It's Cottage Day. It's Hire an Assistant Day. It's the End of the Work Week Day. It's a Good Hair Day. It's Take a Long Lunch Day. It's Friday. Here's Five.

1. How are you planning to spend the summer?
Peacefully. I'll work a little, nap a little, garden a little.

2. What was your first summer job?
Smuggling cigarettes from the Akwesasne reservation into Cornwall Ontario.

3. If you could go anywhere this summer where would you go?
Nappa Valley.

4. What was your worst vacation ever?
With my then boyfriend, in Washington DC. The car's alternator died as we were driving into the city in afternoon rush hour. The car just "stopped", in the centre lane of a busy freeway. Two days and a new alternator later, we got horribly lost thanks to my unskilled map reading. A horrible fight ensued, and lasted for most of the day. Back at our hotel, I went for a swim while he, unbeknownst to me, left. Hours later the dink returned with an empty pizza box and many apologies. I never forgave him... mostly because he went out for food and didn't bring me anything.

5. What was your best vacation ever?
Lots of good ones. My honeymoon was so peaceful. My favourite part, or my favourite publishable part was cruising all the Christmas craft fairs in the country with my new hubby. We also had Bigkitty with us, and I have wonderful memories of the three of us hanging out together in front of the fire.