Up, Up and away!

14:11

I missed my cat, but I didn't miss the hair!

It was a beautiful weekend and I wish it could have lasted longer. Jasper is definitely my resting place. I always feel grounded and steady there. Very peaceful.

That feeling of relaxation lasted until the garage door opened to let us park. Dona and Wayne had taken it upon ourselves to "tidy" up our garage. It brought back some ill feelings from when we would go away for a trip and come home to find that my mother had re-arranged things or cleaned things up and put them away in ludicrous places. It was never a surprise that I dealt well with. What upset me most was that I had told them over and over before I left that Jade and I had plans for that garage and that we would be working on it next weekend. This should be his last week of working alone and he won't be so fried.

Did it need to be done? Yes, I admit it did - but it had been like that for how many months now? It could have waited another week. It's my space. I wanted to be involved. It's my space - I wanted to be in charge! (My = Ours = mine and Jade's) It took me a long time to calm down. I had trouble just talking to Jade. I kept having very angry "discussions" in my head. He let me be for a bit, then started to calm me down - saying the right things at the right time in the right tone of voice. He knows me very well, and he knows why this upset me so much. I think I overheard him explaining to his parents why I seemed very upset as soon as I got home. (You can hear just about anything from our bathroom.)

Anyway; weekend. Fantastic! It was mostly cloudy and breezy, but the temps were warm. We didn't get our massages because Jade forgot to call, but that's okay. I'll live without my body wrap (if you haven't tried it, DO!) and I can arrange for a massage for him from Shorty's Mom. She does those sort of things and I've already paid for a session. I just need to arrange a 'when'! We even got a free meal because one of the staff plowed past us and splashed puddle water all up our legs. I was telling this to the young man who delivered our meal (in room dining - very romantic) and he asked if we had reported it. 'Report what?' I asked. We had no way to identify who it was except that she drove a white company vehicle and had blonde hair up in messy ponytail. As it turns out, he knew who we meant and quickly informed us that she'd already been sacked. Apparently she wasn't a team player and many of the company vans sporting lovely dents were because of her. She was not a team player and a basic embarrassment to the team. We were satisfied with that, thinking that there was nothing left to be done to the girl. However, it turns out that the young man reported our story to his manager. When Jade went in to pay the bill, the manager behind the counter came forward and offered sincerest apologies, gave us our room service meal for free and told us to send any dry cleaning bills to him for re-imbursement. Jade assured him that our clothing was not damaged and his pants had dried fairly quickly. Mine took a bit longer, but I was wearing denim. He accepted the apologies and thanked the manager for very prompt and satisfactory action. Then he came outside to discover that somebody had tried to steal me away. (They'd moved his vehicle forward to make room for incoming vehicles.)

Weighed myself for the first time in three days this morning. I thought I might have gained a couple pounds because I tend to eat a lot of steak (*drool* Prime Rib!!) when we stay in Jasper, but lo! my weight was as I left it. Exactly as I left it.

Maybe I need a new scale?

I'm hoping that my work outs haven't been compromised at the centre. Apparently, the teacher's strike in the area has led all the students to spend their time at the pool. They've been whining about how they might not graduate or pass classes ... what are they doing at the pool?!? They can study at home while classes are suspended! *Praying* Pleaseohpleaseohplease, let my mornings reamain unhindered that I may better battle the bulge.

I've been seriously considering getting a reduction. A breast reduction. I'm a size 'F' now. I didn't even know it existed until the boutique lady told me that's what I needed. What stunned me even more was that they had a healthy supply of the size ... in nice patterns/colours! How many women out there wear the sizes that I didn't know existed?! I always figured anything past 'DD' had to be special ordered. Anyway, other than losing some weight, I'm hopingit will improve other things. I am heartily tired of forcing myself to stand up straight. I'm always falling forward or being pulled into a slouch. Even with a properly fitting bra. Maybe more with a properly fitting bra. I miss my 'C's, I really do. They went very nicely with my 28 waist. I doubt I'll see that again either. *sigh*

I've been working on my genealogy all morning. I now have over 2000 people in my tree (with many more to add still) and have officially reached the point where the file is too large to be saved onto a floppy disk. I had to save it onto a CD. Luckily, I had an RW on hand so that I can keep adding info to it. I'm feeling very happy with all this info. What really makes me fall over is that it's not even up to date info. This was writte in 2004 - three years of stuff has happened since then! I'm also quite flabbergasted by the amount of history I'm filling in. Not only has most of it revolved around on church/cemetery, but the distances that some of these people have spread out! It's incerdible! I am loving every minute of this, I really am.

I can't wait for the next trip! Where will we go? Jasper? New Brunswick? the States? Scotland?

I can't wait to find out!

Sweet Dreams!