Weekend Away

I gave platelets on Friday, and watched Wedding Crashers. I was thoroughly disappointed with the film, but the donation went well. My donation went over to Sick Kids.

I headed out of Toronto at 4:00, but didn't get to Barrie until 7:00. Dumb Friday-night-get-me-out-of-Toronto-as-quickly-as-possible traffic.

Saturday was all about errands and golf. We headed out to the course for a 3:00 tee time, and no one in our foursome played particularly well, but the rainclouds rolled over and thunder started rumbling at the 6th tee. The warning horn sounded and we ended up getting a rain check for a free round. I was super happy, because I played 5 holes for free and during my usual detours through the woods, I found 11 golf balls.

We went to the beach today. The lake was warm, but we didn't spend too long there. I did manage to get a terrific sunburn on the tops of my legs.

We watched the U.S. Open this afternoon. Though we didn't get it on the television since we only have an antenna. We did watch it on TSN braodband though. We were skeptical at first, but the speed and quality were quite good. The resolution wasn't fantastic at full-screen mode, but there weren't huge delays, and we could still see the ball. I was actually very impressed. It was commercial-free (except for a few brief ads before the presentation started) and it was obvious that when the network cut away for an ad break, we had bonus coverage. It was a great experience and I will not only watch golf this way again, but would also highly recommend it. It won't be long until all television is done this way, and, hopefully, it will remain free.

I'm heading back to my Dad's tomorrow. The weather has been nice, and we've started our haying. I'm hoping that a few stretches of nice weather will mean that we can get the whole thing done quickly. Things never work out smoothly on the farm though, so anything can happen. I'll try to keep the world informed over the coming weeks.