had a great weekend filled with sports, friends (new and old), family, family, family and more family. i'm so lucky to have an AMAZING family, who puts up with me, and i remember it every day.
danny, our ticket agent, counting bills (and i quote), 'dolla dolla bills' (yes - he literally said this. we loved him); grey jeans and beer - we were all a little predictable; game in action (love the new floor); apparently friends with no imagination; our game crew - myself, erin's friend, erin, pat, and pat's friend; kareoke at the unknown bar with friends; my first rainbow that i've ever driven directly under - stunning; the snow at the cottage on the lakeshore; gma's bday cake.
Friday: I got a message at work on Friday afternoon from my landlord, asking if I wanted to join them for a
raptors game – since I never say no to sports (and i was supposed to go with a friend, but unfortunately plans fell through), we coordinated heading home, having some drinks, and then heading over to the game for the night. When I arrived home from work, I did the scramble to shower, and get dressed (so I looked like a normal human being), and headed to their place for a drink. Erin and her friend and I sat for a bit, and then headed to the game, where we sat up high in the 300’s, drank beer, and had a great time. We eventually were able to meet Pat (my male landlord) and his friend who were already there, and sit with them for the rest of the game. We all headed back to our favourite
bar with no name, about a block from our house, and hung out there for a while. Jason and Elliot, who own and manage the bar, are the best. They've provided us with MANY chips, and lots of mouse traps throughout the past few months, and we ALWAYS scrounge an oppourtunity to go hang with them. so much so, that pat, erin and i have committed to a new year's resolution of going at least once every 2 weeks to hang with them. I’m lucky to have amazing landlords, who I can talk about anything and everything with – and who will stick up for me when needed! Once it got late, we headed home, and I got settled into sweatpants, when I got a message from another friend (one of my sister’s best friends), who was at a bar about 2 blocks away. I changed back into clothes (those appropriate for public, anyways), and met up with him, and what turned out to be 3 of my sister’s friends, and a few other people at a kereoke bar just down the street. The bartenders were awesome, and let us stay way past closing time – just to get a good rendition of ‘
bohemian rhapsody’ in. I walked home, watched some of ‘
the league’ and went to bed.
Saturday: I woke up to my parent’s calling, to let me know they had just dropped my sister off at the airport to go back to school, and they would be at my place shortly to head to my grandma’s for her
80th birthday. They got there as I was scrambling to pack, etc. we drove directly to the cottage to drop some stuff off, and get some time in at the only place I can think of that makes me like snow. i love that place. We then headed to my grandma’s – waited for my aunt’s (two of whom had flown in from Alberta for the birthday celebration to surprise her), and hung out until dinner. Just in time to be late (in true family style), we all headed to the restaurant where my grandparent’s had been going for at least 20 years, for a great family dinner. Turned out I was supposed to do a speech, which I wasn’t aware of until after dinner – so my oldest cousin and I teamed up to say some words about my gma. And when she teared up, I managed to squeak in a joke, to lighten the tearfull mood. My grandma has had a few heart episodes, as well as quintuple bypass surgery, so we are all constantly aware of how lucky we are to have her (especially after losing my grandpa to a heart event some time ago). It was then a giant shift back to my gma’s house, where we all stayed up longer, and just chatted, told stories, and laughed all night (have I mentioned how much I love my family??).
Sunday: woke up to my aunt’s trying to get into their room to prepare to head back home – and then was woken again to say bye. They took off, I slept more, and then got up and hung around the house in my pajamas, with my gma (according to her, ‘it’s a day of rest’). We encouraged her to get dressed eventually when her eldest sister showed up, but she insisted she wasn’t getting changed, until she realized that a few more of her kids were showing up. Little did she know, we were surprising her with all of her remaining siblings, as a lunch surprise for her. We ate a ton of food, laughed a lot, and sat around listening to my gma and her siblings laughing about when they were kids – it reminded me so much of my dad and his siblings, it was so encouraging to see a group of 80+ year old people behaving in that way. Then, at one point, my gma and 2 of her sisters were sitting in a row on her couch, and all I could think was, ‘wow – that’s going to be K, D and I in 60 years’. So cool. At about 3:00, after some clean up, we took off, and my parents dropped me at home. I spent the rest of the night watching tv online, cleaning and organizing my apt, and catching mice – a live one in a bread loaf pan!! Cleaned a ton, lots to take to the shelter, and got into bed before midnight – which is GREAT for me. I even cooked all of my meals for this week… I’m turning over a new leaf!
Hope everyone had a great weekend – filled with as much laughter as mine was!
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