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Back to normal?

This past weekend was eerily reminiscent of normality.
Friday night, Carole and I tried out the new Montanas restaurant in Coquitlam - I had a chicken wrap, salad, and a pint of Canadian, and I was fine! Then we went to a friend's birthday party, where I refrained from the chips and dip, but DID still have a couple beers (this was my first alcohol in a week) and I was fine!
Saturday was a gorgeous day - over 17 degrees on February 27th (which, is actually alarmingly unnatural) so Carole and I walked all the way down the hill to the Marketplace where we had lunch (I had a proscuito and bocaccini panini, and I was fine!) and did a little shopping before the hike back home. It was a hot sweaty day, but we've officially started working on our tans... in February!!! Did I mention it was February?
Saturday night we went to see Wayne's other band "The Rainspider" downtown at a nifty bar I've never been to before, called Smiley O'Niels. (Yes, it's an Irish Pub) - it's a really nice place, and the band was great - it was a lot of fun,and I even had three beers... and I was fine!
Sunday I got up early to do some home-brew bottling, and also watched Alien Vs. Pretator. It was actually a lot better than I thought it would be. We then watched Calendar Girls, then I went outside to do some weeding and gardening for an hour or so - but it was just as hot as the day before, and I had to get inside after a while for fear of sunburn. By the way, I mentioned that it's February, right? As Carole and I lay in the sun for a little while, tanning, I remarked "This is definately wrong... it's snowing in Madrid, there are rainstorms in California, and we're tanning in Canada? This is nice, but it feels wrong... like the world is topsy-turvy...."
So, Sunday night I made breaded chicken breasts and potatoe trouffade, we watched the Oscars, and I had a few beers (okay, five I think... they had been burning a hold in the fridge for two weeks anyway!) - and I was fine!
Of course, I'm not going to let it go to my head - it's back to sanity now. I've got 15 days until my surgery, and I've got to book my pre-operative appointment tomorrow - so, back to reality and the meagre fat-free diet. Oh, and it's raining now too. See, everything's back to normal - of course, this being the last day of February is also the FIRST day of rain all month. We've had the hottest, driest, sunniest February on record. Hooray! I think... I love the sun, but I sure hope this isn't the beginning of a freaky global warming fiasco...