Home Alone

Can you believe it? For the first time in my life, I will be home alone for longer than a couple of nights. No one's schedule to consider except mine. No children to take care of, no husband to consider. Wow.

Rudy is leaving today for almost 2 weeks to Educo Adventure School, near 100 Mile House. Our son Paul, who is on staff there, has asked his papa to join him in leading a senior boys mountain course.

Gillian is living and working at Educo as well. Angela is living and working at Manning and Jessica is living and working in Vancouver.

I have to work during the week of course and I do have plans. On Thursday of this week I will trek off to Surrey after work to have supper with my parents and stay for night. The next morning, bright and early, I will hitch a ride with my brother, Gord, as he spends his work day delivering barkmulch and hog fuel in his semi. Back to his place to have supper with his family and then out to Bard on the Beach, to see Twelfth Night with my niece Karli. For Saturday morning my sister Bev has booked a pedicure for both of us in Yale Town. We plan to have a wonderful lunch somewhere with Jessica joining us. The afternoon is still open. We will probably hang around the ocean if the weather is good. I hope to drop in on my brother Don and family on the way home.

So for the beginning of this week and all of next, I will be free to read, watch movies, write, excercise, do something unusual, call on friends, make popcorn for supper ...

Any ideas?