I'm onna train!

On my way to Ottawa for my two-day escape. As some of you may remember, last year I won a raffle prize of two nights' accommodation in any Delta hotel in Canada. I had to use it before October 31, 2012, so when I realised the year had crept up on me, I made hurried plans to go to Ottawa, which is far enough away (four hours by train) to rate as Away, but close enough that only taking a couple of days wouldn't be a waste. I plan to relax, wander around, take photos, relax some more and basically scope the place out for a future, longer trip, perhaps in February when the winter festival is on and there's ice skating on the canal.

And since the train has wi-fi and I'm done sleeping and have an hour to go, here I am, updating things. Email might have to wait until this evening, since the wi-fi is a bit slow, but it is nice to be able to putter away on the laptop and not worry about Lawyer A calling me to ask me to do something every five minutes (as happens at work), or interrupting myself to unpack suff (as happens at home).

A good start to a couple of days of 'me' time.