pish posh

Little UKish type sayings are still randomly flying out of my mouth - as my dear friend Norrain has just departed from her 9 day vacation with moi in good ol' Alberta :)

I always hate to say goodbye, not that I tend to get overly emotional at the time but it's still that letdown sorta feeling you get eh? (oh, seems I still have my Canadian connection afterall :)) Today at the aiport though I decided at the end of a vacation, it's better to be the one flying home than the one dropping someone off at the airport. Not sure completely why I think/feel that. It just seems to me like you still have a bit of some excitement that way???

Anywho.........we had a grand time this past week. We drove up to Grande Prairie for Canadian Thanksgiving (for all my international friends out there :)) . I had to work for one day after Thanksgiving but other than that had the rest of the time off. We were discussing what to do for the remaining days, whether to hit West Ed, go south or what - when I 1/2 jokingly said we could go back to GP.

We both had a great time on the 1st round so we decided - hey, why not?! :)

So off we went for round 2. I also decided on the 1st round, that I'm more of a road trip driver! Ok, nevermind that I actually don't own a car - minor details (that I pray change SOON!) but I just really enjoy being on the open road, pedal to the metal............um, Dad you're not reading this, right?! hee, hee

Seriously though, I really enjoyed it. Norrain did too cause she ended up seeing a moose on the 2nd trip, which was a very "Northern Exposure" moment for her.

& here's a bit of news.........I splurged on a guitar at last..................was that wise??? :) Well I've been wanting one for a while now and so went for it. So callused fingers, here I come!

It is so awesome to have friends, to have family.............perhaps it's a bit sad now that my English, wanna-be-Scottish, but living in Belfast friend is gone........but I'm so grateful to have had her friendship close by for a time again.

Sadly as well today I found out another very good friend of mine, her mother passed away. So there's a lot of emotion today.......so yet another "goodbye" for a time...........she's the one getting to fly to a much better place, & the ones left standing at the proverbial airport have that ache in their heart.

I'm so thankful for each moment with the ones I love, life is so precious and it's days like these you see (& feel) it more & more.