For the last three years, Ron and I had been planning to go to High Prairie Alberta to be with our son Marvin for a visit. This year I made it, not with Ron, but he is here in spirit with us. Another great present this year was when I was notified that my brother in law's cancer could possibly be erased or what ever it is they call it.
I left from Brandon on the grey hound bus at 12:00 noon on the 22 and ended up at Edmonton at 5:30 in the morning. Thank goodness Marvin was waiting for me. It was the longest trip I had ever taken by bus. That does not mean that I didn't enjoy it, I certainly did, but my butt already in pain before I left was in serious condition by the time I got there.
A complicated trip I have been thinking. From Brandon we journyed trough the Riding Mountain National Park where the bus I was riding on had a car ram it. I don't know if the guy had stopped at the stop sign. I was watching a deer on the hill beside the bus and something made me look to the other side and to my horror I watch this car drive on to the road right in front of the bus. That poor car sure had the side of it wiped out. The bus's headlights were smashed and the windshield was cracked. Fun Fun fun. We arrived in Yorkton about 3/4 of an hour late. No stop over there.
From there we had to go to Saskatoon and change buses again. Lordy lordy. This time the bus brought me right into Edmonton. I know now how to pack when riding the bus. So going back I am going to have less to take me on the bus. The battery in the laptop does not last the whole journey, so I am not even going to try and watch a movie and when there is someone else in the seat beside me there is not room to pulll it out to use. I'll just back to the good old standbye, a book. 22 hours sitting is not good either so every chance I got I stood and stretched. Naturally some of the riders thought I was weird from the looks I received. Oh well, who cares about that, this was me, not them.
My son is a darling, and he treats me like a queen, how much more can a humbled person (such as me) take. I am going to lap every bit of it up. His place is neat although a bit cool, but I can take it.
We did a bit of shopping at Staples. they had some great sales on. Terrific ones in fact. Then we went to Candis place where we had something to eat and I met her three boys. Sweet, ambuncious and so tidy, made me think back to my boys who were so messy.
