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The One That's Mostly About Our Flight

It feels like a return to the scene of the crime in some ways. Because of the events of last spring, a trip to see Geoff's family will always be a trip back to where he proposed - and that's kind of cool.

Our flights yesterday were pretty uneventful. Oh, except that we were greeted onto the flight by an ex-boyfriend of mine who works for WestJet (oops). Minor detail. We were seated in the window and centre seats, with a grumpy middle-aged woman in the aisle seat who looked like she wanted to take my head off when I asked to get out and use the washroom. Seriously. If only she knew what kind of willpower it had taken for me to hold it in and only use the washroom ONCE between Winnipeg and Calgary. Calgary was only a crew change, not a flight change, and we had time to walk around outside in the terminal before reboarding... Much to my *delight*, the same woman was continuing on to Abbotsford with us. And 45 minutes into that flight, I needed to use the washroom again. Sheesh. Her life must be so sad, walking around with a permascowl and being that rude to pregnant strangers.

Geoff's sinus / flu thing he'd been dealing with all week in Winnipeg didn't particularly help him to enjoy our trip - and after an emotional greeting from Marilyn (Geoff's mom) in the airport, our first stop was a walk-in clinic. He's feeling probably 80% better today, and we're hoping that he'll be himself again by tomorrow...

And that's that! We didn't do much last night, and today's been pretty quiet so far. We went to church with Marilyn this morning (held in an alternate location, because they attend the Abbotsford church where the floor collapsed during a Starfield concert last month). Then it was home for lunch, and a nap for everyone. We're heading out to see Geoff's sister Carole and her family in a little while. Everyone here is so happy that we came, it makes it worth any inconvenience of being away from home. Marilyn is going out of her way to use my diet as an excuse to experiment with organic ingredients, and seems to be having a lot of fun with it - which is so amazing to me, because I was a little worried that I'd be a ridiculous inconvenience here.

And then we're on the road for a couple of days starting tomorrow... We're planning to spend the day in Vancouver, then meeting up with our friends Rob & Vicky for dinner - and a sleepover at their new condo. Rob & Vicky got married on May Long Weekend last year, one of the weddings we were out here to attend (Geoff was the best man). They were in Winnipeg for our wedding last September (Rob was Geoff's best man), but we haven't seen them since then. They're expecting their first baby a week before we are, so I have NO CLUE what we're going to talk about... :)

On Tuesday morning, we'll head out from their place and take a daytrip to Seattle - my first time there, so I'm kind of excited.

And now you're all caught up!

Labels: Family, Rob and Vicky, The Boy, Travel

posted by Lindsay @ 3:44 PM