I once again hobbled out of bed this morning careful not to hurt my injured toe. The nail is growing in nicely from when it fell off during the horrific yoga accident of last week. However, I now have an ingrown toenail on my OTHER big toe which is even more painful than the previous ailment. As much as it hurts to walk, I find comfort in the fact that at least my toes look symmetrical and I think it’s kind of funny that these injuries happened right after each other.
I head downstairs as I do every Saturday morning to enjoy some delicious, nutritious left over Friday night pizza for breakfast. Sadly though this will not be the case as I was accidentally given the wrong order from the pizzeria last night and am stuck with a veggie pizza with vegan cheese. I’ve never had vegan cheese before and I don’t like to knock things until I’ve tried them, but I am now more than happy to knock vegan cheese all the way to Wuhan because it is super gross. Marie and I were very disappointed when we found out that we got the wrong order, but I feel much worse for the poor vegans who received our pepperoni and bacon meat murder pizza!
I head downstairs as I do every Saturday morning to enjoy some delicious, nutritious left over Friday night pizza for breakfast. Sadly though this will not be the case as I was accidentally given the wrong order from the pizzeria last night and am stuck with a veggie pizza with vegan cheese. I’ve never had vegan cheese before and I don’t like to knock things until I’ve tried them, but I am now more than happy to knock vegan cheese all the way to Wuhan because it is super gross. Marie and I were very disappointed when we found out that we got the wrong order, but I feel much worse for the poor vegans who received our pepperoni and bacon meat murder pizza!
It is a beautiful sunny day and I am thankful as I need to head out to the Niagara gorge to film a few more segments for the final Showcase Niagara concert this Wednesday. It’s so nice out that there is not a single spot to park, so we have to wait 5 minutes for a returning fisherman to vacate his spot for us to swoop in. The last time I saw a fisherman while hiking a few days ago I had said ‘I hope the fish weren’t social distancing from you’ and it was not very well received at all. I resist the urge to try the line again as Marie took way too much pleasure at my joke flopping the first time and I don’t want to give her the satisfaction of witnessing a double flop.
We stroll down to the secret spot overlooking the Niagara river where I have been filming my segments and we see that somebody has tied up their sweater around a tree next to where I usually stand. I wonder what it is doing there and whom it belongs to as it seems a very strange place to forget a sweater. Marie helps me set up the focus with the camera and then heads down the parkway for her daily jog.
Just a few moments later, jogging in the opposite direction, comes along my good friend and talented artist Heather Fraser. It turns out that the sweater actually belongs to her and she hid it there for safe keeping because she was hot and planned to pick it up on the return leg of her run. I love it when funny coincidences happen in life and I seem to be noticing them more and more and I’m pretty sure they are not always just coincidences. The world is a magical and mysterious place even though it sometimes messes up your pizza order.
We stroll down to the secret spot overlooking the Niagara river where I have been filming my segments and we see that somebody has tied up their sweater around a tree next to where I usually stand. I wonder what it is doing there and whom it belongs to as it seems a very strange place to forget a sweater. Marie helps me set up the focus with the camera and then heads down the parkway for her daily jog.
Just a few moments later, jogging in the opposite direction, comes along my good friend and talented artist Heather Fraser. It turns out that the sweater actually belongs to her and she hid it there for safe keeping because she was hot and planned to pick it up on the return leg of her run. I love it when funny coincidences happen in life and I seem to be noticing them more and more and I’m pretty sure they are not always just coincidences. The world is a magical and mysterious place even though it sometimes messes up your pizza order.
My toe is throbbing maddeningly now from walking in my show shoes but there is no time to rest because sadly today is the day I promised Marie I would cut down the tree that grows in the corner of her vegetable garden. I really do not want to murder the tree and have tried in vain to make Marie feel bad about it, but she is adamant that it needs to go so that her veggies can grow. I am a little excited though because I get to use a super cool tool that I borrowed from my brother James. He owns a well respected construction company Ravenshead Homes and has tools for literally any job you will ever need to do. I have no idea what the tool is called but it looks badass and I’m definitely taking a picture with it later dressed up like the Grim Reaper.
After the tree is transformed into bundles of sticks it is time to tackle the removing of the pool cover. There is still a bunch of rain water in the middle of the pool that the pump can’t reach, so I fandangle an apparatus by taping a broom to the pool skimmer pole and then sweep the water over to the side to be pumped out. It’s an ingenious invention and I feel like a regular William Wonka. I contemplate how much easier all of these tasks would be if I had a team of Oompa Loompas to assist me. They wouldn’t even need to help, just singing songs in the background would dumpity do.
After the tree is transformed into bundles of sticks it is time to tackle the removing of the pool cover. There is still a bunch of rain water in the middle of the pool that the pump can’t reach, so I fandangle an apparatus by taping a broom to the pool skimmer pole and then sweep the water over to the side to be pumped out. It’s an ingenious invention and I feel like a regular William Wonka. I contemplate how much easier all of these tasks would be if I had a team of Oompa Loompas to assist me. They wouldn’t even need to help, just singing songs in the background would dumpity do.
Once the water is dispersed, my neighbours offer to come over to help pull off the pool cover as it's still quite heavy and Marie is too pregnant now to be lifting heavy objects. We are very lucky to have such friendly and helpful neighbours. Like State Farm insurance, they are always there.
Once all the chores are complete I head back inside to soak my throbbing foot in warm salt water and begin tackling the monstrous mess that is my inbox. There is a request for an interview with the local newspaper for tomorrow morning to chat about the online comedy show we are doing with the First Ontario Performing Arts Centre. There are also a couple of online comedy show bookings which I am quite excited about. We will be doing a show with The Exchange Brewery in NOTL on June 5th which I am super pumped for because the Exchange show crowds are always dynamite and very rarely do they offer me vegan cheese.
‘That Canadian Guy’ Glen Foster and I will also be teaming up for a show on May 23rd which I know will be a lot of fun as we always have great experiences working together and not once has he asked me to murder a poor defenseless tree. I figure I need to start writing new material so I decide to put my best foot forward and get to work. That’s the right foot for now but the way things are going lately that could change pretty quickly.
Once all the chores are complete I head back inside to soak my throbbing foot in warm salt water and begin tackling the monstrous mess that is my inbox. There is a request for an interview with the local newspaper for tomorrow morning to chat about the online comedy show we are doing with the First Ontario Performing Arts Centre. There are also a couple of online comedy show bookings which I am quite excited about. We will be doing a show with The Exchange Brewery in NOTL on June 5th which I am super pumped for because the Exchange show crowds are always dynamite and very rarely do they offer me vegan cheese.
‘That Canadian Guy’ Glen Foster and I will also be teaming up for a show on May 23rd which I know will be a lot of fun as we always have great experiences working together and not once has he asked me to murder a poor defenseless tree. I figure I need to start writing new material so I decide to put my best foot forward and get to work. That’s the right foot for now but the way things are going lately that could change pretty quickly.
