SO EXCITED

So, there is only one more day of work before I get to come home and see Tyler again. I can't wait. I am traveling home to hang out with friends and go to a friends wedding. I'm excited. So super excited.

Today was just like every other day, boring, so forgive me if this blog isn't too long. Kitty woke me up at around 5. I heard her playing with the curtains so I got up and opened the curtains for her so she would stop keeping me awake. It was absolutely beautiful out side. Calm water, dark yellow sky with no clouds. If I wasn't about to fall over because it was early, I would have watched that all morning.

I kind of got a good sleep last night. Didn't wake up too many times. I woke up and did my morning business and went off to work. And that's all I have to say about that. Seriously, I finished my work at about 11:30am and didn't do anything the remainder of the day. I texted with Amy again, wrote myself a little note. Didn't do anything. Getting paid to sit around and do nothing constructive is not so bad when I don't want so badly to be home with Tyler.

Once I got home, I made myself some dinner. I am still tired so the plan was to go to bed early. 10pm my time I think will be good.

The weather was so awesome today. Nice and hot. Right now, the sky has a hue of pink in it. There are no clouds out there and the water only has the ripples from boats on it. It is pretty beautiful out here.

Kitty has found a new hiding place. In the spare room on the window sill. She likes to watch the swallows fly back and forth. Speaking of those swallows, I just remembered that I got attacked by those birds after lunch. I was walking out, and they were swarming in our front walk. They were circling over head and one even tried to poop on me. It was actually really scary. I just waved my arms around like a lunatic and they left me alone. I didn't like it.

Only one more work day and then I get to go home. I think I can make it. I'm looking forward to seeing Tyler again. It's been going pretty fast and I hope tomorrow doesn't last forever. I don't like wishing time away, but I just want to be with Tyler again. I want to be with people. It's lonely out here, when the only people I talk to is work (which isn't the best) and then home with Kitty and Monkey. Laugh all you want, but it's been a long week.

I can almost start counting in hours...

Love you Tyler. Can't wait.

Sonja

Sleepy

I am so tired and have been all day. Let me start by explaining what happened yesterday.

I was going to bed at around 11:30pm on Saturday night when my phone rang. It was the RCMP and they needed me to guard some people for them. I went there, knowing I would be there a long time. I was there until 8am Sunday morning. It was a really long night. There were a bunch of drunks sleeping in their cells most of the night. They were quiet and I was able to watch another movie. I'm going to have to find out which movies I haven't watched, just so I can have more to do. The RCMP brought me one more guest. That was one unpleasant person. Kicking the doors, fluent in swearing, and high as a kite. Not the nicest way to spend a Saturday night, but when there isn't any one else to be with, it's the next best thing. It was nice to get paid to do something I would be doing at home any way.

At 8am, the next guard rang the door bell. I went to go let her in, but I went through a door that locked. We were now stuck and I just wanted to get home. My stuff was also locked inside, so I was sad. I also felt like a total loser. I had to call the main dispatch center in Prince George so she could get in contact with the member who was on call, and have him come down and let us in. The dispatcher and I had a laugh about my predicament. I felt bad because the member on call had to be woken up just so he could come down and open a door for us. I told him that I felt really bad and he seemed okay about it.

By the time I got home, I wasn't all that tired any more. Of course I really was exhausted, but I didn't feel it until about 9:30am. I took a little nap. I didn't want to sleep all day, as then I wouldn't sleep at night and Monday would be torture. So, I woke up again and laid on the couch. Laying on the couch offered many things, but none of which helped me stay awake. I soon fell asleep again on the couch multiple times and soon it was about 8pm. I had just woken up from my latest nap, when I decided I should just go to bed. I was clearly that tired and it didn't make sense to stay up any longer.

I headed to bed only to get a phone call. It was the RCMP again, wanting me to come in and guard for another 8 hours. I thought about it, and then when my brain couldn't put a sane thought together, I decided to pass this shift up and just go to sleep. I climbed into bed, feeling my body relax as it finally is able to rest. I got another phone call, only this one was extremely welcome. Tyler called and we talked about his bachelor party, how much fun he was having and other stuff. It was so good to hear his voice again. Ps, I still miss him. Any way, we talked and then we hung up because we were both really sleepy.

I could have predicted what happened next. I could not fall asleep. I was rolling and tossing and turning, pretty much doing everything but falling asleep. It was frustrating. Every time I looked at the clock, it was only 20 minutes later. All night long. Of course I did get some sleep, but it sure didn't feel like it.

And that leads us to this morning. What a gross morning. It was easy to get up because I was already awake. I got dressed and after some morning time, I went to work. Since I took Friday off, I was expecting there to be a ton of paper that needed to be scanned. I got there and there was a mountain, but I knew it would be done before lunch. And it was. I got my work done today at 11:30 and then it was off to lunch. I also had been texting Amy all morning, which was nice. It's always great to hear from people, especially when I had to find a way to waste time.

I had jam toast and cucumber slices. It was tasty. I continued to talk with Amy, only now we switched to facebook chat. It was a good time.

Then I went back to work. I put some finishing touches on the day and still had an hour and a half to figure out what to do with my time. All with a big old headache, which had moved in some where after lunch. I was still texting with Amy. I didn't do anything remotely close to real work because I was done all I had to do.

I came home and made some supper. Strawberry and banana smoothie with a bowl of rice krispies on the side. I am still uber tired, and there still isn't anything to do, so I am just sitting here, blogging right now, watching some tv. I know, my life is thrilling but give me a break. I'm just counting to days until Thursday. Thursday will be a glorious day. I get to see my hun again in a very dramatic airport reunion. Amy and I have planned it out. I mean, we've planning our very own reunion which will take place when I come back into town, very excited. But, Tyler better be prepared for the ultimate in lovers reunions. I'm warning you babe!

The weather was amazing today, which is typical. It's always crappy weather on the weekends and really hot sunny weather on the weekdays, when we can't enjoy it. It does make me feel better that it's been raining in Edmonton. Makes me feel like I have something out here to enjoy.

Tonight looks like this: ...hmmm, nope, there aren't any plans. Tv, facebook, playing with Kitty.

I forgot to mention the helpless Doctor I am looking after. He comes in and I introduce myself. He gave me a look like he really didn't care at all. I was just trying to be nice, but he was just a huge grump. He would walk past the waiting room to ask me who was next to see him, even though I gave him a schedule. He could very easily look at the schedule, and call the people in himself. But nope, I get paid to call the patients into his exam room. What a grump! Oh well, not everyone can be happy all the time.

I have run out of things to talk about. I could continue on about how much I miss Tyler still but that's a little over done for those of you who maybe don't miss him as much as I do. I will keep further thoughts like that to myself. Maybe!

Love you babe

Sonja

We're singing fight, fight, fight on Eskimos

Well today was an early morning after a successful bachelor party for Tony. Golfing was good, the weather was good and the BBQ was delicous. It was good to be able to hang out and have fun. But of course with a fun time comes a late night followed by an early morning. We were up until 3:30 and I had set my alarm for 8 to be able to get to church on time from Blackfalds and help Tony clean up a little bit before taking off.

I went home first and quickly showered and then off to chuch. It was good to be back in a familiar church again, even if it was just for this week. It was great to see friends again and to catch up and answer questions about our new life. Through this I was offered a ticket to the Eskimos game tonight, so since they were playing the Lions, the local favorite in Bella Bella, and because it was a football game I went. The weather was fair. We got there and it was windy and there were clouds coming in and it was only a matter of time before the rain was unleashed. Living in a rainforest, I can now tell when that sort of thing is going to happen. Unfortunately I was excited to come home to enjoy the awesome weather that has been going on here, only to get more rain. If I wanted rain I could have stayed in BC. But back to the football game, it rained and was windy, but cleared and was warm in the sun. Strange Alberta weather. The football game wasn't anything that spectacular, it was super defensive, only one touchdown for Edmonton and a fieldgoal. BC won 25-10, so now I will have to go back and try to live that one down, but at least I can say that I was there. That helps. It was fun regardless of the loss. But due to the game, my plans of sleeping this afternoon were shot, so now I am very tired and am off to bed.

That is all I have for now. Sorry its not very long.

Tyler

All alone and bored

So, since it's just me and Kitty here in beautiful Bella Bella, I didn't do anything today. I got to sleep in until 9:30 and that was glorious. I had a breakfast of cereal and after leaving the dishes for another time, I worked out. I skipped for about half an hour and then lifted weights. It feels good to be doing stuff. I also watched a few movies, but honestly, since it was such a boring day for me, I don't even remember which ones.

I made lunch. Cucumber sandwich with extra cucumbers on the side. I also had a smoothie. And that's about it. It pretty much sucks being here alone. I put on one of Tyler's hoodies, to make it at smell like someone else is here. It just made me miss him more. Only a few more days till I get another hug from him...can't wait!!!

The weather was alright most of the day. Not that warm, but not cool. Now, it is completely fogged in. Can't see across the bay.

Kitty was being super cute today. She is now sleeping right beside me.

Happy weekend!

Love you and miss you Ty.

-Sonja

2 posts tonight...wow

I know that it is technically Tyler's turn to post something, but since we aren't in the same province right now, and I need something to do, here goes the second blog post for the night. Sorry to make you read more then you are used to.

My day started early. I woke up a few times starting at around 4am. It's never going to be a good day when it starts like that. I had planned on taking today off from the clinic, just to have a longer long weekend, and there wouldn't be anything for me to do today any way. It was 8:45am and I was so excited to still be in bed. But then my phone rang. In my half sleep sedated state, I immediately thought it was the clinic phoning to see where I was. It would have been so typical for them to forget that we agreed I could take the day off. I answered the phone and it was the RCMP detachment, wondering if I could come in and guard someone. I was a little confused, as I had no training and I was still not all there. I had 10 minutes to wake up and get my butt over there. Luckily, it's about a minute walk, so I wasn't too concerned about the timing. I pounced out of bed, threw some clothes on, made sure to brush my teeth, grabbed a granola bar and headed over there.

I wasn't nervous because they said they would give me a crash course on how to do it. It is really simple. I am supposed to watch the prisoner on the monitor and every 15 minutes, write down what they are doing. I soon found myself bored, as drunk people tend to sleep for hours and hours.

As the time went by, I was getting more and more hungry. A granola bar didn't fill me up and it was time for lunch. Since I basically woke up and ran over there, I didn't even think to bring any more food for myself for throughout the day. Also, I was told that next time I come, I should bring something to do. Computer with movies, books, cards...something to make the time pass. And next time I will.

The day went by pretty fast. It was nice to meet some of the members. Although its a really boring easy job, I kind of like it better then the other job I have. Maybe because it's still new. Maybe because I can do anything I want and as long as I write down what the prisoner does every 15 minutes, the boss will be happy. I'm looking forward to more shifts there. Not looking forward to being woken in the middle of the night but I can always turn shifts down there. I like that too. If I don't want to go in, I don't have too.

I ended up texting Amy and Tyler most of the day. Both are on vacation right now. So jealous! When I came home, I finished the rest of the pancake batter from the previous couple nights. I made 2 super pancakes and had a glass of milk.

I just finished watching a movie that wasn't really as good as I had hoped.

I also got to talk with Tyler tonight. It was good to hear his voice. I miss you babe! But I will see you in less then one week.

Any way, no plans for the night. Just hanging out with Kitty. I think Kitty missed me today. We had all these plans for the day that got ruined when I got called in to work. She's okay though. There is always tomorrow.

Glad to hear that Morfar is out of the hospital and now at home. That is always welcome news.

Hope every one has a good weekend.

-Son

I love you Ty!

Home

Well yesterday I came home. I spent the day packing and flying. the flights were nice. It is pretty easy to fly home which is nice. The flight from Vancouver was pretty close to half full. I flew into Calgary and Tony picked me up. We went to Tony's place in Blackfalds and hung out and spent the night there. We woke up and made some last minute calls for his bachelor party tomorrow. We are going golfing at the Nursery Golf Course in Lacombe and then back to his place for a BBQ. Dad came down and picked us up and we went to Red Deer to pick up food for the BBQ. It was handy for him to come because I wouldn't have known how much to buy. We ran around Red Deer for a little bit. Picked up a few things that Sonja and I want to take back to the island. After we dropped the food off at Tony's and I came home with Dad. I came home to discover that all of our stuff that we left behind was gone. It turns out that it is all packed away in a "mouse proof" shed outside. It is kinda bad because I was going to go through it and try to find some more stuff that we want to take back. Now that task is going to be much more difficult.

I came home and had a suitcase half full of fresh salmon and crab legs. I went over to Grammie and Grandpas to say hi and to drop off a chunk of salmon. Tomorrow is the bachelor party so hopefully the weather is nice. Thats kinda why I came home, to get away from the rain. Not much on plan for tonight. Watch some TV and relax.

Tyler

Big sigh

I always hate regretting things. I will always remember when I was about 5 or 6 and mom and dad took me to walmart. This was back in the days when collecting stickers was the coolest thing I did and I was being treated. Mom and dad said I could choose any sticker book I wanted. For some reason, I didn't end up getting one, even though I at one point had one in my hand that I wanted. I went home empty handed. I have always regretted not getting that sticker book. Not sure what the draw to it was, but I think about from time to time and I have no idea why I didn't buy it. Any ways, I am regretting right now not going home with Tyler. Tyler is, right now, in the Vancouver airport, waiting to go home. And I am sitting in Bella Bella, alone with Kitty, doing nothing, regretting not going with him. The reason why I am sitting here instead of with Tyler is because we didn't have anyone to look after Kitty while we were gone. I offered to stay. And what a bad decision that was.

The day started pretty good. We were both awake and out of bed by 9:00am. I made pancakes and for once, I didn't burn them. Tyler taught me how to make pancakes without burning them. The trick is to not put them in a burning hot pan, but to slowly cook them. They turned out good, only they were really small and really thin. Mini crepes. Tasty.

Then Tyler got ready for his big trip. He finished the laundry from last night and folded all his clean clothes. He packed away the crab and salmon and was all ready to go by 1:00. He just wanted to get out of here. I just wanted him to stay. I kept shedding a few tears because I am going to miss him. And I do. I hate not being able to be with him. It's hard but I know he will have so much fun. And I am super jealous that I will be here, not having as much fun.

Then we went to the airport. The e-brake gave us some more trouble, but soon we were waiting at the airport and I kept crying. I didn't want him to leave but sitting there waiting for him to leave was torture. Luckily, to lighten the mood, there was a little tiny kitten in the terminal. A little boy was holding it. She was orange and so cute. The little boy took the kitten outside and returned with it in a cat tote. He was carrying it around and then went back outside. He returned again, only now, by some mysterious happening, the kitten was now a full grown cat. It was a strange moment for about 10 seconds, until we realized that of course it was a different cat. But they looked the same. Then we noticed the little kitty in there too. It made my day a little happier when I didn't think anything would.

We said our see-you-laters (because you never say good bye!!) and I walked out of the airport. My plan was to run back to our apartment, and I did...in 20 minutes. I ran about half way and then walked really fast. I saw the plane in the sky and that was that. From all that crying, I had and still have a huge headache. I miss Tyler but he called and that made it all better. He said there were 3 cats on the flight and one dog underneath.

So, now I am doing nothing...there is actually less to do, now that Tyler isn't here. I don't want to go for a walk alone, and that is really all there is to do here.

I am currently watching Thelma and Louise. It's a silly movie.

Kitty is laying beside me. Sleeping.

I made a smoothie for supper. Only I made more then one person needed and even more then Tyler and I could drink. It was good.

I should probably try to cut Kitten's toe nails. They are tricky to get too, plus the fact that she hates pedicures, this will be a tough game to play with her.

No plans for the night. I am just waiting for Tyler's call again, once he gets into Calgary.

It's funny how much I miss Tyler. How much I want to be with him right now. It makes me feel so happy that I get to spend the rest of my life with him. I just can't wait till next thursday.

-Son