Early good morning from Subway – 5:30 to be exact. It’s my
new early morning drop someone at the airport destination. I didn’t realize
they’re open 24 hrs at the Belvedere and University location. So I can enjoy a
tea or coffee and a breakfast sandwich and be all done before 6:00. Only
problem is there’s no wi-fi but I can work around that. It was a chilly -8’
when we left home this morning but it should reach a sunny hi of -2’ later.
What a great weekend. We enjoyed a really nice meal at the
resort on Friday evening before packing up and heading out early on Saturday
morning. Our first destination was Coldbrook NS to visit with a friend who worked with Lloyd in Toronto and her husband.
Sandra and Phil have built a lovely house there and retired to the east coast
way of life. We met them for breakfast at a local eatery before going back to
their house for a quick visit and tour of the new abode. Then it was off to Windsor to meet with two
IAAP girls – Bonnie and Christine. Lloyd occupied himself by going off and
exploring the local area around the pub the girls and I were meeting at. We had
a very successful meeting and they were totally onboard with the ideas I have
for the event in 2014. Hopefully the rest of the committee will agree and we
can go ahead with our plans.
We left Windsor
around 3:00 and weren’t too far down the road when I received a text message
from Brenda. Seems they were in Nova
Scotia to look at a tractor. I prefer to think they
just missed us and drove over to meet us because they were looking forward to
having us back home (I know, I know… only in my own mind)
It ended up working out well as they met Brenda’s brother
for a coffee and we got to that particular Tim’s just as they were outside
saying their goodbyes. So that worked well. They showed us an alternate way
home that was a lovely drive. Once we all got back to the island we stopped for
something to eat at a restaurant downtown.
It wasn’t very late when we got home but by the time we put
some of our stuff away, it was time for bed as it had been a fairly long day.
Sunday morning dawned cold and overcast but promising to get
sunny and milder later in the afternoon. I finished unpacking and putting
the rest of our holiday supplies away and then we had some breakfast. I was just doing some laundry so
Lloyd could pack to go to Toronto
when Brenda called to see if I was interested in checking out the ski trails
over at Dalvay. Great idea. So she picked me up and we headed over. It was
still overcast but the sun was peeking through from time to time. The trails
aren’t being groomed this year but enough people have been out that there’s a
decent trail to follow. We haven’t really been out yet this year so I’m sure
we’ll be feeling the 6 km that we skied today or tomorrow. My legs and feet
were a bit achy overnight but they’re not so bad this morning. Tomorrow may be
a different story.
After skiing we headed into town and picked up something for
dessert and some Chinese take out for supper. We called Bernie and instructed
him to set the table (which he apparently delegated) and we called Lloyd to
meet us there. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal and the company and it was a nice
relaxing way to end off a totally relaxing week.
Now this morning it’s back to the old routine. I dropped
Lloyd off and I haven’t heard from him so I can only assume he got on the
flight. His friend Jim will pick him up at the airport when he arrives.
I know the kids are looking forward to his visit. James just
got his Cadets uniform and is looking for some pointers on how to put the best
polish on his boots as well as tagging along to the airport to help with
airplane construction when ever he can. Tristen is also looking forward to his
arrival as he’s bringing with him our scrapbook of our visit to Australia in
2005. His teacher remembered one of the other kids bringing it in when their
class studied that part of the world. They are also learning about Africa and Lloyd has some pictures from his trip there.
Who knows, he will likely end up going with Tristen to school as his “Show and Tell’. Tristen would
really enjoy that.
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