So my vacation dates have been confirmed with All Parties, and now I can  get excited! Once Gilby gets back to me with the other play(s) I can  start booking, and then contact my other pair of friends in Toronto to  set up a dinner or something.

Then it's off to visit my dad and step-mommy in Nanaimo for about 5 days.

I think I'll bring Oscar as well as Yoda this year. Or maybe just Large Oscar.

Then  I ride over to Vancouver to see my mother and brother.

My mum has a wee  cute tiny little house,

 and my brother's living upstairs right now (where Yoda and I stayed last summer.)

 Instead of sleeping in the yard, or on the roof, or in the fridge, I've decided--
wotthehell--I'll  just get a hotel for 4 nights. Less stress for everyone. She's near the  airport so there's a ton of hotels nearby. I'm currently 
looking at them all, seeing what I can afford, but doesn't have terrible reviews. It'll be a fun!
Yay! Time for a 
Swiss-girl-style  countdown! 25 days til vacation! (Friend Swiss Girl's life is  unbearable unless she's counting down to something. These days it's  vacations, but even in high school there was always something.)