Day 3

The sleeping arrangements at my Dad's place were wonderful! Angus had a little bed made up on the floor, I had the bed, and Henry had a playpen. Although we were all in the same room, it worked. Until about 2:00 a.m.. Angus was crying out, but his voice sounded kind of muffled. When I hopped off the bed to get him, he wasn't there! The poor little guy tosses and turns every night, but on this night he tossed and turned himself right underneath the bed. He was struggling to get out, with no luck. I pulled him out and he fell asleep instantly.

The next morning were up at 5:00 a.m.. We headed downstairs and I tried to get the DVD player to play Woody With a W. There were three remotes on the table, and the best that I could do was get sound from the movie, but no picture. I resorted to "On Demand" and we watched Aladdin. It wasn't nearly as good as I remembered from 1992. Angus was not interested, and so at 7:00 I called my Mum to see if she was interested in some early-morning visitors. We packed up and headed to the booming metropolis of Almonte. Upon arrival, the boys were spoiled with lots of toys and games. We went outside where Angus got to go on the ATV. He played with my Mum's bunny, Q (whom he loved!).

My grandparents both recently moved to the area (my grandmother to a retirement residence, and my grandfather to a care facility), and I was really excited to see them. Nervous and excited. We arrived at my grandmother's new place, and holy cow! It was awesome! There's an indoor pool, a laundry room with couches and recliners with a full bakery service (you know, just in case you've got a hankering for a croissant in between sorting your whites from colours), there's a full kitchen located on the main floor where you can cook a meal if you really want to (and the staff cleans up after you!!), and last, but not least, a maid comes to tidy your apartment every day! My kind of place! Angus ran right over to Mama and gave her a big hug, and he made himself right at home in her apartment. He was jumping on her bed (I would never have been allowed to do that), removed the lid of her crystal candy jar and ran around with it (for sure would have been punished for that), and was throwing his ball around the apartment (are you kidding me?!). After a bit of playtime, we headed to my grandfather's place, and I wasn't expecting that he'd remember the boys, or even me, for that matter. He knew who I was, but didn't know my face ("I never would have recognized her!"). He looked very well...much better than he had when I was home in April. It was really hot, and the boys were nearing the end of their patience/good behaviour. We said our goodbyes and headed back to O-Town. Pinecrest IKEA to be exact! The boys did really well, and we soon found ourselves back at Dad & Jan's for the rest of the day. I ended up quite ill that evening, but it was short-lived...once the stabbing pain in my abdomen subsided, I realized I was likely dehydrated, hungry, and over-tired.

Photos (l-r): Henry wearing my grandfather's wool cap, Angus jumping off of the ATV and Mum and Mike's.

TODAY'S GRADE: A-