Conditions at 6:00 am: -16' and clear skies
Expected later: -3' and maybe 10 to 15 cm of snow but we could also get rain and above freezing temperatures before tomorrow morning
Friday night dinner and curling by the fire
Well, it was a busy weekend. On Friday afternoon, it started snowing around 3:30 and it snowed quite heavily until I left work at 5:30. I met the girls at the Civic Centre to decide what they were going to do. As the roads were very slippery and the snow continued to come down, they made the decision to go home and watch the evening draw on TV. In the 10 to 15 minutes I was in the arena, it changed from heavy snowfall to heavy rain. It was the weirdest thing ever. But we went home anyway and in retrospect it was a good decision. I knew we might be in for some nasty weather so had discussed it with Craig on Friday. Sure enough, when I went out on Saturday morning, it had changed to snow again overnight and the winds had picked up to 90 km an hour. When I went out at 7:00 am, the snow in the bottom half of the driveway was mid-thigh deep. Not something even Bernie's 4 wheel drive truck would be able to tackle, and it was way too much snow to shovel. So I called Craig and told him I couldn't get there. Frank came over mid morning to blow out the snow, and didn't he get stuck. He had to call someone else to come with another tractor to get him out so they could finish the job. It was almost noon by the time we got out. Fortunately by that time the roads were not too bad. There were still some areas with blowing snow but for the most part it was okay. The afternoon draw on Saturday was at 12:00 so the girls were only a little bit late. I didn't have a ticket so I watched from inside the lounge, on the big screens. None of us had tickets for the evening draw so we all bought some when we got first got there. After the game was over at 3:00 there was some great east coast music being played so I stayed in the lounge and listened to that while the other three went off to the casino...again. Other than watching curling, that seemed to be the only thing they were interested in doing, so I just let them go to it.
The evening draw was earlier than previous ones, starting at 5:00 instead of 7:30 which meant we were home by 9:00, which was nice.
Sunday morning Katy helped me load up the wood, and then they headed off to town around 1:00. I had a ticket for the final draw at 7:30 but I was also picking Brenda and Bernie up at the airport at 6:00 so I didn't go to town until about 5:10. Their flight was right on time and the three of us headed over to the Civic Centre.
They had a great time in Toronto and got to do a lot of stuff in a short time.
Once at the arena, Brenda and I managed to both get into the sponsors lounge, to meet up with Bernie, and Richard and Daralen. We had something to eat then headed out to our seats. By coincidence, our seats were almost all right together, being just behind where the other girls were sitting.
It was an exciting and very close game with the winner not determined until the very final rock, which we were all sure would be in Team Canada's favour. The Saskatchewan team had a LOT of support from the crowd there last night, and the place literally exploded when Jennifer threw the final rock AND it didn't achieve the results she had hoped for, AND it became obvious that Saskatchewan had won the gold medal.
We stayed to watch the awards ceremony, then we all headed back home. We got back just in time to see the last bit of the Academy Awards and to see The King's Speech win best actor and best picture. We won't know till this morning's news what other awards it might have won.
Today the ladies are staying home and cooking dinner for me. That will be really a treat. They will also be home all day as they have no vehicle, but I think the Casino will survive today without their contributions!
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