Just returned from my trip to St Catharines, never trust Mapquest! After a 2.5 hour drive I followed the instructions and ended up somewhere I did not want to be. While driving around I came across a sign directing me to the Museum, so I lucked out. I was a little disappointed with the Underground Railroad display, I thought there'd be a lot more to it but the Lacrosse Museum was interesting. Afterwards I walked along the Canal for a while before heading back to the car. Never got to the book store I wanted to get to, traffic was so heavy there was no time after the museum. I don't need any more books anyway. So tonight I will sit back and watch some football and wait for my kids to call and say they got to the cottage safely.
I've got the rest of my vacation days planned...I'll be driving my parents to their medical appointments...whoopee! Dad's hip is still not healed up and driving may be a problem for him. We'll have to see how he's feeling during the week. I may yet get out of it!
I am fascinated by the Underground Railroad but there really is precious little out there to commemorate it. It was secret and the people who helped are long gone and didn't leave much in terms of proof it existed.
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Well, I just spoke to my mother and apparently my Dad has been throwing up today, earlier in the week he had the runs. He stopped taking the pain meds and the anti-inflammatories doctor gave him on Wednesday, which we believed were the culprits. The concern is that this is the same thing that happened to him three years ago when he got colon cancer. At least his hip isn't as bad as two weeks ago. So, one more little concern to tuck away! Let's see, in the past three weeks my brother told me he is leaving his wife, my sister has given her live-in boyfriend notice, my D passed out at the family picnic, my Dad's developed painful hip problems, my kids went away to the cottage for the first time without me and now Dad has who knows what. So, actually when I think about it, it's just a normal few weeks in my life. I try not to let these things get to me but this past year it's just been a never ending stream. My most stress free time has been the six weeks or so I had Bronchitis (OK, I'm exaggerating...but just a little) Meditation here I come!
Well, excuse my whining! I just came from church and heard about a couple who recently had stillborn twins and another family who've experienced the third death of a family member in the last six months. What more can I say?
Hey, there's a couple of new summer movies out which should appeal to all DBers. The first is called "The Expendables", a title I'm sure we can all relate to. The second is "Piranha 3D", which must be a movie about WAS's in divorce court. Don't wanna miss either one of these winners!
When my 4 year old son was in a coma, I did not think anything could be worse. I even wondered how the world continued to turn. But it did. And life went on. And somehow - I learned that I could always find someone who had it worse than me. Sometimes that was hard to find but at least they didn't know what was wrong with Ryan. At least I had some hope. At least I didn't know that he was terminal.
So - you're right. Some people have it worse. Try to focus on the positives in your life.Try to hold on to the knowledge that "this too shall pass". It is VERY hard at times but it really does work.
So - you ventured in to my stompin'grounds, eh? Gotta love the traffic!
So - you're right. Some people have it worse. Try to focus on the positives in your life.Try to hold on to the knowledge that "this too shall pass". It is VERY hard at times but it really does work.
My life is kind of like being pecked to death by chickens! But I do thank God for my amazing daughters and there are a lot of other things to be thankful for...but apparently not the QEW on a Saturday afternoon!
Wii, I'm here reading along...don't have much to add but I hope your weekend went well. When do you see the kids?
Me: 35|WAW: 38|D: 6yo | http://tinyurl.com/2dxx7m6 Feb 2006, left, came back in two weeks Aug 2006, left again Apr 2007, filed for divorce Dec 2007, reunited Mar 2010, moved out, filed again
Romeo, they return from the cottage on Saturday and I'll get them Sunday for the next two weeks. It will sure be nice to have a presence besides my own in this apartment. They were with wife the week before they left too. A bit lonely around here! I just got back from my mega tour of the Zoo. I went early in the morning to avoid the heat of the afternoon. It was such a beautiful day and there was a nice breeze. I packed a lunch and some water and spent about three hours or so checking out the animals. I've got lots of pictures for the girls and stopped at the gift shop to buy them both a small stuffed animal. The only drawback was $23 to get in and $10 to park...WTH! If you want to ride the zoomobile then they charge you another $8 or take your first born male child. I walked and now my feet hurt, damn I'm getting old. Tomorrow I'm going to see my naturopath in the morning and am thinking about driving out of town for an hour or so and taking a sightseeing cruise. The world is my oyster... and the rest of the week is Mom and Dad's unless he's feeling better. Later Dbers.
