I took pictures, of course. Here's a couple of the girls.
Surprisingly (for me) Aoife was not at all shy and very quickly adopted me into her “sphere of influence” which already includes her parents and grandparents. Lucia is not is not making a lot of sounds yet (other than occasionally “making her needs known”) but lies quietly observing the world and occasionally smiling at anyone willing to act sufficiently foolishly.
The weekend visit involved shopping for food, preparing food (not so much by me but lots by Aidan and Ange), eating food (I did my part there), cleaning up after food, some drinking (not too much), some yoga, visiting relatives (Val and John – Aidan’s mum and Dad, where we did more eating), lots of playing with Aoife, lots and lots of holding and rocking Lucia (mainly by Ange, some Aidan and a little by me), a visit to the park and a visit to 2 restaurants – all squeezed into 3 days and 4 nights. I also went to Fort Saskatchewan to visit my Mom’s grave.
I would have stayed longer but I was exhausted and needed a rest. Just kidding – actually, Maureen called and tempted me with the possibility of seeing Dave Brubeck (jazz) on Tuesday night – so I deicided to leave Monday instead of Tuesday, as I had planned. Also, as I had chosen Tuesday arbitrarily on my own, I was feeling slightly guilty about it, as Ange and Aidan seemed so busy with their lives.
As I was leaving, I did briefly reconsider my decision to head to Victoria (plan B) and instead follow my original intention (plan A) to go to Prince Rupert and take a ferry down the Inside Passage. However, that would have taken the better part of a week and a lot of driving – basically 3 or 4 extra days that I then wouldn’t be able to spend with M&B. So, I finally went with Plan B. As a result, it’s doubtful that I will get to see the Inside Passage this trip. Maybe I’ll just have to fly back west and take a cruise – global warming be damned.
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