August

3rd Had another not so bad weekend so I should write something about it. Friday was really nice and I managed to get a day off work. It was also Josh's last day on PEI so everyone (Jon, Caitlin, Noel, Chris, Josh and, a little later, Jenn) went to Brackley beach for a few hours. It was quite busy when we got there, and a jellyfish warning was posted. This was somewhat good news for Josh as he wanted to know what getting stung felt like. After slapping a small jellyfish tentacle side up onto his stomach he found out. The water was really warm for the first time this Summer so I did as much swimming as I could.

Friday night everyone went out to Baba's to see The Sidewalks and a few other bands. (One of them was Supercar, which I believe was on a CD I got for Christmas back in jr. high aaaages ago.) Unfortunately we didn't stay to see all the bands play and left near the end of Fugato's set. After getting some slices at PEI Pizza Noel, Josh and I decided to walk home in the rain. It wasn't raining too bad so we thought we'd be alright, but then a car hit a huge puddle (I'm feeling it was intentional) and got most of us (me especially) quite wet. It then started raining pretty heavily soon after, and none of us had jackets. By the time we reached the house we were all pretty drenched, but it was a fun walk. Josh left early Saturday morning to head home to Ontario for a day, and then off to Europe for a month.

I didn't feel like doing anything Saturday so I just cleaned and did laundry for a while. Jon and Joey came to town so we got Andrew and went downtown so Jon could buy some records at Back Alley Music. We had lunch at Britt's, got some ice cream at Cows and then walked around town for a little while.

I went to Summerside Saturday night so I'd be ready to get to the beach on Sunday. We spent most of the night at Justin and Jon's (Justin and Angie were in Halifax) playing Rock Band, which we haven't done in ages. Rob even stopped by for a bit.

The weather Sunday was amazing so Joey, Jon, Andrew, Buddy and I went to Thunder Cove in the afternoon. I'm not sure what caused it but I've never seen that beach so busy! There were probably four or five times as many cars as I've ever seen, and most of them from out of province. We still managed to get a spot with some shade for Buddy, which was the only real important part. The water was amazing so I swam a lot (went out a little deeper and found a baby lobster) and at one point walked into a huge jellyfish when I wasn't paying attention and got the most painful jellyfish sting I've ever experienced.

After the beach we went back to my old place and had a barbecue, played some video games, and then headed back to Charlottetown. I ended up staying late watching "The Watchmen" with Chris. Not a bad movie but I felt pretty confused for most of the first half, and then found the second half kinda too cliche, even for a superhero movie.

Merina is coming to visit! We're going to pick her up at the airport Friday night. She's apparently staying until Joey goes back to Winnipeg at the end of August.