To Fredericton

Turned on the alarm function on the cellphone, to make sure I was up by 6AM to make it on time for my 8AM flight the next day. Woke at 4:30AM with the urge to check out the cellphone. The battery was dead. As in, had I not checked the phone and subsequently plugged it in, I would not have been wakened by said phone in time to get ready to go to the airport. Steve would have gotten me up, though. He says his eyes just popped open at 5:58. Mine did too. Guess there was just no missing that flight.

Flight checked in, arrived no problem. My niece Toni is getting cuter every time I see her. She greets me when I arrive with a sparkling "Hi!" That's her word. She didn't have any words when I saw her last. Liam looks like Toni did when she was a little booger. He's quiet, sleeps much. Met Hope's husband Rob's brother and sister-in-law and niece and nephew as well.

Has been a full day. Emailed Rob this evening, hoping everything is well with him in Fort Worth. He would have gotten in yesterday evening.

To Toronto

We went to the airport together and I caught my flight to Toronto. Rob's flight was for later in the afternoon.

Got in around 1PM. Spent the afternoon with Dee, my cousin Steve's fiancee, and the rest of the evening with both of them.

Last day

Today was the defrag day, our last day together before going our separate ways for the summer. So, we went to Crossroads for espresso drinks and returned to the JAARS center for lunch at the cafeteria. We finally went to the Alphabet Museum on campus before booking it to the theater in Matthews to see National Treasure. Dinner at Fuddruckers (mondo cheeseburgers) and back to the pristine apartment for an earliesque night.

Happy Birthday to me!

Yes, 31. That's me.

Everything was brought to the warehouse that was getting shipped to Idaho. The cleaning happened. The car got loaded and unloaded at the Navratils. There were plenty of gaps in the rain to get the job done ... yippee! Thanks for your prayers; thanks be to God.

Rain

OK, we have most of the boxes filled and we were going to do a test pack of the car, make sure I hadn't planned to bring too much to Columbia. We were also going to bring the first round of boxes to the warehouse for shipping. But it's raining. Yuk. I think we may have to just complete all packing and adjust what goes where on the fly tomorrow morning.

The alternative is getting a team of stalwart reverse-Elijahs. Pray to pause or delay the rain, just for 2 days. Even a few hours here and there might give us the break we need.

Ah ... the best laid plans of mice.