car, I wrung out water from my layers of socks. I might have as well done my laundry. I couldn't wear my damp, icy socks and my foot was freezing in the open cold of a wind chill temperature of -18 degrees. I forced my foot into the shoe and felt stinging pain. Is this what being close to frostbites feels like?
It's going to be a freaky Friday tomorrow with a winter storm warning. Please, cancel classes! For now, I'm all warm and comfortable in my apartment. Blood is back in my foot and there's extra vigour in my pumping heart as Lost, the saviour of the current state of TV-land, is finally back on tonight!
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Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
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