04-17-22 Drop the tool belt
18 years ago I learned a valuable lesson that I have to keep reminding myself of. It was a lovely March day in 2004 and I got a call from my Dad who said, “I have a back seat that would look great with your face in it”. I was a contractor then and three of us were busy stripping a big concrete pour but for the first time ever, in the middle of the day, I simply dropped my tool belt and said, ‘See you later guys”. I then had one of my best days ever, flying in my Dad’s Birddog, watching the herring fleet from above, including some of the skiffs he had built and never seen in action. It was a strong bonding time for us and I will never forget the experience. It was to be our last flight together as less than 8 weeks later he crashed and died.
Today, the kids and grands are going to see Sonic 2 just after noon and I begged off when asked yesterday as I had planned to go in to the office. I came home late last night and watched the first movie to be ready and am now about to get ready to go pick some of them up and go. I had to remind myself that work will never be more important than family, that today is a day to drop the tool belt.
To be continued….
It is now nearly 12 hours later and I have had a busy time with the kids. We did go to the movie and it was good. There were a few not so great frames but overall well done and it was funny to see Hornby Street in Vancouver masquerading as Seattle. I had a good laugh when I sat down in the stall in the ladies loo, there was a love note to Will. He was not that impressed. When we came out it snowed sideways for a short time. I dropped everyone off and went to work where I tried to get my volunteer work out of the way for the month as I have too much work on my plate still. I also did some T1 work and then headed to Rae and Rogers for dinner. Roger had made amazing lasagnas and we all kicked in garlic bread and salad etc. Was nice to have a family dinner again before Emmy left to go home and Jake will leave with Dani in the morning before I see them again. We had fun with rummy cube and good talk.
I came home, folded laundry and have been watching season 3 of Snowpiercer since. I had best go to bed as I plan to get up at regular time and get on the treadmill again tomorrow. I am creeping back up weight wise and need to get on top of it again!!!
triumphgal 