Almost June

So, one more night until June. June is a great month. June means it's almost summer, and summer is a great time of year.

Anyway, today was just like every other day, except Mondays are nothing like Fridays. Today was boring and nothing exciting happened. We both had horrible sleeps. I felt like I was awake more then I was asleep, but I know that's not true. Kitty was wide awake and therefore, so were we.

We got up and Tyler showered while I made breakfast. French toast is so good in the morning. Then we went to work. Work was nothing special. Today was my last day being trained. I was asked if I felt like I knew everything...how can I answer that? All I know is that last week, I was trained in stuff I am not going to be doing, so you can guess how prepared I feel for this. Good things it's not really life and death stuff I deal with.

And that was the day. We went to work, and nothing really happened. Horray.

When I got home, I could smell something super tasty cooking away. Its almost handy coming home after Tyler, because dinner is usually at least started. Tyler had made us potato halves, with garlic and cheese and it was so good.

We laughed a lot today. It was a good day in that sense. I love laughing with Tyler.

Tyler is now trying to book flights home again for Tony's wedding, only our internet is not working. I'm not doing anything, as per usual. If not looking forward to tomorrow could be acted out, I would be doing that. I'm a little freaked out because the girl I am replacing does a lot of work here, and I don't feel all that ready to fill those shoes. I'm sure it will go better then I'm picturing it, but there's always a little fear in new things.

The rest of tonight has no plan. We've decided not to eat popcorn before bed any more, because I had another strange dream last night. This time, I was on a boat, with lawyers, doctors and Dane Cook. There was also a giant waffle and a being pulled out of the water. Too strange to describe.

Any way, it's late for all you who are reading this and I'm sorry...internet, geez!

-Sonja

Kitty is still out of her food but I fed her by spoon so she got a bit of nutrients in her.

A good walk

Hey so this is late post and I am sorry about that. I kinda forgot about doing it and getting to it. So the cat just threw up and Sonja is going to go clean that up. She is out of her regular cat food and being a super picky and allergic cat we can't get her food here. She hasn't eaten very much today and that is probably the cause of her stomach upset. She doesn't like wet food and thats all we could find that didn't have chicken in it.

Today was a good day. We were able to sleep in a little bit. I woke up for the first time at 6 so a little bit better than the 4 o'clock wake up that I have been doing. But I dozed for the next few hours because the cat get restless when she is hungry and won't let us sleep. Sonja got up around 9 and I stayed in bed and slept a little longer. After I woke up we went for a hike. It was finally sunny, opposite of what the forecast was calling for. We went to what we think is Bachelor Bay. We were told to walk north and turn off onto a trail and go past this gate. We followed these directions and so thats why we only think we were at Bachelor Bay. It was very cool. Its just this open lagoon that trickles down to the ocean. Along the way we saw tons of eagles, mostly around the dump but none the less, there were lots and lots of eagles.

After we looked around and skipped some rocks we decided to come home. On our grocery trip yesterday we again didn't get milk. Since the ferry came in yesterday we went back to the store today to get milk and bananas. They didn't have the milk unpacked and shelved yet so we returned home and waited for a few hours. I went again after 4 when they told us it would be stocked and bought some.

We spent the remainder of the watching The Office. We had breaded chicken for supper and smoothies for desert. I spent some of the evening calling guys for Tony's bachelor party.

Anyway thats all for now.

Tyler

T minus one week

Today was supposed to be nice and sunny, and we were supposed to go on a hike. But then we woke up, looked outside and was disappointed. We could sum up the day with few words, but how is that interesting? Now the problem is coming up with enough to say that will make it worth reading...

We laid in bed this morning and just talked, and laughed. It was a good morning. I have longed to sleep in all week. Unfortunately, we both still woke up around 4am, and 5am, and 6am, and 6:30am, and 6:45am, and 6:50 am. The cat was scratching on the couches, and she was chewing up boxes and racing around.

We got out of bed and that's when we saw that our plans for the day would have to change. Instead of doing something fun and exciting like a hike, we made out the menu for the week. We didn't have any food in the house this morning, so I made hot chocolate and brought out the cook books. It's hard to choose meals because we never know what our little band store will have available to us. Most of the time what we choose to make, we don't add some of the ingredients. So, as we are flipping through the books, I spilt my hot chocolate on them. It sucked. Now our cook books are brown and I was out some hot chocolate.

Then we went shopping. Once again, there was no milk to be bought but most of the stuff on our list was there. We came home and unloaded the groceries. Then we proceeded to not do anything all day. It stayed cloudy and gloomy all day. We finished season 3 of Arrested Development. I love that show. No matter how many times I watch it, it's always funny. During all this excitement, I started to write more thank you cards. It's very time consuming writing cards but its worth it. It's still incredible to me all the great gifts we were given.

Although we didn't do much today, it was still a great day. Relaxing is awesome and spending time with my great husband is the best thing in the world.

I am getting excited for next week. Mom and Dad are coming out to see us in one week. It's going to be fun. One week and I get to see my parents again. And my parents get to see their grand kitty again.

I made some tasty smoothies just now...they were good.

Tonight doesn't look like much excitement will happen. We might watch a movie. Tyler might play Wii.

The weather is the nicest its been all day. We can actually see the mountains on the mainland right now. I hope tomorrow will be nicer.

I guess I should mention the church we went to last week. It's was interesting. The first thing we noticed was that church didn't start until 7pm. We were there at 10am. That was sad because we were already for the day. When we went back at 7pm, there was a certain smell. For all those who have been to the cabin at Slave Lake, it smelt just like that. Old, musty, and well, old. Tyler says it reminded him of an episode of Tribal Trails. We sat down, along with the other 7 people who were there. The pastor broke out the guitar and played the same 3 chords for a couple different songs. There were 2 pastors who went up and said a little something, then they did this tag-team thing where they picked someone else from the church to go up and also say something. Tyler had to go up too. We had to leave 2 hours later because both of our butts were fast asleep and it likely went on that way for another 2 hours. We aren't sure we will go back because that was really different then we are used to. I guess we will see.

Thats all for now.

-Sonja

Friday

Well another island day done and we are ready for the weekend. The day was slow for me. The clinic was closed so therefor not much work for me. I did a few xrays and spent some time in the clinic before coffee. After coffee nothing else happened for most of the day. I got off of work and went for a quick walk around the town before Sonja came home. Sonja came home and had a headache so we watched Dirty Jobs and made chicken burgers. After supper I sent Sonja for a nap that was around 6:30 and she is still sleeping. Hopefully her headache goes away. We were going to go for a walk today as it was gorgeous most of the day and of course when we got off and ready to go he wind picked up and the sun disappeared. Also Sonja's headache caused us to stay home. Hopefully tomorrows forcast holds true and we can go for a hike up Mt Han. Well it's not really a mountian but the highest point on the island. Apparently you can see for miles on a clear day. If it's not
nice we'll go for a shorter hike to a place called Bachelor Bay. I've been told that wolves hang out around there. So I will make sure to bring the camera to take lots of pictures no matter what we do. Rest of the plan tonight is to relax and wait for Sonja to wake up and maybe watch a movie.

That's all for now.

Tyler

The best thing about having square plates is that you can use them as diamond plates too....just a thought.

This morning came early. I slept in tiny bit this morning as Tyler showered, then I remembered that I said I would make pancakes for breakfast. I got up and made pancakes, and I didn't burn them. The last time I made pancakes, they turned out blacker then desired. They turned out tasty.

Then it was off to work. I didn't want to go at all which meant that I was grumpy and didn't have a great attitude. I was frustrated because I am being trained to answer phones and work the front reception, but that's not what I am going to be doing this summer. I have no idea why I'm not being trained to do the job of the girl I am replacing in 2 days. It doesn't make sense to me and it frustrates me, but I survived. At lunch I vented to Tyler and felt slightly better. I went back to work hoping to have a better attitude. And I did. After lunch, things went smoother then before. I was enjoying the time better. I was laughing with my trainer and it was actually kind of fun. By 4:30, my brain was drained. I wasn't able to focus on anything. For the last half hour of work, I'm not sure what happened. I was staring at a piece of paper and I'm not sure what happened.

I got home to find Tyler playing Wii. He was playing basketball and facing off against the champion team. All that to say, dinner wasn't ready. I gave him a hard time even though I really didn't care. I wasn't hungry. He eventually cooked up some deer sausage and we ate. He said he was going to make a surprise later...I wonder what that will be.

After din din, we did the dishes. Then I took Kitty outside to the deck, on a leash of course. She was a little tentative but I'm sure she will want to go there again. I will have to keep a close watch on her.

On a side note, we saw a heron outside our place last night. Just chilling on a log. He was pretty cool.

Also, I forgot to mention that I got to talk with my mom the other day. That was awesome. My parents are coming out to see us June 5th. I have no idea what we are going to do out here because we could show them all this town has to offer in about one day. Luckily there is alway kayaking, and walking around.

Tonight looks something like this: Tyler is currently in the kitchen making me a surprise, I am doing nothing, and later tonight we will probably watch more Arrested Development. It's a great show.

Tomorrow is Friday...horray for Friday.

-Son

Sunshine

Well it has come to that time to blog again, as I know everyone is hovering around their computer waiting for our daily update. So the day started off as any other waking up after dozing from 4:00am till the alarm went off at 7. The cat running around and the bed is pretty uncomfortable as well. Hopped in the shower and Sonja still slept for a little while longer and got up 20 minutes later. We had Cherrios for breakfast and checked emails. Off to work. It was pretty slow all morning at work. I had to set up data for one of the analyzers. It was pretty boring, but the time went by because of it. We actually didn't have any patients before lunch. It was a little busier after lunch. A few X-rays to do and some lab work. It was very beautiful and sunny all day. It was tough to be inside and working when it was probably the nicest it's been here. After work we went kayaking again. of course as soon as I got off work it started to cloud up and get windy, but we went anyways. It was fun except the kayak I was in wasn't very good. It kept wanting to turn right even when I was paddling to turn left. But regardless we enjoyed ourselves. We went north towards the airport this time. The tide was still going out so it was pretty cool to see the low tide. Along the shore where the tide was gone we saw some starfish on the rocks, just above the waterline. Lots and lots of starfish. The first one we saw was purple and was on a rock under the water. I tried to take a picture of it but I realized that I forgot the memory card for it at home. But we know where all the starfish were so we will go again, with an empty memory card and take pictures of them and put them up here. We came back after the starfish and made supper. We had spicy chicken, it was curry and chili powder covered. It was delicious. Now we are relaxing and I am still hungry so I will try to find something to eat.

Oh something Sonja forgot to mention yesterday, while we were standing on the deck we had a humming bird come and fly right in front of us and check us out. We probably could have grabbed it. Also she didn't mention that I am a superstar at Wii ping pong and she's getting pretty scared of me beating her record.

Thats all for now.

Tyler

Thunderbolts and lightning

Tuesday...today felt so much like Monday, and I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking that. So long, so boring. So hard to get through it alive and kicking.

Today started early this morning. Too early. 4am is a time nobody should have to see. Kitty loves that time, as she always needs a cuddle around then.

Do you ever find yourself staring outside into the dark, and your mind just secretly hopes something utterly terrifying pops out of the abyss to give you a good scare? Of course you know nothing will, but there's always that fear that something is staring back at you. That fear is how I can describe how I felt when I woke up this morning. I had the worst dream last night and although I know no one cares about other peoples dreams, I'm going to tell you about it. Don't worry, I'll condense it. Basically, we were laying in bed, sleeping in a house that was supposed to be Amy and Aaron's house. I woke up to the sound of light tapping on the window. As I looked over to the window, I saw the silhouette of a man (any one singing Queen???) with a top hat on. He was slowly tapping on the window, and then he shone a flash light into our room. I hide behind Tyler, who of course was still sleeping and couldn't save me from this guy. Any way, he walked towards the front door as I tried to shake Tyler awake. I told him about the guy, and he didn't believe me. Then we heard the front door handle trying to open and the cat was freaking out....any way, when I really woke up, I had a really nasty feeling and I was super tired. It was not a good start to my day. Tyler later told me that at around 4am I sat straight up in the bed.

The rest of the day went on with less excitement. I watched someone else answer phone calls, which is even less exciting then it sounds. She typed me out a checklist of sorts, which didn't make much sense. I watched as she booked patients in, hardly explaining what she was doing to me. It basically was more boring then sorting out paper. I got to answer a few calls. As boring and dumb as that is, most of the time when I answered the phone, I didn't know what to say. Learning is tough, no matter what the job entails.

The whole day consisted of me looking at the clock, hoping time would magically go faster, which it didn't. By the end of the work day, my mind was mush and I walked home. Tyler and I had plans to go kayaking again tonight before dinner. It was raining a bit so we didn't end up doing that.

We cooked dinner, which was a really tasty pasta and chicken dish. It was easy to make and really great. Then after we did dishes, Tyler called his best friend to arrange bachelor party details. Its always entertaining to listen to 2 guys on the phone together.

Tonight doesn't look like it's going to be that exciting. Tyler will once again try to beat my ping pong...which he might. He's getting better, which he should be as he always plays this game. I don't know what I will do. I have to find a new hobby, or buy more cross-stitching.

The weather today was nice, then rainy, then nice. It's calm now, as it is most of the time. Its so nice to live here. Not to brag but we have an awesome view. It's great to just stand out on our deck and breath the fresh sea air, watching the tides go in and out, waiting for the red/brown dog to go by. It's sweet!!

Kitty is currently sleeping right behind me on the couch. Her feet are on top of my head and she is upside down, almost falling off the couch, fast asleep. She's kind of a doofus. But we love her.

How many of you are singing Queen now???