Carl’s birthday celebration included massages at Woodhouse Day Spa, drinks and dinner at 5 Church, and Iris’s longest walk. We’d been talking about getting massages for almost a year, but I was holding out because of COVID. We finally pulled the trigger and it was lovely. The Woodhouse downtown location was really pretty and relaxing. We arrived early to enjoy some champagne in the lounge and had a great time. We tried to go to Hall’s to sit at the bar afterwards because Carl really wanted a burger, but it was packed and there weren’t any seats available. Billy Hall actually followed us out onto the sidewalk to try to keep us there, but there was nowhere to sit and we weren’t interested in having a drink standing up shoulder-to-shoulder with a bunch of people. We ended up at 5 Church for the first time and it was super cool. The building is so pretty inside and our drinks and dinners were delicious! The rest of the weekend included lounging and making Iris walk all the way to Breach Inlet and back which was officially her longest walk ever and she did awesome! She’s so strong and energetic now. At the end of the month I also got my hair cut short again because COVID has made me want to spend even less time getting ready and short hair seemed like the answer for lower maintenance.