Tired

Well today something radically different happened. It was actually steady at work. I got there and there was stuff to do. Did that and there was more to do. So that continued for most of the day. It was nice to be busy for a change. But it probably won't last long as it will likely be slow tomorrow. After work I came home and had supper.

As if right on cue, the first day I am on call and working all day it was gorgeous and sunny. To bad this didn't happen yesterday when I could have enjoyed. So being on call I was in the middle of doing dishes tonight when the phone rang. So I went out for the call around twenty to seven. I came home before 8 to find the dish water still kinda warm. So I finished drying what I had washed and finished washing everything else. I just saw the air ambulance fly in so the patient is on the way out to Vancouver. Now I am watching TV and relaxing for the rest of the night. Although it was busy I still don't have much to tell you about so thats all for tonight. Of course it is supposed to be nice tomorrow. Hopefully it will be nice when I am done work so I can go out and do some fishing from the shore.

Tyler

Long weekend fun!!!

Well, we are home from the Lake now, all burnt and ready for a nap. This weekend was so much fun.

We packed up the vehicle and headed out to Slave Lake, my favorite place to be. It had been really hot all day on Friday so we were hoping that the weather would carry up north to the lake. Aaron, Amy and I arrived at around 8ish and mom and dad arrived very shortly afterwards. It was so great to see my parents again.

We unpacked and I started to pump up the air mattress that I would be using. Air pumps kind of suck. A lot of time and energy went into blowing it up, so it was nice to set up my bed. It was in the middle of the living room, but I didn't care.

Eva and Dan came as well, and we all thought they would be bringing a van to sleep in, but they didn't. All that time and energy was not spent on making a nice bed for me, but for them. I was a little mad about it because I had to sleep on the couch, but I soon got over that. It helped a little that the air mattress started leaking, so I had to smile a little over that. The couch wasn't so bad and it makes more sense for them to sleep on it then me.

Any way, the weekend was fantastic. Saturday the weather called for cloudy with periods of sun and that's what we got. We went down to the beach and laughed and talked and it was so great to hang out with my sisters and mom again.

The weekend was filled with pie irons (which are tasty sandwiches made in a camp cooker over a fire) and hotdogs. Lots of candy from Denmark and peanut butter cups.

Sunday was beautiful. It was sunny with bits of cloud. I used sunscreen but missed most of the top of my back. It is now a lovely shade of bright pink/red and it hurts when my shirt rubs on it.

Today is was cloudy and a bit rainy so we all woke up and were hanging out in the cabin. Dad made us fried eggs and toasts and we laughed some more. Then we packed up and are now at Amy and Aarons home.

It feels great to have a shower and be clean again. I wish Tyler could have been with us at the lake. It's always better when he is there.

The plan for tonight is simple. Aaron has a baseball game so we will go watch that, although I have a headache and am really tired (I think we all are though). I think for dinner we will have leftover hotdogs and mac and chesse.

Its going to be a great week. I get to see friends and go to a cousins wedding.

Tyler, I love you and miss you so so much. Only 6 more days and I will be with you again.
Love you tons

Sonja

Nothing New Again

Nothing new or out of the ordinary today. I woke up and decided to go to the store for groceries this week. I got there and there was nothing unloaded from the truck and therefore not to much on the shelves. I didn't get everything that I wanted. I still need to go back for bread and milk, sandwich meat and other essentials. So I will be going tomorrow. The weather was cloudy most of the day. I was going to go to a lake today, but I didn't. That can be postponed until tomorrow. After getting groceries I made some pancakes for breakfast. They were leftover from the batch that Sonja made. The rest of the day was pretty lazy. I tried to make pizza from scratch for supper. It wasn't bad but I think the dough was to doughy or something. Maybe I cooked it to long. I'm not sure but it was kinda disappointing. I am watching the Discovery Channel right now because it is shark week starting tonight. Pretty cool video on these shows.

Not to much on tap for tonight. Tomorrow Sonja is gonna be back in Edmonton so maybe she can give a more exciting account of the weekend than I am.

Tyler

Lazy Day

Well today was pretty boring so I will tell a little bit of yesterday, only because I saw two whales swimming in the channel at lunch. It was cool to see whales again. It has been a little while, especially because we missed out on a whale swimming out in front of our place last weekend. Nothing happened at work worth mentioning. It was slow yet again. I came home and made a couple hamburgers for supper and watched TV.

This morning I was woken up by the cat way to early. She started meowing around 5 and I couldn't really get back to sleep fully. I got up at eight and vacuumed, did dishes and laundry. After that was all done I watched some TV and ate another burger for lunch. After lunch I fell asleep on the couch for half an hour until Sonja called me and woke me up. After talking to her for a few minutes I went back to sleep. I woke up around four and made some popcorn and watch Pirates of the Caribbean 3. Canada's Worst Handyman is on now and it is pretty funny to watch those people try to be handy. No plans for the rest of the night. Relax some more.

Tyler

AHHHH

So, as you all know from Tyler's post last night that my trip back home didn't go according to plan. Here is my own account of the day that would never end:

We woke up. I was super excited because I was getting to come home and not go to work. I made pancakes for breakfast. They were super thick and I burned mine. I cleaned up after Tyler went to work and finished getting all my stuff ready and organized.

Tyler took me to the airport. I wasn't a huge mess when it was time for him to go back to work, although it is never fun to leave the love of your life for any amount of time. So, I sat there, all excited about coming home, and seeing family and friends. That dream was dashed when they said that my flight, 801 was completely cancelled. I didn't really think anything of it because my boarding pass said I was flight 804. I just thought of the poor suckers who now didn't have a flight out. I soon found out I was a poor sucker. I stayed around the airport, mainly because I thought I was still going out but also because Tyler was at work and I didn't feel like walking back home. Once I realized I wasn't going any where, I went into the bathroom and just cried. That was a bad idea because I get huge massive headaches when I cry like that. I composed myself and went to go see what my options were. The lady at the counter looked upset that I didn't get to go home and she told that there might be a possibility I can get out. I was the only one left at the airport so she told me there was a charted fishing flight that was landing here that wasn't full. And that's when I started praying.

It wasn't until much later that the flight actually came in. I had no idea if I was getting on it of if I would have to spend another night in Bella Bella. I was told it all depends on how much weight they are carrying. If it was under some magic number, I was allowed to get on. If it was over, then it was game over for my vacation. The numbers were in and I was told to get a hold of West Jet to change my flight because I was going. I was on hold with West Jet when I saw the ladies recalculating their math and saying, "Oh wait a moment, now we are over." I put the phone down and waited, anticipating having to go back into town.

It all happened really fast. I was told I was going for sure and to change my flight. I was on hold for about 7 minutes with West Jet when I had to board the plane. The lady who was helping me all day took the phone, and told me she would change the flight to a later one. I took off from Bella Bella not knowing when my next flight was, if she could even change it.

This chartered flight was mostly filled with fishermen. We got a great snack, consisting of a chicken wrap, cheese, chocolate, apple slices and orange juice. I don't think I should have taken one. It was only that good because these men had paid big bucks to be there...and here I was, laying low so no one would notice I snuck on that plane. I have no idea how much it cost but Pacific Coastal has taken care of it. They worked really hard to get me out of there. I am for sure going to send in my comment card with high regards to those people.

I am now in Edmonton. Last night, there was some nasty thunderclouds and windy conditions, but I am just glad to be here.

I got a text from Tyler this morning saying that its a good thing I got out yesterday because today is extremely foggy and likely no one is going any where. That's God at work right there.

This weekend I am going out to Slave Lake with my family. It's pretty much the best place on earth. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone, but my brother Tyler wont be there, (Or so I've been told) so that's too bad. It would have been good to see him too.

And that is the account of the day that wouldn't end. I did see a lot of funny people in the airports I was in. It's funny how strange people are...

I hope you all have a great safe long weekend. I miss Tyler so much again. I know this time I'm the one who is in town, but it still isn't great having to leave him out there.

Love you tons Tyler
Son

Flight...eventually

Thursday started like most other days. Got up, had a shower and Sonja made breakfast. I went to work and Sonja finished up a few things before taking off for home. The morning was slow and I was finally able to leave for a few minutes to take Sonja to the airport for her early flight out of here. It was a little bit foggy out and we didn't think it would be to bad for the flight, but we were wrong. Her flight out never came in, to go back out. They tried landing but weren't able to and had to turn back to go to Port Hardy. So I waited around for Sonja to hear something about flying out before heading back to work. I went back and was there for probably ten minutes before being told to take my lunch break, so I went for lunch. I called Sonja to see if she had heard anything and they were going to try another plane in within the hour to get the flight out. So I ate lunch and Sonja waited for the flight. It didn't come. After lunch I went back to work, Sonja called me and told me that she might be able to get on the late flight, which doesn't leave until 5, missing her flight to Edmonton. So I went to pick her up so she didn't need to wait at the airport. I got there and Sonja was on the phone with Westjet to see if she could change her flight, if she in fact got to Vancouver. They were very good with that and told her to call back when she knew what was going on. She was also told that there was a fishing charter flying out that was non-stop to Vancouver and would be there shortly before 5. There were 24 people booked on the plane and it can hold 27 so there was room for her, if it worked out. She called Westjet again and was on hold when she found out that she could get on the charter and actually get out of here today. So the women in charge of the airport stayed on hold for her and changed her flight with Westjet to the 6:30 flight. It was all done and Westjet called and left a message on her phone so she knew it was all done. She is home know after all of this.

My day went back and forth between work and the airport. I haven't put this many kilometers on my car since we moved out here, a whole whopping 6. The rest of the day was slow at work and I was glad for the break at the airport. I saw a cruise ship go by one of the times I came home from the airport. It was a Regency ship. I had pizza for supper and watched the Discovery Channel. Not much else on plan for tonight, just watch TV and go to bed.

Tyler

Well its Wednesday and the last day of work for Sonja. She is leaving tomorrow for 10 days. She will be going to Slave Lake for the weekend which means I will be doing all of the blogging for a few days. Again it was a super slow day. But it didn't start out as such. It was a little bit busy in the morning and it looked promising for being busy. But that was a big fat lie. It slowed down like it has every other day this week. Nothing really worth mentioning except that the big wigs from Vancouver Coastal were here for a site visit. So the hospital put on a special lunch for them and all the staff. It was a boring meet and greet and Sonja and I didn't want to be there. So looking for an opportunity to get out my phone started ringing. It was my Aunt Karla. So I talked to her for a bit and she wanted to talk to Sonja. So I went and rescued Sonja and we just came home and had our own relaxing lunch. Lunch mixed with all the staff at work, seems like work to me and not really how I would like to spend my hour off. It was good to hear an unexpected voice from home. The rest of the day had these big shots touring the hospital and talking to staff. Since they are in charge of funding, my boss wanted us to make it look like we were busy. However this couldn't have been farther from the truth. So we took out a bunch of samples from earlier in the week and got them "ready" to be analyzed. The plan worked flawlessly. They seemed to be happy that it looked like we were busy. They were only there for a few minutes and asked questions about how we do things here. After that it was almost time for me to go home. I finished up some things and then got ready to go. Just as I was about to leave I was told that these people wanted to talk with everyone else they missed during the day. So I had to stay an extra 20 minutes to let them talk to us.

I came home and Sonja was washing the dishes with supper cooking. We had chicken with potatoes, corn on the cob and gravy. It was really good. we cleaned up and then Sonja packed for her trip home. I took out the garbage, which was really starting to smell bad. Now Sonja is playing Wii and I will be joining her for a bit. We don't have any plans for the night. Relax and get ready for her to leave.

The weather changed today and it was cloudy all day. It didn't rain though which is nice, just cloudy.

Tyler