Sunburn anyone? 

What is the rule #1 of when you have the first day above 20C/50F with the sun higher in the sky of Spring?

Burn baby burn!

I think not !

So, that kind of happened today and luckily it didn't really burn me, just a little bit of colour on my face, arms, and legs. In Canada, anything over 0C/32F is shorts weather, so normally I was shorting today .

I did have an enjoyable 'me' day though. Got a massage, an adjustment (not on my attitude, you're out  of luck ), had a nice breakfast, went for a walk, did some stuff around the condo and then met up with a friend for a nice dinner out . I'm off the next week in a use 'em or lose  'em vacation situation so no real plans. Maybe start exercising everyday now that the weather has turned for the better. 

I got invited to a learn how to skate program next week for amputees. I couldn't attend in January so I think I will go and see if I can sign up this time. Watch for me in next years Stanley Cup Playoffs . Maybe not as a player but maybe a rink rat cleaning the ice .

I can't believe this is the end of April, and May is starting this week 😮. So summer plans are in the air. I finally received a new grill for my BBQ so will have to get that going in the next week. Maybe invite some people over for some beers and burgers. Beers are optional . 

Any plans yourself for this upcoming month? I know Canada and Britain have Victoria Day long weekend coming up, but around my area that just means snow The Americans have their May long weekend the week after, and that is usually a warmer weekend up here, so I'm going camping to the mountains the week after. I should also ask people like @Graeme, @Paladin, @Mark Ponyboy Peters and @quokka, who all live at the bottom of the earth , what they are doing for the fall and winter. Or are they in areas where it is just nice out year round  Bugggers  (can I say that jokingly or does it mean something really nasty down under ?). 

I guess I have probably bored everyone with my boring life and such, so shall we move onto the excitement? 

Monday, it was Signature Author Day and Cia picked a good one:

Tuesday, Myr got more than his toes in the water for his Deep Dive:

Wednesday, Cia was back to bring us the Signature Author Excerpt to tease us all into reading:

Thursday was a day to thank our great poets and those from the staff that helped bring the Poetry Anthology together. A great recap all in all, check it out:

Time to recap our Words of the Day. I'm sort of there, sort of not there on knowing them  

avowed, incapacitate, obstinacy, emblematic, rarefied, truncate, charade

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