Time Flies...

I apologize to those that I didn't give any warning to, but I ended up spending the weekend in Nanaimo. In all fairness, I didn't really have much warning myself. My grandpa was in town for sister Robyn's graduation, and my dad talked me into going. Only because he was coming to pick Dan and me up fairly early in the morning was I able to go at all. We also had to bring my poor unsuspecting cat, who is still not quite up to snuff, but is still slowly getting better.

You see, Sam is actually walking on his feet, but he's walking on the wrong side of them. This has resulted in him getting terrible carpet burn on his toes. It doesn't help that most of the flooring in our house is carpet. There are only two rooms in the suite that don't have carpet: the kitchen and the bathroom. Neither are suitable to keep the cat in for various reasons. Anyway, we had to take him to Nanaimo because he still needs physio three times a day, and no one else could do it.

But yes, I got to see my grandpa and my "stepgrandma", Marie, whom I almost never get to see anymore. Dan also got to meet a little more of my family. I think it's good to do it like this, cuz come August, he's gonna be thrown into the middle of my family, and he may have a meltdown with all the talking and the food and the alcohol...and my Uncle Mark....I'll leave that explanation for another day...

The first night (Canada day) we went out to Parksville to see everybody, and had an awesome BBQ dinner. There was salmon, and pork, and french bread and salad and lots of wine. It was great. I played some frisbee with my Uncle Peter, and Dan talked a lot with my family about everything. Being the "computer guy" he got a lot of questions about computers. When we first got there, Uncle Peter recruited him to fix the family computer. It turns out it was something to do with the program and not being able to update properly. There was more talking and more drinking, and then we all went home.

Dan and I watched a lot of TV while in Nanaimo. It was the middle of the day, and it was still during the working week, so we couldn't think of anything else to do. We watched a lot of movies, and sitcoms...It was a pretty uneventful second day.

Saturday, Grandpa took us out for dinner at Shanghai City. Dan and I always mean to have dinner at Shanghai whenever we come back to town. And for whatever reason, we never get to. This was awesome, cuz we didn't even have to pay! It was great stuff! I ate so very much! God, I love smorgasbord!

The next morning, we helped sister Robyn move the rest of her stuff into her new apartment. It’s really a cute little place. Just big enough for her. I was actually a little surprised. She found the place in Townsite, and I expected it to look a little dumpier (no offence Robyn). It was actually really cute!

After we were done with that, Mom and Dad drove us back to Victoria, where we bought some large band-aids to cover the sore on Sam’s foot (to keep it from rubbing too badly). After that, we were pretty much done. We said good-bye to Mom and Dad, and wished them a safe trip home, and we went inside.

I had a lot of fun this weekend. But like I said, I’m sorry for not letting anyone know. It was kind of a family weekend. I need to have one of those every once in a while. My conscience would destroy me if I didn’t have the odd weekend with my relatives.