GREAT long weekend! It didn’t start off so great though. I had booked Friday afternoon off to get the bags and car packed so that the family and I could be on the road by 4pm on the dot. Firstly, I got into work for 7:30am with Marshy trailing in after my by 5 minutes. She says let’s go to Timmy’s for a coffee before work. Off we go in The Max. As we pull out of the parking lot the car LOSES THE MUFFLER! I’m not talking about it went sparking down the street, the car just got a hell of a lot louder. I curse all the way back to work with Marshy laughing at me. I call in to the dealership and find out there is a slot open at 10am. No problem. As we are getting through the morning routine we find out some devastating news. One of our co-workers in the active area died the night before. A healthy, athletic 33 year old man just collapsed while wake-boarding. Grief counselors on site and everything. I leave at 9:30 to drive all the way across town, to get a whole new exhaust system for the bargain price of $355. Yippee. Then I get home and start tidying the house to get ready to start packing. On the way to the guest room where we keep our luggage I wandered into the laundry room for no particular reason…and step in a puddle of water!?! One of the pipes leading into the hot water heater has a slow leak. We get out the old wrench and follow the old rule of “Lefty loosy, righty tighty”. The slow leak is not a fast one. Fast forward to us calling a plumber in within the half hour them spending 10 minutes replacing an “O” ring and I’m sure it’s going to be about $60 whenever the bill gets here. SIGH! Now I pack the bags, the toiletries, The Boy’s bike and helmet, and various toys for the boy to play with in the backseat. Enter J playing a video game…until 4:15pm and me about to snap. Finally out the door by 4:25pm.
At this point it is now a relaxing weekend. Except for the fact that I get sick, another frickin’ cold, yay. Got to see Tom and Lori twice, for the first time in my life I drank an entire bottle of wine by myself, with no hangover thank you very much! My brother, his wife and their son came for dinner and had a great time. The boys played very well and even had a bath together! Will be back to do Thanksgiving with them the weekend before the holiday cause only 5 more weeks until we go to Fredericton! YAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! *Kermit Arms*
Will post again this week. Must go fold a mountain of laundry on my bed.
Ciao for now!
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YYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY!! *ditto on the Kermit arms* I can't wait to see you all! YYAAAAAAAAAAAAYYY!
Wanna call your 'Rent's and see if they wanna see the boy this time, too? If you book us early you have better chances of getting us on your preferred night. It's going to be another "relaxing" week! :)
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