Fun... Fun... Fun...

15 days to law school!

The past two days may well go down in history as the funnest days I'll have had in the summer before law school

Yesterday: sat in my favorite cafe in Old Montreal (can't believe I already have a "favorite cafe in Old Montreal! Pretty cool.) Ate chicken liver and duck pate salad, had coffee in the early afternoon and white wine later into the afternoon. All these beverages made even the boring criminal law book I was reading bearable, even classy.

Then, on a whim, I decided to get a Swedish massage at this spa near the hotel. An hour of bliss followed. After that Boyfriend and I drove to McGill and walked around the campus -- very nice.

Ducked into the university bookstore there and checked out their law section. Only a few books on Canadian law, and many books on American law... how weird. Why would they care about "the rise and fall of the Supreme Court of the United State?" It's not "their Supreme Court. Anywayz...

Back to the hotel and relaxed for a bit. Boyfriend took a nap and woke up around 10:30. We decided to go out again and walked around the old town; had tiramisu ice cream at our "favorite" ice cream shop while sitting outside.

Today: Woke up around 9:30 and decided, on a whim, to go to the Six Flags La Ronde right in town. Boyfriend is scared of heights, so he stayed home. I packed my crim law book (good reading for waiting in line...), camera, water, and off I went! Got to the park half an hour after it opens. Very few people were there -- the combination of the early hours and weekday.

Went on all the usual rides -- the scarier the better -- Boomerang, Cobra, Viper, Monster... The wait was only about 10 minutes for rides in the beginning, and then about 25 minutes in the afternoon.

Met friendly and cute Quebecois guy named Jean-Francois, who is a chiropractor from near Montreal and who is also touring the amusement park by himself. We were together on "Boomerang" and then went our separate ways, then met by accident again by this super-intense looking thing called "Slingshot", and decided to go on together. Basically, you get strapped into this ball attached by rods to two very tall poles on both sides, and then the ball is released into the air and you shoot to about 800 feet into the air, then bounce up and down a few times before you come back down. As I said, VERY intenss.

It was fun talking to Jean-Francois while waiting in lines. It was marred a little bit by my constant worry that he was going to try to pick me up or something, but he was a decent guy and never did / said anything inappropriate. He saw my criminal law book and we started talking about law school, and he told me about his chiropractition practice. When we parted we exchanged emails, and I invited him to look me up whenever he's in town.

Had very nice dinner with Boyfriend and then had ice cream at our usual spot. Then I walked around Old Town some more while he went back to the hotel room and organized his paperwork. Came back just now and am watching TV ("Canadian Idol" -- Yuck).

I wish vacation would never end and law school would never have to start.