A picture of the Family and Candice's nacho and popcorn supper!
My friend Mitchell who passed away beginning of August a month before I moved to B.C.
I survived my trip to Alberta! I left on August 12th the Tuesday in the evening on the ferry to Vancouver where Leia and Justin picked me up. It was a late night when we got to there place and the sisters(Candice, Leia and me) chatted and had our own family forum. We left early for the airport the next morning and arrived in Edmonton at 10:30ish. Don't get me wrong, I love visiting my parents and seeing the few friends I still care about there but the moment we landed I just got this feeling of dread in my stomach. Not nervous because I wasn't forced to see anyone I didn't want to but it wasn't a good feeling. Me, mom, Leia and Lucius stopped in Camrose at East Side Mario's for lunch, then drove home and had burgers for supper that night.
Thursday, I went to 59th Street Liquor Store and visited with my boss Sheryl and Steve. I surprised them and visited for a short amount of time that day, after that my mom dropped me off at the cemetery to visit Mitchell and another older friend who passed away before I moved as well. I walked home from there and oh....my....goodness....THE MOSQUITOES WERE INSANE!!! I should have taken some photos, but by the time I got home at 11:30 I guaranteed had about 16 bites arms, legs, face. I know Alberta has a ton of mosquitoes but I forgot that if you want to enjoy the outdoors there you have to first soak in a tub of bug spray. Later that evening was Leia and Mrs. McComish's birthday which is tradition to have a meal together so Mom made chinese food (DELISH)!!
Friday, I spent more hours at the liquor store and even helped stock the beer cooler right before I left. It was sad to say goodbye again.
Saturday, I drove to Ponoka first thing in the morning to spend the day with my friend Braelyn and her two boys. We played Crib all day which is a typical day for us :) I won best out of 3 games and then we played Crib Wars (it is a bigger crib board with a few different obstacles and make the game last a tad longer) but Braelyn won that game...
Sunday, was pool day all day long. I went for a walk with my Dad in the morning while Candice, Leia, Mom, and Lucius were at church.
Monday was again a pool day and I think that was the day that I burnt my stomach so bad. It was also my turn for choice in what Mom made for supper and of course it was Lasagna, garlic toast, caesar salad, and Iced tea!! My friend Evelyn drove from Red Deer (where she recently moved in July) and was there for supper and then we spent the evening together while the rest of the family went to McComish's.
Tuesday was a fun day but short and whenever there is travel time that same day the hours fly by. In the morning I packed my things including a huge mound of clothes that I found that used to fit me back in '09 but didn't when I moved so it was almost like Christmas!! After lunch, the family went swimming and I went quadding!! It was so good because I haven't done that in a few years. When Dad got back, we did Circ du Soleil using the crane in his shop and again haven't done that in years!!! I wasn't even allowed when I worked for Dad still because we always joked about the safety board stopping by.
Mom drove us back to the airport and then the flight back home, which at least we gained an hour and arrived at 7pm. I caught the 9pm ferry back to Victoria, got home at 11:30 or so and only was in bed at 12:30 after chatting about my trip with my friend that picked me up and then had to get up at 6:30am the next morning for work.
I learned a lesson then that one should always book off an extra day after the last day of the trip just to catch up on sleep and unpack.
I was happy I got to visit people in Alberta but I was ecstatic to be back home on the island away from it all...Gizmo was happy to see me and Lindsay (co-worker) took very good care of him. She would send me 10 photos everyday it was very cute. They became good friends I think.
That's all for now and it's almost my lunch break but I will post again after lunch!!! :)
Cya
Sunday, was pool day all day long. I went for a walk with my Dad in the morning while Candice, Leia, Mom, and Lucius were at church.
Monday was again a pool day and I think that was the day that I burnt my stomach so bad. It was also my turn for choice in what Mom made for supper and of course it was Lasagna, garlic toast, caesar salad, and Iced tea!! My friend Evelyn drove from Red Deer (where she recently moved in July) and was there for supper and then we spent the evening together while the rest of the family went to McComish's.
Tuesday was a fun day but short and whenever there is travel time that same day the hours fly by. In the morning I packed my things including a huge mound of clothes that I found that used to fit me back in '09 but didn't when I moved so it was almost like Christmas!! After lunch, the family went swimming and I went quadding!! It was so good because I haven't done that in a few years. When Dad got back, we did Circ du Soleil using the crane in his shop and again haven't done that in years!!! I wasn't even allowed when I worked for Dad still because we always joked about the safety board stopping by.
Mom drove us back to the airport and then the flight back home, which at least we gained an hour and arrived at 7pm. I caught the 9pm ferry back to Victoria, got home at 11:30 or so and only was in bed at 12:30 after chatting about my trip with my friend that picked me up and then had to get up at 6:30am the next morning for work.
I learned a lesson then that one should always book off an extra day after the last day of the trip just to catch up on sleep and unpack.
I was happy I got to visit people in Alberta but I was ecstatic to be back home on the island away from it all...Gizmo was happy to see me and Lindsay (co-worker) took very good care of him. She would send me 10 photos everyday it was very cute. They became good friends I think.
That's all for now and it's almost my lunch break but I will post again after lunch!!! :)
Cya
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