1 More Day

Well it is finally Saturday which means that Sonja comes home to me tomorrow. I am excited because it is pretty boring here by yourself for 10 days. You can only play so much Mario Kart by yourself. Today started super early, and no it wasn't from a call back, but instead a super annoying and needy cat. She was relentless this morning, from 4 until sometime after 5 when she finally got lost. She kept meowing and walking back and forth above my head between both sides of the bed. It was the most frustrated I have ever been with this cat. I would say she is lucky to still be alive, because it was that close. I don't like being licked and clawed when I am trying to sleep. Even when I would toss her and lay her at the bottom of the bed she would still make her way back to my face to bug me. However I am not sure if this was a dream because I also was talking about it in a dream I had after she let me get back to sleep. Who knows. It was probably real because I usually don't get annoyed in my dreams.

After getting back to sleep I slept until 8:30 when my alarm went off and went to work. The doctor told me yesterday that he had some blood work to do so I went to get it done and to enjoy the rest of my day. I was back in half an hour or so. It's nice when what you go back for is quick and painless like that. I came home and watched some TV and got the grocery list ready for this week. After that I went to the store and bought food. It is a lot harder shopping by yourself for a few reasons, A) I don't take a cart when I shop. This is because then if I load up a cart how am I to know for sure if I can carry everything myself, so shopping without means if I can carry it to the till, then it will make it home with me. Its also cheaper and resists impulse shopping more, since I also usually go hungry. B) It is tough to know what the other person who will be eating the food with you wants to eat, so its really just a guessing game. I came home from shopping and discovered I missed stuff in the list making process, so I guess its back to the store tomorrow, another downside to not using a cart because most of the time everything is precariously perched and you want to get to the till quickly. Anyway I came home and put the groceries away and did the dishes. After they were done I went to relax with some more TV, when the phone rang, so it was back to work for me. I don't mind this because its good money, broke up my day by myself and keeps me busy. However nothing happened since then. I made supper which was a grilled buffalo chicken sandwich, and yes it was as good as it sounds. But that is the summary of my day. No real plans for the rest of the night.

Oh yesterday it poured most of the day. It was real foggy and when the ferry went by at 12:30 it felt the need to blow its horn. It was real cool. It sounded like i guess you would imagine a fog horn sounding but after it was done being blown, it still echoed all the way down the channel for another twenty seconds. There was also a heron fishing at the edge of the water just down from the deck. It was cool to see him so close because he has been hanging around the waterfront for a week and a half now and this was the closest I have seen him.

Tyler

Good day!!!

Today was a very good day.

I woke up after having a very nice sleep and had some lucky charms for breakfast. I didn't know what the day held for me but I was ready to face it. I watched a bit of tv before Amy woke up and also had breakfast.

The plan for the day consisted of preparing their house for all the guests who are coming over tomorrow. My cousin Penny is getting married and the church is really close to Amy and Aaron's house, so our family is having a little get together.

While we were planning what to do first, Eva called and asked if I wanted to help her spend her birthday money. I did want to. We haven't had much time together since I've been back, so this would be perfect.

Before I left, I started the lawn mower for Amy and vaccumed their house. Then Amy dropped me off at the LRT and I was on my way to South Gate mall. On a side note, I think it's stupid that the price to ride the train is $5.50. That's not a nice round amount that you can pay with just one bill.

Any way, as I climbed the stairs at the LRT by South Gate, I ran into a familiar face. A family friend, Tim Vandenbrink was walking down the stairs as I was walking up. I haven't seen him in so long. We stopped and chatted for a while. We were standing on the stairs and these 2 old men walk down the stairs. Here is the exact quote one of them said to us - "What a stupid place to have a conversation. How dumb can you be?" I had no choice but to laugh at him for being a grumpy old man. We weren't blocking any stair traffic and he got down just fine. We wrapped up our conversation and I met up with Eva.

We had a great day together. It's always great to hang out with sisters. We did basic mall stuff - walked around a lot, looked at items to buy. I treated Eva to lunch, which consisted of a small blizzard and a mango julius. Both were so good. We talked about sister things and it was really awesome to catch up. Living far away inhibits good conversation with people, so it felt so great to actually talk with her. She spent her birthday money and we laughed some more. There is nothing better then sisters...I have 2 great sisters.

The plan for the evening involved going to Red Robins with Amy's friends. We were all meeting at 6:30 and I got to the Clairview LRT station at 5. I figured that instead of someone picking me up from the very place we are eating din din is silly. I had a quest for a DDR mat and the mall didn't have any. I was told Walmart should have them so I walked there and since a bunch of teenaged hooligans were "helping" me, I didn't find what I needed. I did buy cooling trays though. I searched high and low for a DDR mat and was disappointed at all turns. Apparently I could only have a mat if I bought another game. But it was the same game Tyler bought me and that idea was just silly.

I took a chance on the last store I could. EB games. It turns out that they are the largest distributor of products in the district so of course they had the mats. The guy who was helping me almost tore off his thumb trying to get out from behind his desk, but he turned out ok. I got the mat and went to reserve seats at Red Robins.

We all eventually met up and had a really great time together. There was a 10 weeks old baby who joined us and I think he is the cutest baby I have ever seen. I didn't know how the evening would go, seeing that these were Amy's friends and not mine. It was a great time though. We all ate way to much and talked and laughed a lot.

We are at home now, bellies full. There is talk of watching a movie. I am going to call Tyler once I am done typing this out.

I super excited about Penny's wedding tomorrow. It's almost been 4 months since our wedding, which is crazy. It's funny how the day takes so long to get here, and then everything just zooms right on by. I also can't believe we have been living out in Bella Bella for almost 3 months. It's just crazy.

I miss Tyler. It's been to long and I don't like it. I get to see him in 2 days.

I love you babe. I miss you and I can't wait to see you again!!!!!

Son

Home finally

Well its Thursday and Sonja will be home in a few days. I am excited to have her back here. It has been pretty boring without her. But it helps that I have been on call. It makes things go a little bit quicker. I woke up and went to work. It was busy with a few x-rays in the ER. So that started things off with a bang. It was nice to get right into something like that. Suddenly it was coffee time, which isn't saying to much because I started at 8:48 and coffee is at 10, but regardless it is a nice milestone to see pass. It slowed down a little bit after that. Lunch finally came and I had a sandwich. After lunch I went back to work and it continued to be slow until 4:20. A patient came in for blood work and so I did that. Then the doctor wanted some blood work on a patient in the ER, an inpatient and an x-ray. So everything kinda broke loose at once. The x-ray was interesting because they had given him some pain killers, so he was feeling pretty good. It was tough for him to stand and he was overly helpful when I was trying to position him. So it took a while, but I got it done. I went back to the lab and found more blood work waiting for me to do. When all was said and done I wasn't out of there until 6. I came home and changed and started to make some supper as I was pretty hungry. I sat on the couch and talked to Sonja for a little bit. After hanging up with her, I got a call from the hospital wanting an x-ray. So I went over there and saw the air ambulance flight crew prepping the patient for the flight. The doctor wanted an x-ray to check for a tube placement as they had just intubated him for the trip. Then they added blood work. So I just stood back and waited for the flight paramedics to get him ready to take off. When they were done I did the x-ray and blood work. I came home around 7:30 and finished making supper. It was a fortunate thing that I turned the oven off before leaving because other wise I wouldn't have had supper or possibly a place to live. I had a a chicken burger and corn on the cob. It was pretty good.

The forecast was predicting a thunderstorm this afternoon, so I was pretty excited for it. But of course the forecast was wrong again. It hasn't rained for probably 2 weeks, so I was really hoping for the storm. It was just cloudy and pretty warm. But that was my day. Hopefully no call backs late tonight so I can sleep through.

Thats all for now.

Tyler

Another day with family...it's really awesome to see my family again, but I still miss Tyler so much. There were so many times tonight that I wish he could have been a part of...but this is our life for right now.

Today was a good day. I slept over at my parents house last night. Yesterday night I got to see my best friends and that was the best thing ever. I met up with Ranita and we talked and laughed so so much. Then Joni came after she was done work and that was equally as fun. It was so great to catch up with them. They are 2 pretty sweet people and I love them so much. What was funny was that they both said that it was like I never moved away. I suppoes thats a good thing.

Any way, today I woke up and tried to find something to eat at my mom and dad's home. I guess when it's just 2 people you don't eat as much because there wasn't a lot of selection. I had blueberries for breakfast. They were very tasty.

I then waited for Amy to come over. I watched some tv and really did nothing else. I watched a show about wedding dresses, and it doesn't have to same appeal any more now that I am past that part. It's funny how weddings make people always think about dresses, cakes, venues and all that stuff, and then the day after, you forget it all. It's all so much fun, but I'm so glad to have Tyler as my husband already. It's pretty great!!!

Amy showed up and we hung around the parents home some more. Then we gained the energy to get up and actually go out shopping. Amy needed some more baby stuff and I needed a new pair of shoes. We went to the Sherwood Park mall and in no time, we had all the stuff we needed.

We then went to the bank and Sherwood Park Registries to officially change my last name. I am now proud to say I can legally sign my name Jarrett. It's already hard to remember to do that. I usually start the G but can always manage to make it look like I meant to make it look like that. I have some skill.

After all that excitment, we went back to my parents home as the whole family (minus Brother Tyler and my Tyler) was getting together for din din. Eva had to work late so we didn't end up eating until late. We had a very tasty steak and potatoe meal with a blueberry cobbler dessert. I was so full as I never eat a big meal that late.

We then hung out in the living room, laughing and talking and it was so much fun. I love that we can just sit around for hours and enjoy each others company like that. I love my family and I'm a little afraid of how I will react to going back to Bella Bella. Of course I am excited to see Tyler (There is no doubt about that!!!) but it's hard for me to be away from family. I don't like missing out on things. I am lucky because I got to feel Amy's baby move. It kicked me, so I don't know what that means...but its things like that that make me want to move back to Alberta. Tyler informed me that August 13 will be 3 months of living in BC. I think that's a little crazy. We will no longer be Alberta residents, but from BC. I don't really like that as I will always be an Alberta girl.

We are now back home and I am the only one awake. It was my turn to write the blog tonight so there you have it.

I also talked with Tyler today. That was a great part of today. I miss him so much. I just want a hug from him. I love you Tyler so much and I miss you a ton. Only 4 more days. It will be a great reunion...but I am going to miss family...It's a crazy thing that way.

I am getting tired and I will probably read a book tonight. It's my favorite book and I finally bought myself a copy.

Ty, I love you. I can't wait to talk to you again tomorrow. I can't wait to see you too. I wish you were here. Love you. Have a great sleep my love!

Son

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