two and a half months in two and a half hundred words

return from Texas/to work impromptu party for James falls flat ok more cake* for us two-week countdown begins Dave & Shirley come for Sunday dinner (i.e. lunch in cityspeak) they’re expecting, yay! new student two more classes (other student dropped two) purchase bedding stock groceries short gig for RCMP sis-in-law & family arrive a 10-day visit sights and sites seen Museum of Civ, Byward, Sparks, been there done that bye-bye mailing left-behinds Marcie departs amidst farewell sambuzas classes end summer work lands in my lap Easter Sunrise Service @ Peace Tower Summerhays brunch with Dave, Ci, Nicole transcribing obgyn lectures the whole bump pregnancy contraception infertility NICU menopause oh my tmi glued to Facebook friends & family posting flood water updates watching Better Off Ted in denial of House’s Kutner’s demise fruitless search of White House Office of Public Liaison for “Kalpen Suresh Modi” PCH conference grey is my new black Adrienne Clarkson at writers’ fest articulate feisty purple skirt paired with purple sequined runners (Ron White) the woman knows a thing about bling Tim Horton’s coffee with Dennis M. spring cleaning washing windows Norwex does the trick overnighter in “Hogtown” aka Toronto unlike Atwood persona would welcome a night in ROM she had no Repose light emanating throughout his nude sculpted quartz physique complete with 18-karat coverlet mmmm back to frantic laundry thornless rosebush not dead yet Seamus recommends new Star Trek movie on AM Madonna wearing retro ’80s find “Frankie Says Relax” T’s in neon at Wal-Mart

*a friend cleverly suggested the car represented Top Gear