St Thomas

I was driving to St Thomas to see my friend and watch the Ticats in the playoffs.  I thought I knew the way there.  So I didn't use the GPS which would interfere with my ability to listen to my audio book.  Somehow I missed the exit off the highway to St Thomas.  I found myself heading to Windsor on the 401.  So I took the first exit and turned around and went back.  I took the first exit that seemed to be the right one but it wasn't.  I drove for a long time and things looked sort of familiar and sort of not.  Then I came to a traffic circle and even though I didn't remember there being a traffic circle, I thought I remembered them working on one and it looked kind of new.  I didn't know which exit to take out the traffic circle.  So I decided to take the one that seemed to be the straightest to St Thomas.  I knew I wasn't on the right road now and I went through a little town called Fingal that I knew used to have a fastball team that played in the St Thomas league.  I continued driving and eventually I was going to stop and get out the GPS when I found First Street.  I knew my friend lived on a road off First Street but I turned the wrong way and ended up at a dead end.  I turned around and went back down First Street and found the right road pretty soon.  I guess I had come around St Thomas the other way and ended up at the same spot.

Surprise

Laura surprised us by flying to London, England for a few days with a friend for a circus competition.  She had posted something confusing about London on Facebook and Barb said no it couldn't be.  Barb said she must have posted something about her friend in London but I thought it was just a crazy thing that only Laura could pull off.  While she was over there, she took advantage of being so close to Ireland and went over to have lunch with my cousin and aunt in Ireland.  We asked her why she didn't mention it to us.  She said that it was a last minute thing and by the time she thought of telling us she felt it was too late.  I asked her if she had surprised my cousin the same way and Laura said no she gave her and my aunt a few days notice.

Thoughtful

Barb got a lovely email thanking her for the thoughtful gift.  It was a long email talking about getting to together when she was in Florida again.  Barb realized it was incorrectly addressed and replied to the lady saying she had sent it to the wrong Barb.  The lady who sent it apologized profusely and she turned out to be the lady who did Barb's eyebrow tattoos.  So while Barb was communicating with her, she was able to make an appointment to touch up her eyebrows when Barb got to Florida.

Name in Print

Barb thought she was famous when she found her name in print in the Morningside Village Newsletter for winning the guess the weight of the pumpkin contest.

Halloween

I visited the office in Ottawa for my last meeting before I head to Florida.  There was a lot of Halloween candy sitting around on the meeting room tables between the cubicles.  My supervisor said that he had a small bag of candy for me.  So I took it and thanked him and put it in my coat pocket.  Then when I was at Julia's house I was reaching in my coat pocket and found the bag of candy.  So I gave it to Julia.  She looked at the little bag and noticed that it had my name on it.  The office had made bags for everyone individually and my supervisor had saved the bag just for me.

Vitamin

Sometimes I get Laura or Sarah to refill my pill box if they are over at the house and I need to refill it.  Well Barb was leaving one afternoon and found a Vitamin B12 tablet at the front door.  She takes vitamins in the morning and before bed but she had no idea how this pill had gotten to the front door.  Her pills stay on the counter beside the refrigerator and she refills them on the counter.  She didn't remember dropping any.  Maybe it happened when Laura or Sarah refilled her container for her.

Mint Gum

Here is something I never knew.  Barb and I chew Mint Gum while we are playing our sports.  I put a piece in my mouth and then had a drink of cold water.  The combination of mint and cold water made the water extra cold.  It was so cold I almost had to spit out the water.