My Return

I am home. I am back to work. But I don't really mind, I was actually starting to dream of getting ambulance calls. I figure it is probably a good sign to like your job enough to dream about it.

After being gone on Holidays for 3 weeks I came home to my garden overrun with giant weeds. Baby wasps are swarming my front door... AGAIN...this happened last year too. I hate wasps. My furnace is broken....although its not like I need it to be working yet. The sink in my basement is plugged beyond all hope. All my plants are dead...but they basically were before I left. But I better add that none of this was the fault of the sweet girls who were taking care of my place.

When I walked into my duplex it was obvious that my cat, Feliz, had not been impressed by my absence. All over my kitchen floor were little chunks of carpet. Luckily they were only from her scratching post which she tore to shreds. Also, many of my ornaments were on the floor....even one of the candle holders which normally sits inside a shadow box on the wall. Surprisingly only one ornament was broken...it was a ceramic cat and I had already broken its match, so it really didn't matter. I also did a fair amount of flea-marketting while in BC, so I have nicer ornaments to replace it with. Ha ha.

It really is nice to be home, kind of lonely after being with my family for 3 weeks straight, but relaxing at the same time. Plus I am really excited that Marian will be moving back on Sunday!!!! AND we have our plane tickets for South Africa!!!

Pictures from BC

Here are a few of my own pictures from beautiful British Columbia :)
The last half of our trip was quite exciting. We hiked up a mountain and slept there overnight on a tarp. Most of the hike was in the dark and we definately scared something big in the bush, but never saw it. We also floated down a river on little blow up mats or tubes. And on our journey home we went on a Glacier Tour in a helicopter...it was AMAZING!

BC

I am in the middle of a wonderful adventure. Camping with my WHOLE family in BC. Right now we are in the Okanagan and it is beautiful. We are having a great time, but I have only been in the lake once...thanks to my brother dumping me out of the kayak. And it is FREEZING!

Anyways, some interesting things have happened so far. We almost lost a kayak (don't know how to spell that) off the top of our van about 5 minutes from home. We were caught in a 'mini-tornado', kinda, driving to Kelowna....we survived and amazingly so did our tent trailer and kayaks. We saw a mountain sheep. We also saw a marmot and ground squirrels...which are much cuter than gophers!

It has been a great trip so far....none of these pictures I actually took, but once I get home I will post a few of my own. I have to admit that I miss my kitty......hope she is doing ok...all...alone....without me....