It's Chili outside..get a bowl!

Now entering the season of frickin freezing! Well, it's not too cold yet, according to native Loonies, I will have to start planning more than usual about what I wear. The one bad thing about this weather (who am I kidding, there are many bad things) is that it makes me want to stay indoors and not do much..which is easy because I STILL don't have a job. I'm waiting on certain options, a video store is one, but I'll admit I have trouble keeping my buckets of PMA (positive mental attitude) full. The PMA comes from my dad's side of the family who, when us cousins were younger and learning how to waterski, would yell from the boat.."you gotta have buckets of PMA!"

So in this slightly dreary weather, I've been trying to remember my aunts and uncles yelling it at me and keep my chin up. I went to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving (it's for reals) in early October with my friends Vanessa and Andy at Vanessa's family home. It was great to be around family when you lack family nearby, and we had tons of great food.

The only other thing of note that has happened in a month's time was on Monday I was in my first bike accident, and came out with only a couple bruises on my legs. I'm pretty good at biking around in the city now, but there are streetcars, and with streetcars come streetcar tracks on the roads. The tracks are indented in the road, and as long as you go at the perpendicular, you're fine. I've feared getting my tire stuck in a track, partly because my tires are skinny but also your fears change with different modes of transportation. Well I was on Queen St West which makes me nervous anyways because there's a lot more to pay attention to as a biker than most other streets. Basically I had to swerve out into the tracks to avoid a car backing up into the lane, and when I tried to go back, my tire got stuck and I fell over. But I fell on my hands so it wasn't too bad. Needless to say I won't be traveling on Queen St for a while.

Happy Halloween and keep on truckin!