The One With Some Sadness

Soooo!

Yes it's been a while. Like a couple of months. Hmm, so much has happened, this is bound to be random.

The summer has been pretty crappy weatherwise. Something like 6 out of 8 weekends were rainy. Blah! It seems like we're now starting right in with the rainy winter weather. Forget fall we're just jumping from summer to winter, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

My mom called me at work the Thursday before the September long weekend with bad news (it seems like almost everytime she calls it's with bad news). My dad's aunt had been sick throughout the summer and she'd passed away. She'd never had kids and since my family was like her own, she'd left everything to my brother and I. So that meant an emergency trip home was needed at some point. Considering I'd just been home that wasn't exactly something I'd planned for. C'est la vie!

So I figured out when I needed to be home and it worked out that I could fly home the week before Brandyn, Mel and Nate were coming to visit! This way I was able to fly back to Van City with them. Why yes, I am crazy for wanting to fly with a 6 month old! He was actually really good. There were a few other babies on the flight and they actually cried where Nate only got a little whiny.

We then spent the next week going to the Space Centre, Aquarium, Stanley Park, Victoria and Bear Mountain. Oh yeah and there were lots of walks and eating out too. I'm exhausted all over again!

Then on the Friday of that week my mom called again with more bad news: my grandpa had passed away the night before. I was very upset to say the least. I didn't see this one coming at all. To make matters slightly worse I was on the verge of a nasty cold, which never helps a bad situation.

So my guests left me on Saturday morning and I spent the rest of the weekend resting and trying to get better, since I'd just been home I wasn't able to get back for the funeral.

To end this random post, I leave you with a pic of grandpa at his birthday in August 2005.



I love you grandpa!!

Here's a post that my uncle wrote about grandpa...