This Friday is our Fifthiversary – 5 years of wedding bliss, or something. To celebrate within the confines of our own (admittedly glorious) country, we are going to Saltspring Island to stay at a fancy resort spa thing for relaxing and island nudity. We’re leaving tomorrow morning, so today I am going to pack some Romantic Weekend Essentials to take with us:

• Mood-setting candles
• Sexy lubricants
• Various things from the toy box
• Good-smelling melty bath things
• Nintendo DS Lites, chargers and a dozen games
• Seasons 1 and 2 of The Brak Show
• Diet Coke
• Pants for when I have to go outside because I ran out of Diet Coke
• A laptop for internetting
• Several digital cameras to take naked pictures of Ed or of any bears we might encounter
• Other people

We had originally planned to scoot to the island, but the weather is not going to cooperate so we will have to drive. On one hand this sucks because I love scooting and it would be much easier to explore the island; on the other it means I can bring more crap in case I need it. For example, I might need my printer. You never know when you are going to need to print something.

Yesterday was a productivity write-off, so today I have a zillion things to do. Last night’s Dinner for Dad turned into an impromptu dinner party making for a sink full of dirty dishes, there are hairs to henna, paperwork to finish, and the above-mentioned sexy things to pack. I should get started. Here I go. Ready? One – two – hey, I wonder if my pinatas have finished having sex yet?