What! Another week already gone? Impossible... how time flies... and I wasn't even having fun!
We got back to Thunder Bay in time for New Year's Eve, and got ready for Eric, Erica and the boys' arrival. Alas, they had problems... They were driving back from the left coast, and when they got to the Ontario border, they were detained. Ontario was closed! It wasn't that we've had enough of our own problems and aren't taking any more immigrants... it was a storm. The trans-Canada was impassible. So they turned around and headed back, hoping to stay in the first town or motel they came to. Alas, they were again stopped. Manitoba was now closed as well! So they sat there at the border all night. Well, that's not exactly the case either; they found they needed to drive around to warm up the car, so, from time to time, they did so—to the bemusement of their fellow strandees.
Finally they were able to drive west in the morning, and even later able to continue their trip east. They went as far as their home in Kenora, only about 45 minutes from the border, and spent the next night there. Anyway, they finally got here the next day, and we've enjoyed having them here all week. They have now headed back as the boys are back to school tomorrow, and Erica is back to work.
For ourselves, we've been also getting back to work. Wendy works as a representative for Party-lite (a candle marketing concern), and I'm back working on my MISA project. I set up school visitations for the next six weeks. Then I got a disturbing call from our doctor—apparently my PSA level is too high, so she was wanting me to get some additional testing done. I was into the lab on Friday to donate more blood, so I expect some reports back later in the week.
Erin and Kristian are progressing fine. Erin has been working to schedule more of her classes, and also babysits two days a week.
We got back to Thunder Bay in time for New Year's Eve, and got ready for Eric, Erica and the boys' arrival. Alas, they had problems... They were driving back from the left coast, and when they got to the Ontario border, they were detained. Ontario was closed! It wasn't that we've had enough of our own problems and aren't taking any more immigrants... it was a storm. The trans-Canada was impassible. So they turned around and headed back, hoping to stay in the first town or motel they came to. Alas, they were again stopped. Manitoba was now closed as well! So they sat there at the border all night. Well, that's not exactly the case either; they found they needed to drive around to warm up the car, so, from time to time, they did so—to the bemusement of their fellow strandees.
Finally they were able to drive west in the morning, and even later able to continue their trip east. They went as far as their home in Kenora, only about 45 minutes from the border, and spent the next night there. Anyway, they finally got here the next day, and we've enjoyed having them here all week. They have now headed back as the boys are back to school tomorrow, and Erica is back to work.
For ourselves, we've been also getting back to work. Wendy works as a representative for Party-lite (a candle marketing concern), and I'm back working on my MISA project. I set up school visitations for the next six weeks. Then I got a disturbing call from our doctor—apparently my PSA level is too high, so she was wanting me to get some additional testing done. I was into the lab on Friday to donate more blood, so I expect some reports back later in the week.
Erin and Kristian are progressing fine. Erin has been working to schedule more of her classes, and also babysits two days a week.
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