first leg: i drove from ottawa to woodstock in just over five hours, beating a violent rain storm that hit just as i arrived. i met up with dean, who is a high school teacher that i will be working with in monterrey. we waited out the rain and headed to his cottage on long point for the evening. my first cottage-ing of the summer!
second leg: met up with brooke in woodstock and we carpooled to windsor. we did not leave as much time as we should have, and ended up getting stuck at a railway crossing for over TWENTY minutes waiting for a sssssslow freight train to pass by. poor planning on our part, but we weren't changed and we weren't ready to go! so, we changed in the car at the railway crossing. classy. we arrived at the church in the nick of time and got to watch diane (who looked absolutely radiant) walk down the aisle. the reception was a rockin' party and we all had an amazing time.
the best date ever! brooke and i:
the four of us, together again! jackie, diane, brooke, me:
third leg: drove back to woodstock to get my car, and then navigated to kitchener to visit recently engaged rachel and marc and their sweet little dog indie. even stacey came to join us for a drink! it was SO nice to re-connect with them, and to reminisce about high school. funny enough, all three of us have become teachers! i will definitely have to spend more time staying in touch with them.
fourth leg: drove the 30 seconds to cambridge and stayed the evening with my granny. she has a lovely apartment with an incredible view of the sunset and we had great fun telling stories. she always give me all the low-down. for a woman in her mid-80s, she is still sharp as a tack!
fifth leg: drove to burlington to see the other side of my family, and to drop off some stuff with my brother, who will be living in burlington for the summer. the highlight was definitely visiting haley, rachel and nigel (my cousin's kids)... made me temporarily want to have some kids! not to worry, it passed fairly quickly.
sixth leg: sped (not literally!) through toronto and made it to kingston for my dentist appointment and some errands i needed to run at the university.
seventh leg: home! and time to sleep.
3 comments:
"the best date ever! brooke and i"
I feel personally offended.
Cheers for the comment Sarah. It was good to hear from you. I was even inspired to update!!!
See you in Csesky Krumlov (I still can't spell that) or more likely in Canada in late August if you're about and if I eventually get round to booking something.
okay, steve. of course you were the best date ever. brooke was the best date of 2007. satisfied?
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