Blood, sweat, and tears.

So after I tore myself away from Leann's warm bed yesterday morning, I met up with Chantal and Brendan. We left Halifax after grabbing a coffee at about 8am.

I guess I should outline what's going on for people who aren't in the know. I'm helping out with driving on a road trip westward, ending for Brendan and I in Saskatoon. When we get to Saskatoon we're going to camp and hitch our way back eastward to Montreal for the book fair at the end of the month.

Chantal drove until we got to Moncton, I slept in the back seat. Smart lad that I am, I decided to sleep before we picked up two more people who were tagging along with us until Toronto, and I was able to sprawl out and get comfy. When we got to Moncton I met Tracy and Cory, our fourth and fifth to the car. Chantal has known them for years and years. Great people!

I took the driver's seat from Moncton, and we listened to some awesome music. I still have to get a list of the bands I really liked, but a few of them are "The Matadors", "The Riverdales", and "The Cave Warps".

Driving is boring, a lot of the time was spent with everyone sleeping while I drove and drove.

Everything gets better once you get through New Brunswick, soooo boooring. After the Quebec border we stopped for cheap beer and poutine.

Driving driving driving. I gave up my driver's seat outside of Montreal because I couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. Brendan took over.

Montreal is a cool city to be in when the Canadians are playing an important game. It's really cool how dedicated the fans are, even when they're not at the game.

We got in to Toronto last night at about 4am. I was exhausted, I went straight to sleep, and I laid like a log in a deep sleep for six hours at Brendan's sister's awesome loft on her pull out couch.

Today we got up and went on a mission. I wanted new sunglasses (I bought some here last year and lost them) which was a long walk away, and we stopped at every bike shop on the way, and got into many long conversations shooting the shit about our two wheeled machine-friends.

We had two slices of pizza and a pop for $3.50 tax inc. for breakfast. Awesome. Then on the way home we got a shitload of broccoli, celery, tomatoes, potatoes, and other items to use for dinner. We made a veggie stirfry with homefries and homemade ketchup. So awesome.

I got to talk to Leann tonight. I got a calling card this afternoon. Those things are so annoying to use. I miss her.