Smelts!

I don't know why, but I've been craving smelts lately. They were popular to eat when I was a kid, but I don't think I ever tried them. I bought some yesterday and coated them in a bit of egg and corn flour, then fried them on the stove. Yum!

My cousin Tina made a list of what she's looking forward to as summer approaches and inspired me to make my own:

• my first soft-serve ice cream of the year
• my first cold coffee from Lili & Oli
• long bike rides along the river
• sitting on the balcony and watching the action on the street
• camping and hiking
• sleeping without sheets and blankets
• icy lemonade
• the excitement in the air at school as teachers and students get more and more excited for the end of the year
• long, long days!

The best line from last night's 30 Rock:

"A smug 40-year old bridesmaid, what a treat for everyone!" - Jack Donaghy

I recently started a Couch to 5km running program! I'm using Robert Ullrey's C25k podcasts to help me out. There are nine podcasts, each one is meant to be done three times in one week so that the whole thing lasts nine weeks. I decided that to keep myself from giving up as I've done so many times before, I will do each session four times instead of three, just to make sure I'm not moving along through the program too quickly.

Dana started a challenge to runners to take photos of their running routes, so here's mine!

I do this loop twice which takes about 30 minutes. First, I run down my street towards a park...

and follow this path...

which veers right, around a big grassy area...

following this path, I pass behind Maison St-Gabriel...

and exit this park, cross the street diagonally to enter another park...

where I follow a series of paths...

enjoy some sculpture...

come out onto the street...

and back onto my street!