triumphgal

I awoke too early after last night to the sound of all three of my children’s text tones. Seems we had a group text going to inform us all that poor Jake with his very loaded vehicle got away early to head west but got a flat tire not even three hours away outside Castlegar. Because it was a rental he called and the mechanic was going to take a while. It was pouring rain so he just sat in the vehicle and waited. The guy came, put a bunch of his stuff including the dresser and bed frame out in the rain as it turns out the spare is under the passenger side rear seat… and then the special lug nut key was not in the vehicle and on and on it went. When all was said and done he lost 6 hours of his travel time and a dresser that didn’t survive getting soaked, nor would it fit back in (no Tetris Mom to help). It made for a crazy long day for him and I was glad to get notice that he was finally in Vancouver. Now he will have to deal with the rental company for recompense.

I watched a Gravity and Hell or High Water (both entertaining ) and then convinced myself to work on the last two personal tax returns I had committed to. They were interesting as the prior overdue one was an Ontario one and they have different tax than BC. Had to look everything up, not to miss anything. And suddenly it was time to go for dinner. My first husband (the girl’s dad) and his wife were having us over for a goodbye bbq for the French exchange student, Com who has been here through the whole isolation. And that completed the 12 person immediate family bubble although with Jake and Com gone, we are back to 10. It was hard when the max gathering was 6, lol.

Dinner was delicious including strawberry, raspberry and rhubarb pie, but my stomach has been off today. No surprise for me as I lost sleep.

The yard pretty much survived the storm although the trees are weighed down with the rain. The flowers are pretty though.

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