I have a tendency to dislike team outings at work because they tend to be awkward. I just came back from my first team outing with my grad school lab dwellers and all awkwardness was done away with by not actually hanging out together. Admittedly, I missed the “picking up the sandwiches” part because I had to get Trev from daycare and ready for the babysitter. Then we drove to the cinema close to Carleton where we met up with everyone only to end up hanging out alone with Chris because everyone watched a different movie. It wasn’t really avoidable because the film that everyone wanted to see was sold out and the rest of the people had seen some subset of the remaining movies. Two of our group were in the same theater as us, but they were sitting two rows away even though I saved them seats. I could have just gone to AMC Kanata with Chris when my mom was in town. That would have saved me $35 in babysitting money and a ride across town in post rush hour traffic. Grumble… Fortunately, Chris and I enjoyed spending time together and watching the movie.

Last weekend Chris, Trev and I went to the Art in the Park. There were a lot of babies in slings which made me think of Trev last summer when I would snuggle him with me. I remember him being really calm, but I doubt that he was. It wasn’t so long ago and yet I feel I have forgotten it all.