The week was all about getting ready for Canada. I was
flying out on Sunday and had a big to do list.
I was slamming at work to get all of my F&A work done,
determined that I would not be the hold up for other work being done while I
was gone. I got my swap box mailed off early in the week, and then started in
on my house list. Not only is it nicer to come back to a neat house but the
cleaning lady would be coming the day after I flew back so I needed to be
prepared for her. I plugged away at the list and was feeling good about things
by the end of the week. I even had time for some fun after work, mostly because
I had Saturday to pack and finish the final stuff.
I got an email from the local dyer that she had some new
yarn dyed and I could choose a new skein to replace my problem one from earlier
in the month. I stopped at her place after swimming one night and had a lovely
time chatting and picking the new yarn. The next night Andrea and I were doing
dinner and a movie. After swimming, I met her at YiaYia’s for pizza then it was
on to The Ross for Calvary, the most depressing film ever. It was 10:00 by the
time I got home and I was beat. The next day I felt like crap. It was day one
of the 4th week of my cold and I was pretty sure at that point that
it was something else. Duh! I left work early to see the doctor, who said I had
a sinus infection. Now that’s the most over diagnosed thing on the planet (it’s
a pet peeve of mine that everyone says they have a sinus infection the second
their nose runs when 99% of the time it’s just a cold) but I had a fever (maybe
those weren’t all hot flashes I’d been having) and the doc said I did in fact
have one. I left with prescriptions for antibiotics and nose spray. He said I’d
feel better in a couple of days, which worked for me cuz I’d be in Canada in 48
hours.
Saturday was a pleasant day of finishing the last to do’s
and packing. I even had some time to relax in there, which was nice. One of the
last things I did was to put ear mite medicine and flea stuff on all the cats.
Despite having had both of these before, Pixel had a reaction and was drooling
profusely. This didn’t start until bedtime on Saturday so all I could do was
worry and keep an eye on her. I slept very little that night and she was fine
when the alarm went off at 4:00 a.m. I was on the road to the airport by 4:30
and had a completely uneventful flight, which was refreshing. And what a
welcome sight it was to have Eileen, Gail and Cindy beaming at me when I exited
the gate area. This was going to be a fun trip.
After dropping Gail at her house, we drove to Eileen’s. I
was searching for something that wasn’t just like the states but coming up dry.
Eileen’s home was beautiful and she had even bought a bed and redone her sewing
room so I wouldn’t have to sleep in the basement guest room. Over the top! We
had homemade soup for dinner and then went to the most fabulous store – The
Bulk Barn. Now Whole Foods and most grocery stores have bulk bins but this was
an entire store with nothing but bins. I had a field day and found all kinds of
fun stuff to take home, including some maple flakes (can’t get them in the
states) to put on oatmeal. I even found (I think I squealed when I saw them)
the ever elusive lemon baking chips. It was a fun store and we went home to
watch the first episode of Outlander on Eileen’s enormous (biggest I’ve ever
seen) TV. It was great to be there and it was going to be a fun week.
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